said by fireflier :

I read earlier the $1 charge was for "credit card verification" or confirmation or some similar BS. Funny, I've seen sites verify a credit card before without needing to put a charge on it. How about charging the $1 and then after "verification" giving it back? How many people die in the U.S. every year? Couple million at least? That's a lot of potential income.

My response to the morons the DNC doesn't cover (i.e. E.B.E., Charity, "Surveys", and Political) is a little standalone PC with answering machine software. I can blacklist CID info at will so when they call, it tells them that "your information has been blacklisted and no further calls will be accepted from you". It also handles those limbo "unknown" callers with a similar message but an option to leave a message in the event it's a legit call. If they gut the DNC, guess my AMPC will just get a little more work--and my messages will get nastier.