Do Not Call me!!!!

[JEFF247]

How do you tell telemarketers in Canada not to call? I am a US citizen living in NY that has a Canadian phone number. Its from Vonage 905 in St Catharines. When dialed it rings my home in NY. We have the DONOTCALL.gov. Once registered no telemarketers can call.

I am getting a lot of calls trying to sell me crap on my Canadian line. Just wondering what Canadians do and if I can get on their Do NOT Call List. Thanks.

 

[Carrie Moon]

Remember a Seinfeld episode where Jerry asks the telemarketer if he can call him back during dinner time?
Another idea.. just tell the caller you'll put him/her on hold.. and then walk away til the phone beeps it's off the hook.

 

[ang]

I remember that one

Remember a Seinfeld episode where Jerry asks the telemarketer if he can call him back during dinner time?
Another idea.. just tell the caller you'll put him/her on hold.. and then walk away til the phone beeps it's off the hook.

And I used it once, we were pissing ourselves laughing.

If you have call display, just don't answer the 1-800 #'s...simple

 

[Davy.Biggie]

step one.
ask to be taken off their call list.
if they call again....
step two.
ask for a manager and inform the manager that the last time simeine called you asked them to take you off the call list and to pleas remove you from the call list. Inform the manager of the call centre that you have the time date and name of both them and the previous person you asked to remove your number from their lists and if a new call come in you will contact law enforcement and have their company and the employee who calls charged with harrassment.
keep notes. and yes unwanted calls are considered harassment.

 

[JEFF247]

Unfortunately, when I leave my house they are forwarded to my cell. While driving to Niagara Falls Canada yesterday I got a call from India (?) and a recording that my Auto Warranty had run out!!! And it really hurt when I put them on hold and walked away from the phone at 75 mph!!! Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[The Cunning Linguist]

Unfortunately, when I leave my house they are forwarded to my cell. While driving to Niagara Falls Canada yesterday I got a call from India (?) and a recording that my Auto Warranty had run out!!! And it really hurt when I put them on hold and walked away from the phone at 75 mph!!! Thanks for the suggestion.

I may be completely wrong here, but don't you, as the call recipient on your cell phone, pay the charges?

 

[JEFF247]

No charge

I may be completely wrong here, but don't you, as the call recipient on your cell phone, pay the charges?

It depends. If I am in the States, no. If I am roaming in Canada, yes. Usually at either Casino I still can pick up a Verizon Tower and won't be charged. If roaming (Sundowners) I just don't pick up.

 

[calloway]

I am getting a lot of calls trying to sell me crap on my Canadian line. Just wondering what Canadians do and if I can get on their Do NOT Call List. Thanks.

https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/index-eng

 

[ig-88]

Tom Mabe has some interesting suggestions :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_PjRXV5l8

 

[JEFF247]

I am registered

https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/index-eng

Thank you, finally!! I used your link and registered.

 

[Davy.Biggie]

LMAO OMFG Tom Mabe Fucking A!

 

[The Cunning Linguist]

It depends. If I am in the States, no. If I am roaming in Canada, yes. Usually at either Casino I still can pick up a Verizon Tower and won't be charged. If roaming (Sundowners) I just don't pick up.

I just thought that if you put them on hold for 10-15 minutes from India, the charges would go to your bill....your joke on them would then be on you....

 

[hot rod]

I've been registered on the "Do Not Call" list since it first began. Worked fine for a few months, but in recent weeks I've noticed an increasing number of sales calls again. I did a bit of digging and found that most of these phone spammers now use overseas call centres. Seems they aren't subject tot he "Do Not Call" lists because they are out of the country and can't be prosecuted in Canadian courts. It's all the same companies that were doing it before, they've just contracted out to overseas services now.

 

[JEFF247]

Canada calling!!

I just thought that if you put them on hold for 10-15 minutes from India, the charges would go to your bill....your joke on them would then be on you....

That Vonage line is pretty neat. I was dating a 905 girl and for $4.99/month Vonage will give you a local # anywhere in the world (maybe not Mainland China). She could call me on a local number. This number was also known to be frequented by some of Canada's Finest Ballerina's!!

 

[woodee]

I just tell them not to call this number anymore and to take me off whatever list from hell I'm on.
This has worked great when actual people are calling but I am still getting the automated credit card calls and the automated ones about car warranty. They always call during the day when I am not home. But if you do get an automated call just listen to it because eventually they will tell you what button to push to get a live person.