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Telemarketing Calls Decreasing?

#1 Postby azskyman » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:42 pm

Just curious how many of you have noticed since signing on to the no call list how many FEWER telemarketing calls you are receiving.

It is dramatic in our household. What used to typically be 2-6 each evening is now perhaps 2-6 each WEEK!

Now, I was never wanting to put people out of work, but it certainly is more peaceful here.

How about in your home?
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#2 Postby Anonymous » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:52 pm

Now that you mention it, there has been a dramatic drop in them... so much so that I haven't even thought about telemarketers for a while! About six months ago we would get anywhere from 2-3 per day to 8-10 per day (it went through good and bad phases). Now, to be honest, I think we frequently go through entire workweeks without one! I'd say an average of 1-2 per week at most. Makes life a lot easier not having to jump up and run to the Caller ID every 2 hours just in case it's that 1 call out of 10 that is actually someone you might have an interest in talking with :lol:.
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#3 Postby southerngale » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:19 am

I need to get on the no call list. Telemarketers drive me crazy!
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#4 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:21 am

My calls have decreased almost 100%.
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#5 Postby Guest » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:26 am

I havent gotten one sence i got on it. The best thing to ever happen!!! Not a call in months!
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#6 Postby timNms » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:33 am

Lindaloo wrote:My calls have decreased almost 100%.


Same here! It's great to be able to sit down for supper or to watch TV and not be interrupted by telemarketers!
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#7 Postby streetsoldier » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:49 am

Not only have our calls dropped to zero, our junk E-mails have also declined to a mere trickle of what they were a few months ago. :lol:

Now, if they'd only clean up my TV fare... :eek: :roll:
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#8 Postby weatherlover427 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:56 am

I agree with the TV junk part. I also have received little in the way of junk phone call or e-mail stuff. But junk snail mail? That's another story. :(
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#9 Postby streetsoldier » Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:04 am

Well...there are only so many times MasterCard, Visa and Capital One can send you those offers...I HOPE. Not to mention all those AOHell discs... :roll:
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#10 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:11 am

I don't believe AOL sends CDs anymore... they offer them free at stores, even supermarkets.
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#11 Postby Guest » Sat Mar 20, 2004 6:51 am

We're on the Do Not Call list, and it is grrrrrrrrrreat! :D


ColdFront77 wrote:I don't believe AOL sends CDs anymore... they offer them free at stores, even supermarkets.


At the store I work at, they have them.
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#12 Postby timNms » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:12 am

AOL must have stopped sending cd's in the last week or so. I got one from them about 2 wks ago.
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#13 Postby mf_dolphin » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:28 am

Our junk calls have decreased dramatically as well. Now if the major ISP's would get together and do something about the spam and virus e-mails I would be happy. RoadRunner runs all e-mails though a virus scanner and I can't tell you how many they catch. Kudos to them!
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#14 Postby blizzard » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:44 am

I just wish they would get with it and get the do not Spam list together. Wether it would work or not is another story, but that is worse than the telemarketers.
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#15 Postby Stephanie » Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:02 pm

It doesn't seem like we're getting as many calls either. YIPPEE!!! :D
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#16 Postby breeze » Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:52 pm

Can you hear that *angelic choir in the background?

(*"The Hallelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah")

"Hall-e-lu-jah! :lol: Hall-e-lu-jah!" :lol:

No more CALLS! Yippee-yi-aye!
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#17 Postby Josephine96 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:57 pm

My phone calls have decreased and my junk e mail is still the same :lol: :lol:
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#18 Postby Firefighter16 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 6:17 pm

I get them very seldom and if I do I simply ask
" How in the heck did you get my #? It is unlisted. "
When I say that they just hang up. :lol:
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#19 Postby VanceWxMan » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:18 am

I have only received one from the NRA.. no others since I was placed on the NO CALL LIST with OK and the US.

Aaron
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#20 Postby Lindaloo » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:23 am

mf_dolphin wrote:Our junk calls have decreased dramatically as well. Now if the major ISP's would get together and do something about the spam and virus e-mails I would be happy. RoadRunner runs all e-mails though a virus scanner and I can't tell you how many they catch. Kudos to them!


AMEN!! I thought they had just passed a law about spam. Even my hotmail junkbox is not junked up with stuff sites. My cable email also runs through my virus scan. Great program!!
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