Quilter's Club of America called me today
#21
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I put myself on the 'do not call list' It has helped some but political calls come anyway. My husband was a good customer of 'Mid-American Tool". After his death they would continue to call. I informed them of his death and that I would not be ordering. Calls continued for 2-3 years. Finally quit - for about a yiear or more. Then another call!
I finally said "Dead people can't order" and hung up on them. Usually I am not dude but I had had it! No calls since.
I finally said "Dead people can't order" and hung up on them. Usually I am not dude but I had had it! No calls since.
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I have caller ID and let the machine take any calls that I do not recognize the caller. Usually, if it is a telemarketer they never talk, so I know its not a personal call. If its someone I know, just pick up and say HI, I'm here just couldn't get to the phone before the machine picked up the call.
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Originally Posted by janjj
I put myself on the 'do not call list' It has helped some but political calls come anyway. My husband was a good customer of 'Mid-American Tool". After his death they would continue to call. I informed them of his death and that I would not be ordering. Calls continued for 2-3 years. Finally quit - for about a yiear or more. Then another call!
I finally said "Dead people can't order" and hung up on them. Usually I am not dude but I had had it! No calls since.
I finally said "Dead people can't order" and hung up on them. Usually I am not dude but I had had it! No calls since.
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When they call, just ask them to take you off the list and not call again. I believe it's part of the no-call package that they can't call you again or you can report them.
I know it's a nuisance to me, but keep reminding myself that it's someone's job and they have a quota. At least I try to remember that until I hang up so I don't really say what I'm thinking.
I know it's a nuisance to me, but keep reminding myself that it's someone's job and they have a quota. At least I try to remember that until I hang up so I don't really say what I'm thinking.
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That is why nobody but my close friends and my work have my true phone number. Any number I give out to any business is an old one I had years ago. If they want to contact me they are free to do so thru my email. I am a night worker also, and got tired of when nice didn't work I started yelling obsenities at them. Not who I am, but who I was becoming. I only get an occasional wrong number now. Peace reigns. Virg
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I also got a call from them but mine was a young woman. Very nice but acted like we were friends chatting and didn't want to take no for an answer. I told her twice that something had to to be cut out of the budget and this was it.
According to law, if you say no 3 times, i believe, they are required to hang up. If they don't, just threaten to call the FTC and report them.
According to law, if you say no 3 times, i believe, they are required to hang up. If they don't, just threaten to call the FTC and report them.
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That is bad. But they also get you with renewal mailings. About 4 or 5 years ago I started keeping tabs on when a subscription would expire and the date I would renew. The mag companys are notorious for sending notices "Your subscription is about to expire" when in reality it isn't going to expire for months. At one time I had 4 years of F&P paid for. Now I track them on line and ditch those notices until it's about 2 months from expiration.
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