telemarketers hanging up on me

Dotsie, I started having that problem years ago. I'm also on the do not call registry, but that doesn't eliminate certain "charities" or companies you do business with. I hate to say it, but the best thing to do as soon as you hear that pause and if that doesn't clue you, as soon as you hear that "hello...and how are you today?" -- just hang up. I met a person who did telemarketing and he said that he didn't want to waste time with anyone who wasn't potentially going to buy from him, so you're doing them a favor if you hang up. It might feel rude, but hey -- we're talking about telemarketing here.

I have only one caveat though -- once I had a telemarketer and I hung up on her. She called me back and said we'd gotten disconnected by mistake and I said, no, I hung up. And so she says, "That's so rude!" and hangs up on me! I was so mad!

DJ, I'm laughing. Sorry, but I can just see that ahppening and then you still get burned. They're crazy!

I've registered before and I just registered again.

Here's the other thing I can't stand. The call comes in, you answer and no one says a dang thing and then the recording comes or they finally speak. Sorry, but I'm not waiting around for you. You called me! So I hang up and sometimes they have the nerve to call again.

DJ, I like your idea of answering and hanging up right away. It makes sense and it saves them time too.

It's a computer calling, dotsie, thus the pause. When the marketer sees that the call was received, they connect personally. Pressing the # key on answer might be the only solution until our no-call registration takes effect.don't know what the hanging up is about, unless they're youngsters looking for youngsters and they guage the sounds of our voices.

FYI....here are the loopholes in the do-not-call list.


Will All Telemarketing Calls Stop If I Register?
If I register my number on the National Do Not Call Registry, will it stop all telemarketing calls?
No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most telemarketing calls, but not all. Because of limitations in the jurisdiction of the FTC and FCC, calls from or on behalf of political organizations, charities, and telephone surveyors would still be permitted, as would calls from companies with which you have an existing business relationship, or those to whom you’ve provided express agreement in writing to receive their calls.

Are calls from political organizations or calls soliciting for charities covered?
Political solicitations are not covered by the TSR at all, since they are not included in its definition of “telemarketing.” Charities are not covered by the requirements of the national registry. However, if a third-party telemarketer is calling on behalf of a charity, a consumer may ask not to receive any more calls from, or on behalf of, that specific charity. If a third-party telemarketer calls again on behalf of that charity, the telemarketer may be subject to a fine of up to $11,000.

What about telephone surveys?
If the call is really for the sole purpose of conducting a survey, it is not covered. Only telemarketing calls are covered — that is, calls that solicit sales of goods or services. Callers purporting to take a survey, but also offering to sell goods or services, must comply with the National Do Not Call Registry.

My number is on the National Do Not Call Registry. After I bought something from a company, a telemarketer representing that organization called me. Is this a violation?
No. By purchasing something from the company, you established a business relationship with the company. As a result, even if you put your number on the National Do Not Call Registry, that company may call you for up to 18 months after your last purchase or delivery from it, or your last payment to it, unless you ask the company not to call again. In that case, the company must honor your request not to call. If they subsequently call you again, they may be subject to a fine of up to $11,000.

An established business relationship with a company also will be created if you make an inquiry to the company, or submit an application to it. This kind of established business relationship exists for three months after the inquiry or application. During this time, the company can call you.

If you make a specific request to that company not to call you, however, then the company may not call you, even if you have an established business relationship with that company.

It seems as if charities, surveys and campaign calls are what we've been getting lately - that's of the ones we've been answering.
Police groups and Kid's Wish Foundation.
The Obama call my husband caught.
Two campaign survey calls.
So, what you're saying, Cookie, is these will keep coming.
Can you explain the hang-ups?

It seems unfortunately so, gims. But I still register because it does cut down on the window, gutter, air-conditioners, etc. "marketers" I use to get calls for donations to support our State Police. But when I would ask what state I lived in, they would could not answer that question immediately. I have a few relatives that work for the state police and they said never give money to these types of calls because they do not call people on the phone.

As far as the hang-ups, it is my understanding that that is a computer calling several numbers at time, and you may be the second, third, or fourth person that picks up the phone. The first person gets the message and the rest gets hung up on.