Jun 14, 2010
I got news for you. The "do not call" only works for certain things, like people trying to sell you goods or services, it does not stop the PBA from calling you for donations, it does not stop a company you already do business with from calling you to offer other things, and it certainly does not stop debt collectors. If I'm not mistaken, the Do not Call registry has to be renewed periodically. I worked for Verisucks at one of their call centers doing sales. People told us to take them off their list and stop calling them, some claimed they were on the DNC list. Nothing stops Verisucks. Most reps will say sure I'll take you off the list, but the fact is it is not up to the rep, but to a manager or above, and they never take those numbers off. If a customer is sufficiently anoying to a rep, the rep can set it up then for the system to call multiple times. And the debt collection does not stop after 7 years. They might sell your debt to another collection company which then starts another 7 years. I just ignore the calls, they come up on my caller ID, if I don't know them, I don't answer.