I love the 'hold on, please' idea!

I do all my banking online but will probably mail back some junk mail soon!

National Do Not Call Registry
 

I remembered this old thread when I came across this site:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/

TY MilkToast! I just heard about the list again last night and was gonna mention it too!

*hugs*

I love some of the ideas posted. Here are a few that I use.

In Canada we are able to send mail to our Federal Member of Parliament for free. So each week I gathered up all my junk mail and sent it off to him. About a month later they called and asked me if I could stop sending them all of my junk mail. My reply was that I was going to continue, but suggested that they might be able to pass a bill that would stop all of the junk mail form coming to my house.

For telemarketers I always ask to speak to there managers. The person that calls me has no control over who they call, so why get mad at them. Take up the managers time and sooner or later you get removed. The other thing I have done is waited to find out the company that is trying to sell me something. I then call the company direst and inform them that they have lost a customer because of there marketing practice. Sooner or later, with enough call they might rethink there marketing practices. At least I hope so!!!

Hey,
Take a look at the news

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm..._ot/do_not_call

There is something we can do.

there is a web site now for the tele markters its www.donotcall.gov

Yup. I have a telezapper and it works. I still get calls but not near as many as I used to.