Any Idea How To Get All These Damn Credit Card Companies From Calling? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Mike P · 04-28-2005, 06:56 PM

Yup---get yourself on the national "do not call" registry.

BigFish · 04-28-2005, 06:59 PM

Yeah...and that costs how much???

Mike P · 04-28-2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Yeah...and that costs how much???

About 30 seconds of your time, and a click on an e-mailed link they send you to confirm that it's really you asking.

Or, you could do what I did before, since wasting their time for 2 minutes means 3-4 fewer calls. Get them talking, put the phone down and let them keep talking, and if you have a cordless, walk into the bathroom, put it close to the bowl, flush and then hang up

Redsoxticket · 04-28-2005, 06:59 PM

Get a air horn and blast their ears off.

BigFish · 04-28-2005, 07:01 PM

That one I like!

fishaholic18 · 04-28-2005, 07:05 PM

BF, try this...
https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
I did it and haven't gotten a call since.

UserRemoved1 · 04-28-2005, 07:12 PM

do not call list is an absolute waste of time. I've submitted the forms on about 10 of them now and not a single thing is done. MA state atty general even had the balls to send me a form letter acknowledging the problem with the company but not enough people complain so they won't do anything. WHAT good is a law if they won't enforce it.

JERKS

fishaholic18 · 04-28-2005, 08:30 PM

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do not call list is an absolute waste of time. I've submitted the forms on about 10 of them now and not a single thing is done. MA state atty general even had the balls to send me a form letter acknowledging the problem with the company but not enough people complain so they won't do anything. WHAT good is a law if they won't enforce it.

JERKS

It worked for me...
Haven't gotten one since...and I used to get a lot. Worth a shot.
Salty, don't you ever have anything positive to say about anything?...

Lighten up dude....

Raider Ronnie · 04-28-2005, 09:00 PM

I used to have this problem all the time,( one HUGE down side of having excellent credit!!! )
and trust me,
if it was a female on the other end of the phone, I would say some very nasty things to her that could probably have me locked up in jail!!!

I called my phone company (Verizon) and they changed my plan that stops them, and I NEVER get them now !!! but I pay for it!!! $$$

jklett · 04-28-2005, 09:10 PM

A problem with the do not call list is that any company that you currently do buisiness with can call you. I have been on the list for a while and I constantly get calls from companies "representing" the credit card companies that I owe too much to get rid of. That and non-profits and political orgs don't fall under the laws. In fact, the only calls it stopped were the vinyl siding guys that never believed me about living in an apartment and only called once a month anyways. Credit card companies are all evil and once you deal with one, you're sucked into the mess forever.