Warranty sellers are driving me nuts!!!

[dwpc]

I traded in my 2010 JSW two years ago and still get at least three calls from warranty sellers per week. Either VW or the State sold my info. Does no good to block the caller, because the list just keeps going from one peddler to another. The Do Not Call List is breaking down and has no teeth.

 

[tdidieselbobny]

Pick up the phone,start talking jibberish,then blow a whistle in their ear(better yet, a can air horn),then hang up.....

 

[South Coast Guy]

Don't you have caller ID? Don't respond.

 

[Powder Hound]

In the USofA, telemarketers are required to maintain their own do not call list in addition to the national one.

Therefore, you can do the following:

1) insist that you get the name of the company as well as the name of the person and their manager.
2) then say the magic words: "Put me on your do not call list."
3) hang up.

Keep a log of this information: who called, time of call. The log becomes your primary evidence in pursuit of damages.

If a second call is received from the same marketer, regardless of the reason for the call (i.e. if it is for any other purpose or a different client), you can use the log information to sue the company.

This is a federal lawsuit since the rules are federal in origin. Thanks to the ridiculous oversupply of lawyers in this country, one can be had to pursue this for little to no money from you. It should be worth at least $10,000 to you in actual and punitive damages and fines.

Cheers,

PH

 

[meerschm]

I asked the last caller if he had a do not call list, he said , no, we just have files of people to call.

I might have raised my voice at the next one before I hung up.

three times in one day.

makes me miss betty from the carpet cleaning company.

 

[TDI smile]

Just ask him / her, if they like to pray with you......

 

[Powder Hound]

I asked the last caller if he had a do not call list, he said , no, we just have files of people to call.
...

You don't ask if they have one - they are required to have one.* Of course, if you have done your job then you have the info to refer to the AG's office, because they are required to have one. It is not voluntary. Well, I guess it is voluntary in the same way income taxes are 'voluntary'. Volunteer not to pay and see what happens.

Cheers,

PH

* The flunky on the phone wouldn't know anything about the do not call list. The company maintains their own list, and it would be used to wash the list their client provides. The only exception is if the client supplied list has some reason they can claim that the numbers are not subject to general do not call requirements. But even in this case, the 'put me on your do not call list' verbiage should work perfectly and end the call right there. On their 2nd call back, you have them.

 

[JDSwan87]

Put them on hold...

 

[Lightflyer1]

There is no getting around it really. There are so many you can't spend the time to fight them all. I had an insurance settlement 30 years ago, that finished paying 20 years ago and still get calls and mail wanting to buy out my settlement. I bought one of these and it works well once set up with a whitelist.

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