2006-12-13 05:28:56 · 18 answers · asked by **socal** 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
Yes it does, but you need to understand the exceptions to the law, meaning the types of organizations that can still call you if your name is on the Do Not Call Registry.
1) Charities - They can still call you and ask for donations
2) Political Campaigns - They can still call you and ask for your vote on a certain candidate and issue.
3) Companies you have accounts with - For example, if you have a Sears Credit Card. Sears can still call you about your account or to solicit products/services to you.
4) Companies affiliated with companies you have accounts with - This is the big loophole in the law. All a company has to do is become 'affilliated' with a company you do business with, and THAT organization can now call you too.
5) Organizations/Companies outside the U.S. - Obviously it is difficult to enforce this law outside the U.S.
With the Exceptions 1-4 listed above, you still have to request individually from each and every type of exception that your number be taken off their call list. Some, such as companies you may owe money to you, can still call you even if you make that request, though if you are a debtor and have an attorney representing you, a debtor can no longer call you once you have notified them you are being represented by an attorney and have provided the debtor with your attorney's contact information.
Also political campaigns are protected under the 1st Amendment and cannot ever legally be forbidden from contacting you, even if you specifically request it to each campaign and political action committee around.
So, in summary, yeah the law works, you just need to understand the exceptions.
2006-12-13 05:36:44 · answer #1 · answered by JSpielfogel 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. At my previous address, every day when I got home from work, my answering machine would be filled with automated messages from survery firms. So I placed my phone number in the national do-not-call registry. It took a month for NDNCR to update their records, but afterwards "all" of the calls from survey firms stopped completely. Come to think of it, now that I've moved, I have to register my new number.
2006-12-13 05:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sam Darren 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It works well for the most part. There are exemptions to this rule, if you do business with a company they can call. They can also call if they are non-profit or a government agency. If you get unwanted calls, do not hang up, talk to a worker and tell them you want to be removed form their list, or you will report them to the FCC.
2006-12-13 05:38:28 · answer #3 · answered by demongelding1@hotmail.com 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I registered all my phone numbers when the listing first came out -- and it has worked pretty well -- but does not stop those non-profits who are calling for donations -- or those who random dial the old fashioned way (just punch in number after number and hawk their product).
https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
Make sure that you use this official FTC Website and NOT the scam ones.
2006-12-13 05:40:11 · answer #4 · answered by sglmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So far it hasn't worked to prevent calls from US Pharmacy. They harass us daily (2-3 calls). We've told them not to call us, but they continue to do this. The callers are foreign spoken (broken English). We have not done business with any drug companies except two local pharmacies, so we do not understand how they got our number and why they continue to call when we ask them repeatedly to stop. Please, someone, give us some advise. How can we stop them? Can we report them to anyone??
2015-05-29 14:21:47 · answer #5 · answered by Wilma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does. But keep in mind that it'll take up to a month for your number to process and the companies to get the updated lists programmed into their servers, so don't expect immediate results.
2006-12-13 05:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by amg503 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does.
I signed up in 2003. The only unsolicited calls I receive are during elections (naturally, they exempted themselves) and for research.
California also has it's own DNC List. They are probably more stringent than the Feds.
2006-12-13 06:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's about 90% effective. But you have to make sure you register for the real thing and not a scam!
This is the address of the REAL do not call registry:
https://www.donotcall.gov/
2006-12-13 05:31:50 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for sure. I put both my cell and my house phone on and no more sales calls from insurance companies and I will something free that is not free.
2006-12-13 05:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it has worked great for me. You can also eliminate a lot of junk mail by opting out of solicitations through the credit bureau.
2006-12-14 00:00:41 · answer #10 · answered by arby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋