800-601-9330 Strikes Again

4 August, 2008 (10:47) | Front Line Reports, Telephone Calls | No comments

As I’ve said before, these telemarketers are a persistent bunch. At 9:18 this morning the phone rang it was my friends from Chase again. The fellow that called had a thick Indian accent, so apparently the big greedy credit card companies are now outsourcing out-going calling services (I had only encountered these when making a [...]

Perhaps The FCC Really Means Business With This ‘Do Not Call’ Thing

19 July, 2008 (17:51) | Telephone Calls | No comments

Well, I received some evidence that my complaint to the FCC regarding telemarketing calls from companies "on behalf" of CitiMortgage may actually result in some type of action.
An envelope arrived in my mailbox yesterday from the FCC. Basically, it was just a hard copy of the forms I filled out on their website and a [...]

The Phone Falls Silent

16 July, 2008 (14:54) | Front Line Reports, Telephone Calls | No comments

Well, not completely silent. I still hear from family and friends, but I have not had a single telemarketing call or call that has shown up from someone named “Unavailable” on my Caller ID since I filed a complaint with the FCC back in June.
I had long suspected that nearly all the telemarketing calls I [...]