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OT stopping telemarketers :)
The address below is the new "Government No Call List" registeration site. You may have a problem registering because at the last count, The site was taking 4000 hits per SECOND. This should tell telemarketers how we hate their guts. http://www.donotcall.gov/ -- http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold, 401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556 Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators Shipping to legal states/countries only! Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the sending of this contaminant free message We do concede that a signicant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. |
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Kenco wrote The site
was taking 4000 hits per SECOND Being an insomniac I waited until 2 a.m. to register and it went through right away ;-) k30a |
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KenCo wrote:
The address below is the new "Government No Call List" registeration site. You may have a problem registering because at the last count, The site was taking 4000 hits per SECOND. This should tell telemarketers how we hate their guts. http://www.donotcall.gov/ -- http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold, 401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556 Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators Shipping to legal states/countries only! Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps I put my name in already :-) -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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Ken, Thanks for the link.
"KenCo" wrote in message ... The address below is the new "Government No Call List" registeration site. You may have a problem registering because at the last count, The site was taking 4000 hits per SECOND. This should tell telemarketers how we hate their guts. http://www.donotcall.gov/ -- http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold, 401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556 Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators Shipping to legal states/countries only! Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the sending of this contaminant free message We do concede that a signicant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. |
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Man, you guys are slooow.......just this once!
I registered our primary line on Friday, 6/27 at breakfast time -- then, smart-ass hubby asked if I thought to register our *second* line for faxes & rollover from first line? nooooooo My point -- look ahead! Just because I know one line is a fax number doesn't mean that telemarketers recognize it as such! Also, I recommend the TeleZapper that we have attached to our primary [and business] line -- although we were prepared to disconnect it if clients complained about the [brief] tone, very few have asked us about it; most of those who did asked if we were taping the calls [no], and all were supportive of our effort to free ourselves of telemarketers. Anne Lurie |
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Drat, those TeleZappers don't work for those on call when a computer calls you. k30a |
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Please keep in mind this is only for US numbers and should be "promoted"
thus This IS the INTERnet, not the USAnet Thanks from the rest of the planet "KenCo" wrote in message ... The address below is the new "Government No Call List" registeration site. You may have a problem registering because at the last count, The site was taking 4000 hits per SECOND. This should tell telemarketers how we hate their guts. http://www.donotcall.gov/ -- http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold, 401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556 Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators Shipping to legal states/countries only! Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the sending of this contaminant free message We do concede that a signicant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. |
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"SSmyth" wrote:
This IS the INTERnet, not the USAnet Indeed. And my corner of the internet (USA, New York State) has had "do not call" for a while. Works a treat. "Walter" the koi, have been released into an earth pond 3 years ago, is now approaching 3 feet long. Has the resident bass pretty well terrorized, as if he cares. Pond and other pix on my personal page, in the .sig below. Follow the links to the pond and garden stuff. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G |
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Why the very idea .... what a loony you are SSmyth!
I signed up Mom and Me yesterday or was it the day before? Any rate I got the confirmation from the gov. Gary, I like your pond pics ... especially the write-up. Nedra in Missouri http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Gary Woods" wrote in message ... "SSmyth" wrote: This IS the INTERnet, not the USAnet Indeed. And my corner of the internet (USA, New York State) has had "do not call" for a while. Works a treat. "Walter" the koi, have been released into an earth pond 3 years ago, is now approaching 3 feet long. Has the resident bass pretty well terrorized, as if he cares. Pond and other pix on my personal page, in the .sig below. Follow the links to the pond and garden stuff. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G |
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"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com... Also, I recommend the TeleZapper that we have attached to our primary [and business] line -- although we were prepared to disconnect it if clients complained about the [brief] tone, very few have asked us about it; most of those who did asked if we were taping the calls [no], and all were supportive of our effort to free ourselves of telemarketers. Telezapper doesn't work as well as it used to. The telezapper simulates the tone that the phone company produces on phone numbers that are out of service. It worked fine for while, atleast until telemarketing companies modified their predictive dialers to recognize the difference between a line that is truely out of service, and one that is connected to a telezapper. Not like any of this makes a difference if millions of our knuckleheaded countrymen continue to respond to surveys or buy good from those that call our house. I suspect the value of a DNCL is minimal. It is extremely easy to relocate a call center offshore and continue to do business as usual. Sameer |
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Snooze wrote: "Anne Lurie" wrote in message . com... Also, I recommend the TeleZapper that we have attached to our primary [and business] line -- although we were prepared to disconnect it if clients complained about the [brief] tone, very few have asked us about it; most of those who did asked if we were taping the calls [no], and all were supportive of our effort to free ourselves of telemarketers. Telezapper doesn't work as well as it used to. The telezapper simulates the tone that the phone company produces on phone numbers that are out of service. It worked fine for while, atleast until telemarketing companies modified their predictive dialers to recognize the difference between a line that is truely out of service, and one that is connected to a telezapper. Not like any of this makes a difference if millions of our knuckleheaded countrymen continue to respond to surveys or buy good from those that call our house. I suspect the value of a DNCL is minimal. It is extremely easy to relocate a call center offshore and continue to do business as usual. Sameer one news report i saw telemarketer being interviewed said they woulld step up Email solicitation to make up the diff so look for junk mail to go way up come Oct thats all we need more junk mail -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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OT stopping telemarketers :)
then we need a button we can hit that sends out an energy surge that blows the
computer up on the other end. Ingrid "Snooze" wrote: Telezapper doesn't work as well as it used to. The telezapper simulates the tone that the phone company produces on phone numbers that are out of service. It worked fine for while, atleast until telemarketing companies modified their predictive dialers to recognize the difference between a line that is truely out of service, and one that is connected to a telezapper. Not like any of this makes a difference if millions of our knuckleheaded countrymen continue to respond to surveys or buy good from those that call our house. I suspect the value of a DNCL is minimal. It is extremely easy to relocate a call center offshore and continue to do business as usual. Sameer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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I'll buy that!!
Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 wrote in message ... then we need a button we can hit that sends out an energy surge that blows the computer up on the other end. Ingrid "Snooze" wrote: Telezapper doesn't work as well as it used to. The telezapper simulates the tone that the phone company produces on phone numbers that are out of service. It worked fine for while, atleast until telemarketing companies modified their predictive dialers to recognize the difference between a line that is truely out of service, and one that is connected to a telezapper. Not like any of this makes a difference if millions of our knuckleheaded countrymen continue to respond to surveys or buy good from those that call our house. I suspect the value of a DNCL is minimal. It is extremely easy to relocate a call center offshore and continue to do business as usual. Sameer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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I'd use that for the snake that bit me on eBay!
-- Wendy* in N. California, "Ever look at Congress and feel like the little kid in 'Sixth Sense?' I see dead people. I see dead people everywhere." - Robin Williams wrote in message ... then we need a button we can hit that sends out an energy surge that blows the computer up on the other end. Ingrid "Snooze" wrote: Telezapper doesn't work as well as it used to. The telezapper simulates the tone that the phone company produces on phone numbers that are out of service. It worked fine for while, atleast until telemarketing companies modified their predictive dialers to recognize the difference between a line that is truely out of service, and one that is connected to a telezapper. Not like any of this makes a difference if millions of our knuckleheaded countrymen continue to respond to surveys or buy good from those that call our house. I suspect the value of a DNCL is minimal. It is extremely easy to relocate a call center offshore and continue to do business as usual. Sameer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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John,
Consider it from our point of view: We can see, recognize, and delete junk email. We can see, recognize, and dispose of junk mail. We cannot, however, recognize "junk" phone calls, so we have to answer them all. Admittedly, my thinking is tuned to the calls that we receive from "unknown" numbers, each of whom is a potential client. Not to mention the call that we received late one night from a total [but totally blessed] stranger who called us after reading the phone number on the collar of our dog, who had just been hit by a car. Just my $.02 worth, Anne Lurie (too doggoned stubborn to choose a "cute" screen name or email address after all these years) Raleigh, NC "John Rutz" wrote in message ... Snooze wrote: "Anne Lurie" wrote in message . com... Also, I recommend the TeleZapper that we have attached to our primary [and business] line -- although we were prepared to disconnect it if clients complained about the [brief] tone, very few have asked us about it; most of those who did asked if we were taping the calls [no], and all were supportive of our effort to free ourselves of telemarketers. Telezapper doesn't work as well as it used to. The telezapper simulates the tone that the phone company produces on phone numbers that are out of service. It worked fine for while, atleast until telemarketing companies modified their predictive dialers to recognize the difference between a line that is truely out of service, and one that is connected to a telezapper. Not like any of this makes a difference if millions of our knuckleheaded countrymen continue to respond to surveys or buy good from those that call our house. I suspect the value of a DNCL is minimal. It is extremely easy to relocate a call center offshore and continue to do business as usual. Sameer one news report i saw telemarketer being interviewed said they woulld step up Email solicitation to make up the diff so look for junk mail to go way up come Oct thats all we need more junk mail -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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