Dave Barry Strikes Back Against Telemarketers

ikkonoishi writes "The Miami humor columnist Dave Barry in his column here encouraged his readers to exercise their constitutional rights to call a telemarketing firm which had declared the National Do Not Call List unconstitutional. Well it seems to have worked." Needless to say, the targets of the prank were none so keen on being called themselves.

Comments

Re:why worry?

[DrEldarion]

Exactly. The people who sign up for the list are likely the same people who don't answer the phone when they see "Out Of Area" on their caller ID, or hang up after they hear the little pause after answering the phone.

The telemarketing companies should be THANKFUL, because this cuts down on their costs a LOT - They need substantially less people to place outgoing calls (less money going towards wages), they make less calls (less money spent on bills), and their successful call rates should go up quite a bit (increased efficiency).

Telemarketers aren't typically the most logical people, though, so they see the numbers all as lost sales.

-- Dr. Eldarion --

Hmm... the 1-877-779-3974 number...

[pozar]

is disconnected now. Bummer.

Re:The ends justify the means?

[Pig Hogger]

Interfered with somebody's ability to make a living? Since when is that a right? If I've got a business model of strangling small children (or something legal thats equally offensive)

Something like, say, telemarketing???