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Oops, Dave Barry Does It Again
agdv writes "After the success of his first article providing the phone number of the American Teleservices Association, and the ensuing reaction by said organization, columnist Dave Barry attacks again, providing the ATA's new phone number. Read all about it! (the number is 317-816-9336, long distance charges may apply)."
Sorry for the bad formatting. Here again:
ATA Board of Directors (Google Cache)
ATA Staff (Google Cache)
Chairmain
Thomas Rocca
1014 Ector Dr Nw
Kennesaw, GA 30152
(770) 429 - 1956
Vice-Chairman
Lisa Defalco (Business Number)
TPG Telemanagement Inc
301 Oxford Valley Road, Morrisville, PA 19067
(215) 369-0979
I'll leave the lookups of the rest as an exercise for the reader:
Geek used to be a four letter word. Now it's a six-figure one.
yeah, whoever posted this should have had thier url as the very first link in the story- /.'ers don't even read the topic before they start clicking the new links, but having to RTFA first- link is at the bottom- will prevent their site from getting the amount of traffic it truely deserves.
So, click here
Creationists are a lot like zombies. Slow, but powerful and numerous. And they all want to eat our brains.
Betsy Devine's blog has this quote:
"The number Dave Barry printed is now disconnected. And of course it is illegal as well as wrong to make prank phone calls. The law stands firm against the kinds of jokes played by 9 year-old kids!
But surely it's a fair use of free speech to call the ATA's legislative branch, whose toll-free number is listed on their contact page as (866) 500-4272, and urge them to lobby for better Do Not Call laws."
Surely.
No, the reason why is because people with 800 numbers usually also make use of ANI, or Automatic Number Identification. This takes place at a lower level than CID and so cannot be blocked.
Get off my launchpad!
Your friend could have gotten the telemarketer fired. Also, if he called from home, your friend could have started calling him daily, "just to see how the job is going."
I was called once by a roofing service. When I said go away, they hung up... but their system didn't totally disconnect. I heard some other dialing and voices in the background, so after a minute I said hello. A different guy answered, called me by someone else's name, and started the same pitch. I was sooooo tempted to say "yes, please come give the free inspection, come in through the back, ok?"
Also, everyone please consider calling the number in my sigfile and leaving a generic complaint. An update on the situation: MBNA called me multiple times asking me if I wanted to change my card from an Audobon Society Platinum Visa (where the Society makes a tiny amount of profit) to some generic MBNA Platinum Mastercard. I told them no multiple times, and they finally stopped calling, but two days later I got a letter congratulating me on being "approved" for an "upgrade" from the Visa to the Mastercard. I guess they just decided they'd slam my account over so they could stop paying out to the Audobon Society.
Moral of the story: MBNA engages in devious practices, including slamming and using telemarketers who don't respect wishes of existing customers, and should be avoided.
Get off my launchpad!
Sure you can, I suggest everyone give the RIAA a ring at 202-775-0101 (found at http://www.riaaamnesty.com/contact_the_riaa.htm).
One call per person to voice an opinion shouldn't be illegal. If you call over and over, then that *IS* harassment.
The mail box on this number is full... but the system let's you jump to all other mailboxes!
Listen to the message, go through the menu, hit 1 to access other mailboxes or you can use the company directory (Hint Hint) to leave messages for all your favorite ATA associates!
I believe the mailboxes are all 3 digit numbers, the number Dave Berry Posted is mailbox #104.
The bad thing about toll-free numbers, and special-toll numbers (1-800, 1-888, 1-900, etc. in the U.S.) is that the dialing number is always passed to the terminating equipment. Nothing[1] you can do can block this number from being delivered.
But with a normal number (1-317-ppp-nnnn), it is possible to block your number. Use calling ID suppression (*67 or whatever your CLASS activation code is) before dialing this number, so they can't claim "prior business relationship".
the AC
[1] Its possible to make calls without a traceable ID, but its difficult and requires an SS7 connection
Hemos is like...sci-fi fans;he thinks technology is cool, but he hasn't bothered to understand the science it's based on
A comprehensive list of phone numbers to telemarketing call centers
I am sure they want to talk to people, as lonely as they must be.
Let's start from the top? I'll start from the top myself, and I'll have my fax machine start from the bottom.
Voice mail, as was mentioned in TFA you didn't R.
"You have to pay long-distance charges, hence there is no actual damage done to the association people might want to annoy."
Wasted man-hours.
"Can we let it go?"
If they can't, why should we?
"How about publishing the numbers of those congressmen who voted against DNC list?"
- Rob Bishop (R-UT)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-0453
- Ogden, Utah Office: 801-625-0107
- Tim Ryan (D-OH)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-5261
- Warren, Ohio Office: 330-373-0074
- Youngstown, Ohio Office: 330/740-0193
- Lee Terry (R-NE)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-4155
- Omaha, Nebraska Office: 402-397-9944
- Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-2635
- Mesa, Arizona Office: 480-833-0092
- Ted Strickland (D-OH)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-5705
- Marietta, Ohio Office: 740-376-0868
- Wheelersburg, Ohio Office: 740-574-2676
- Boardman, Ohio Office: 330-965-4220
- Martins Ferry, Ohio Office: 740-633-2275
- Ron Paul (R-TX)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-2831
- Freeport, Texas Office: 979-230-0000
- Victoria, Texas Office: 361-576-1231
- Western District (14) Office: 512-753-5553
- Tom Tancredo (R-CO)
- Washington, DC Office: 202-225-7882
- Centennial, Colorado Office: 720-283-9772
When complaining, refer to House Resolution 395 (Do-Not-Call Implementation Act), which they saw fit to vote against on 12 February 2003 at 5:17 PM.Wouldn't it be a shame if this ended up in a few hundred usenat posts:
Tim Searcy
Executive Director
tim@ataconnect.org
Bill Morris
Finance Director
bill@ataconnect.org
Lynne McCauley
Director of Member Services
lynne@ataconnect.org
Mitchell Roth
Government Affairs Counsel
mitch@ataconnect.org
Brad Rateike
Manager of Member Services
brad@ataconnect.org
Jason Perry
Marketing Manager
jason@ataconnect.org
Karl Jacobs
Manager of Special Projects
kjacobs@ataconnect.org
Robert Fanger
Manager of IT Systems
bobf@ataconnect.org
__ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.