I worked for a while in the legal department of a major collections firm. These machines are a pain because they block out legitmate calls too. While they do serve a purpose to stop annoying telemarketer calls, many lowlifes employ them to hide (successfuly) from creditors and make themselves unreachable. By law also (and this works for collections agencies too) if you request not to be called again, they must take you off their call lists. If they dont or call more than once per day, its considered harassment.
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I worked for a while in the legal department of a major collections firm. These machines are a pain because they block out legitmate calls too. While they do serve a purpose to stop annoying telemarketer calls, many lowlifes employ them to hide (successfuly) from creditors and make themselves unreachable. By law also (and this works for collections agencies too) if you request not to be called again, they must take you off their call lists. If they dont or call more than once per day, its considered harassment.