My grandmother, before she passed, signed up for quite a few services which she obviously did not need. All were from telemarketers. Now I dont have recordings of the calls to guarantee anything, but I do know how pushy those vultures can be, so I can only assume she either just accepted to be polite or may have been confused by the operator.
Of course I didnt know she was doing this but if I had I would have been glad to have the DNC. We wouldnt have wanted to tell her she couldnt have a phone but this would have allowed us to make sure she wasnt taken advantage of.
Regardless, what gives them the right? If I own a phone then it should be a way for anyone to contact me whenever they want? We all know its not as simple as you make it sound, many times you have to ask to talk to a manager or they'll say "it will take 3 weeks for us to get you off the list" and then they hound you for 6.
By the way, whats your phone #? Obviously you wouldnt mind Slashdot calling, you could just say
"Thanks, but I'm really not interested, please take me off the list."
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Of course I didnt know she was doing this but if I had I would have been glad to have the DNC. We wouldnt have wanted to tell her she couldnt have a phone but this would have allowed us to make sure she wasnt taken advantage of.
Regardless, what gives them the right? If I own a phone then it should be a way for anyone to contact me whenever they want? We all know its not as simple as you make it sound, many times you have to ask to talk to a manager or they'll say "it will take 3 weeks for us to get you off the list" and then they hound you for 6.
By the way, whats your phone #? Obviously you wouldnt mind Slashdot calling, you could just say