Fucking survey company

[PepperElf]

They keep calling me.

Supposedly it's some college-based survey for health information.



They first called me a couple of months ago. I said "no thank you"

Since then they've called me 3 times.

On Saturday I was monkeying around with their number on google voice to see about what options I had and accidentally called them. Since I refused the call on my end I thought it didn't go through but they called me back from another number.

I was abrupt with them and each time they tried to offer the survey I said "NO. DO NOT CALL ME AGAIN."

Survey bitch: blah blah -
Me: NO. You will not call me.


So guess who calls me today?

I called them back and left a voicemail with my number and that I will NOT give them my name but that they are not allowed to call me back under any circumstance.



If they call me back from any number I am going to contact the college they claim to be from... if they can't take "no" from me... let their college get the word that they're ignoring legally binding requests for "no contact".

[Racket_Man]

We seem to be getting a rash of these "survey" type calls too. we have one that has called at least once a day for the last 2 weeks.

thank goodness for 800notes and whocallsme web sites

[HappyFun Ball]

So have I! I've been pretending I'm Consuela from Family Guy here lately after the 3rd time I say "No,no, Mr John no home." They get the hint and hang up. Oh! Yesterday they called and hung up when I told them I needed more Lemon Pledge.

[PepperElf]

i also emailed someone at the FTC for clarification on the DNC rules with surveys.

I know technically surveys are exempt but... what if we tell them "stop"? ... hopefully i'll get a reply

[Lurking Sockpuppet]

The way I understand it you have to use the magic term "Put me on the do not call list". If you don't specifically say that they can keep calling you. YMMV

[RecoveringKinkoid]

i also emailed someone at the FTC for clarification on the DNC rules with surveys.

I know technically surveys are exempt but... what if we tell them "stop"? ... hopefully i'll get a reply

Surveys are technically exempt from having to avoid calling people on the Do Not Call list. However, they are bound by the same rules other than that. If you tell them to stop calling you (and you must. "not interested" or anything other than "do not call me again" does not count. ) they cannot legally call you again. This goes for everyone who is otherwise exempt. Once someone says "Do Not Call Me", it doesn't matter if they're exempt or not. Nobody is exempt from that.

Ask them if they have a do not call policy in place and if they do, have them send you a copy of it. Keep a record of when they call you. Facts are weapons.

You can contact your state''s Attorney General for more advice on how to proceed.

The set of laws you want to look into for this is called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and it's currently being updated to accommodate the new way people use phones. So I am not currently familiar with it as I once was. But you can use some Google Fu to do a little useful research on it.

[PepperElf]

The way I understand it you have to use the magic term "Put me on the do not call list". If you don't specifically say that they can keep calling you. YMMV

well then what i said to them in voice mail may qualify.

i left my number and said pretty much 'DO NOT EVER CALL ME AGAIN"

hopefully they'll fucking listen. however i will not hold my breath either

[fma_fanatic]

So have I! I've been pretending I'm Consuela from Family Guy here lately after the 3rd time I say "No,no, Mr John no home." They get the hint and hang up. Oh! Yesterday they called and hung up when I told them I needed more Lemon Pledge.

Do you know how much soda through the nose hurts? Do you?!

Maybe the next time they call you can tell them that Jabba's cat escaped.

[bhskittykatt]

So have I! I've been pretending I'm Consuela from Family Guy here lately after the 3rd time I say "No,no, Mr John no home." They get the hint and hang up. Oh! Yesterday they called and hung up when I told them I needed more Lemon Pledge.

That's excellent.

Hubs actually does a scary-good Consuela impression. I'm going to suggest this to him for next time he gets a survey call. (Which he keeps getting because he keeps signing up for stupid stuff online...I love him but sometimes I want to beat him...)

[Eisa]

So have I! I've been pretending I'm Consuela from Family Guy here lately after the 3rd time I say "No,no, Mr John no home." They get the hint and hang up. Oh! Yesterday they called and hung up when I told them I needed more Lemon Pledge.

I love you so much right now.

[Mr Hero]

Do you like beans?
Do you like George Wendt?

[Geek King]

Do you like beans?
Do you like George Wendt?

Do you like movie with George Wendt?
Would you watch a movie about George Wendt eating beans?
Would you eat beans with George Wendt?
Would you watch a movie about beans eating George Wendt?

...dangit, now I have to dig the episode out of the box set.

[Golden Phoenix]

Quite some time back now i kept getting calls from one particular company, i'd asked them not to call but our number had been entered multiple times into their system somehow.

Eventually rhey called one too many times and caught me at a bad moment, i said:

"I'm sorry, this isn't your fault at all but I keep being called even thuogh i've asked not to be, this has to have happened about four times now and i'm sorry but my husband just asked me for a divorce, this is really not a good time. I'm sorry." All while sobbing.

Never heard form them again.

We reconciled btw and are still together and happier than ever.

[Marmalady]

Or you could try a favourite trick of my father's:

Caller: Hello, this is *name of double glazing firm / film rental company / whoever, could I speak to *father's name* please?
Father: No, sorry we're not on the phone here.

9 times out of 10 they say 'Oh, sorry' and hang up before they realise what he's actually said.

[PepperElf]

"I'm not here"


luckily nothing back yet from the callers
although i got a standard canned reply from the ftc that didn't actually answer the question

they rattled off the same regs about not applying to surveys
but never specified if surveys need to stfu when you tell them to stop