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kirkRHughes

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Starting Jan 1, 2005, all cell phone numbers will be made public to telemarketing firms. So this means as of Jan 1, your cell phone may start ringing off the hook with telemarketers, but unlike your home phone, most of you pay for your incoming calls. These telemarketers will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run.

 

According to the National Do Not Call List, you have until Dec. 15th 2004 to get on the national "Do not call list" for cell phones. They said that you need to call 1-888-382-1222 from the cell phone that you wish to have put on the "do not call list" to be put on the list. They also said you can do it online at www.donotcall.gov

 

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J-rod Enthusiast

J-rod

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Well I just added my cell # to the list, but oh how I hope one of them does call ... I'm gonna let em have it! LOL

 

Telemarketers :cheers:

Rookie Enthusiast

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I pray for the day a Telemarketer callsme on my cell phone. They will wish they never got out of bed. I will then own them for chewing up my minutes.

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Starting Jan 1, 2005, all cell phone numbers will be made public to telemarketing firms. So this means as of Jan 1, your cell phone may start ringing off the hook with telemarketers, but unlike your home phone, most of you pay for your incoming calls. These telemarketers will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run.

 

According to the National Do Not Call List, you have until Dec. 15th 2004 to get on the national "Do not call list" for cell phones. They said that you need to call 1-888-382-1222 from the cell phone that you wish to have put on the "do not call list" to be put on the list. They also said you can do it online at www.donotcall.gov

 

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I thought I would add a bit more to this:

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

 

Cheers all :cheers:

J-rod Enthusiast

J-rod

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I thought I would add a bit more to this:

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

 

Cheers all  :flag:

Doh!!! I usually check this kinda stuff out before blindly believing it ... got me this time though! At least there's no harm in believing it. Well, other than getting riled up and p1ssed off over something that may never happen. Thanks for the linky, rcj_houston. :cheers:

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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judging from the snopes article, thatr means that =any day the companycould change their mind and release the numbers. best to "do not call" your # now just in case.

freebirdz Enthusiast

freebirdz

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Starting Jan 1, 2005, all cell phone numbers will be made public to telemarketing firms. So this means as of Jan 1, your cell phone may start ringing off the hook with telemarketers, but unlike your home phone, most of you pay for your incoming calls. These telemarketers will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run.

 

According to the National Do Not Call List, you have until Dec. 15th 2004 to get on the national "Do not call list" for cell phones. They said that you need to call 1-888-382-1222 from the cell phone that you wish to have put on the "do not call list" to be put on the list. They also said you can do it online at www.donotcall.gov

 

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Thanks! I just registered my number. :ughdance:

sperry Enthusiast

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I have an easy fix...Cancel the cellphone. I did without one for 95% of my life, it won't hurt me!

 

I don't watch TV anymore because of uncontrolled ad's, ditched dish (not their fault, but too bad!), removed my broadcast antenna from my truck.

 

...And living happily with the boards, XM & DVD's. Not enough ad's to bother with. (Love the spam filter's too)...

LikeaRock14 Enthusiast

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Ah, h e double hockey sticks! Someone decided to be a smartass and use my number on all those pop-ups w/ "Free Ipod! Free Mortage Rate Check! Free DVD Player!", all that crap. So I kept getting 'marketers calling my cell phone, until I bitched them all out :ughdance:

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