Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: alanf@daysinns.UUCP (Daniel Alan Fleming) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telemarketers' Lists Message-ID: <10362@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 2 Aug 90 17:18:56 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: alanf@daysinns.UUCP (Daniel Alan Fleming) Organization: Days Inns of America Lines: 47 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 537, Message 10 of 11 In article <10260@accuvax.nwu.edu> ndallen@contact.uucp (Nigel Allen) writes: >X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 531, Message 5 of 8 >If you have ever received a telemarketing call at an unlisted number, >you may have wondered how the telemarketing company got the number. I once worked for a telemarketing division of a company here in Atlanta. (I am sure my karma was destroyed because of this exposure :-) We recieved 100,000 "leads" from a large telecommunications company every 3 months which we would load into our mainframe and send out via terminal to 150 or so telemarketers. Apparently the Tele-Comm company got their leads from the phone company and from their own representatives. (I imagine they went through an agency). Recently, our place of work has been getting called daily by a department store asking for our employees. They are not allowed to take phone calls while at work, so the calls are sent to our department. We have asked repeatedly for our phone number to be removed from their database and were told this was not possible. (Apparently their "database software" doesn't search fields??!?) Are there any ideas on how to counter this? Due to our professional position, sending concrete blocks COD is not acceptable. Daniel Alan Fleming {uunet}!gatech.edu!daysinns!alanf 4203 Buford Hwy NE Days Inns of America Apt B-7 2751 Buford Hwy N.E. Atlanta, GA 30345: (404)/634-8014 Atlanta, GA 30324: (404)/728-4498 [Moderator's Note: Impossible to remove your number? Like the time the lady at McDonald's told me they were all out of french fries and it was only coincidental that it was ten minutes before closing time, I find that hard to believe, and I would be candid in telling them so. Although tempted to say something rude ("suppose the next time you call here, I come over to see whoever placed the call and chop off his fingers, so he will never be in a position to dial a phone again, period") I would probably call the Chairman's office at the department store, explain the problem, and advise the Chairman that you do not wish to be placed in a position where you must file suit or a formal complaint with the regulators but that you will do so if necessary. Explain that you are asking his office to intervene. I'll bet you don't get any more calls, because he will be the one to go downstairs with an axe. PT]