Calls to your home before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m. Robocalling without your prior written consent Robocalling without an opt-out mechanism All calls that don’t identify the caller, who they’re calling ...

Maybe you got a call from Rachel over the holidays. That’s Rachel as in “Rachel from cardholder services,” those incredibly annoying telemarketing pitches that prompted the former head of the Federal ...

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If a telemarketer calls you illegally, you may be able to sue them. — -- The next time a telemarketer calls you, don’t think of the phone ringing. Think of it cha-chinging! What’s that you say?

Telemarketer: Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long-distance service? Jerry: Oh, gee, I can't talk right now. Why don't you give me your home number, and I'll call you later?

This is a story about how the future gets weird. It's about how humans interact with each other, and machines, and systems that can only properly be called cyborg. Let's start, though, with a man ...

Telemarketers are the bane of our existence. With the rise of robocalls and automated bots meant to call hundreds of numbers per hour, The Jolly Roger Telephone Company — a nod to the traditional ...

FACILITATE RELOCATION. WHEN ONE WINSTON-SALEM MAN ON THE DO NOT CALL LIST TELLS TELEMARKETER THAT THEY HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER, HE MEANS IT. LINDSAY: HE SURE DOES. IN FACT, HE IS USING SETTLEMENT MONEY ...

Just when there are 3 seconds in the game, and this last play determines the victor, the phone rings. You are interrupted at the special moment when you want no distractions. As you probably already ...

Everyone knows that telemarketers can be annoying, but sometimes they inadvertently set themselves up for the perfect joke. When one good humored music store owner found themselves on the other end of ...

Donald Sizemore managed to find a way to get a telemarketer to hang up on him. He does a very good Donald Duck impression, and the telemarketer decided the call wasn't worth it. Good morning. I'm ...