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Descant · 11-21-2017, 06:42 PM

My pet peeve isn't as much with telemarketers if are live. It's the robo calls, especially the ones that repeatedly tell me tomorrow is the deadline and they call three times next week.
Remember, older folks still trust the phone and get tricked into lots of things from friendly voices.
Like the one that opens with "This is Emily on a recorded line. Can you hear me OK?" You say "Yes" and they now have a rewcording of you agreeing to buy or do something.

GOOD NEWS

Today, I received a legal notice about participating in a settlement from a class action lawsuit against Monitronics. I just have to return the form and I may get some sort of settlement. Monitronics and authorized dealers were hit for both live and robo calls to lines on the "do not call" list.
Happens more often with SEC violations. Got a notice of settlement a couple of days ago. The broker will be sending me a check for $6.75. Obviously a big class.

11-21-2017, 06:42 PM	#57
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,030 Thanks: 1,209 Thanked 1,509 Times in 982 Posts	My pet peeve isn't as much with telemarketers if are live. It's the robo calls, especially the ones that repeatedly tell me tomorrow is the deadline and they call three times next week. Remember, older folks still trust the phone and get tricked into lots of things from friendly voices. Like the one that opens with "This is Emily on a recorded line. Can you hear me OK?" You say "Yes" and they now have a rewcording of you agreeing to buy or do something. GOOD NEWS Today, I received a legal notice about participating in a settlement from a class action lawsuit against Monitronics. I just have to return the form and I may get some sort of settlement. Monitronics and authorized dealers were hit for both live and robo calls to lines on the "do not call" list. Happens more often with SEC violations. Got a notice of settlement a couple of days ago. The broker will be sending me a check for $6.75. Obviously a big class.