Calif starts DO NOT CALL list Tue.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Oh, about time… Yep, the state of California is starting an online registry so you can keep telemarketers from calling you. You can preregister now.

‘DO NOT CALL’ LIST
– What is it? A free “do not call” registry managed by the Federal Trade Commission.
How to sign up: California starts taking names Tuesday through the Internet.
The site is nocall.doj.state.ca.us – click on “pre-register” and follow the directions. There is no ability to register by mail, but phone registration is expected by July.

More Info:

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Woo! I’m preregistered.

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Woo! Thanks handy, it’s like a dream come true! Hope it actually works.

Link to the pre-register site: http://nocall.doj.state.ca.us/

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The list, of course, does not apply to non-profits or political campaigns.

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After reading the FAQ, I see it’s for the national Do Not Call list. California abandoned their separate list and decided to put their efforts towards the national list. So it’s just a place for Californians to pre-reg.

Starts in September, then telemarketing scum have 30 days to comply, so October is when it fully takes effect.

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AH, more catches:

The new law does not apply to calls from charities, surveys and politicians.

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No matter who’s calling, the new rules do not protect you from solicitations from anyone you’ve done business with in the past 18 months’

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5531575.htm

Above article has a lot more info.

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I signed up for Tennessee’s after I moved here in August 2002 - I wasn’t going to, but I immediately began being swamped with telemarketing calls.

I get almost none now - I rarely even get charity calls.

So, if the national one works as well as Tennessee’s, it’ll be nice.

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Yeah, Florida’s works like a dream, too. Even better when you’re unlisted to begin with. I haven’t gotten a solicitation call in 3 years.

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For those of us who do not live in California, here is the sign-up for the national list.

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Oops. That’s not the signup, yet. But it WILL be.

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Good news! Thanks for the links. :cool:

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Of course not… the same politicians who made the law still want to be call you and hit you up for votes and money.