# Goddammit, Trump! You won already! Why the fuck are you still Robo-calling me? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510 "2016-12-01T03:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/21 "2016-12-01T19:47:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Nomorobo](https://www.nomorobo.com/). It’s free for your landline and there’s a cheap app for your cell. And it works perfectly. Robocalls are automatically routed away from your number to die a squealing death somewhere. Our phone rings once and then kills it. Gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, it does. Added benefit: while it kills robocalls, it allows automated calls about prescriptions, etc. I thought political calls were exempt from this? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/22 "2016-12-01T20:45:12Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I thought political calls were exempt from this? You’re thinking of the utterly worthless FTC “Do Not Call” registry, which does indeed exempt political calls. Nomorobo is a private option, and blocks anything its database feels is a robocaller. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/23 "2016-12-01T20:55:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Nomorobo](https://www.nomorobo.com/). It’s free for your landline and there’s a cheap app for your cell. And it works perfectly. Robocalls are automatically routed away from your number to die a squealing death somewhere. Our phone rings once and then kills it. Gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, it does. Added benefit: while it kills robocalls, it allows automated calls about prescriptions, etc. I am getting this right now. Multi-tasking. If this works, I will owe you big time. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/24 "2016-12-02T04:48:30Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > When he pressed a button saying he would contact his Congress-critter, it went to another option where you could donate. The concept of giving money to a self-proclaimed billionaire for **ANY REASON** simply _blows my tiny mind!_ Poof! ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/25 "2016-12-02T05:19:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > You’re thinking of the utterly worthless FTC “Do Not Call” registry, which does indeed exempt political calls. Nomorobo is a private option, and blocks anything its database feels is a robocaller. Calls do sometimes get through. When they do, go to their site and report the number. I suspect that after a couple of such reports, NoMoRobo blocks the new number as well. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/26 "2016-12-02T09:23:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Nomorobo](https://www.nomorobo.com/). It’s free for your landline and there’s a cheap app for your cell. And it works perfectly. Robocalls are automatically routed away from your number to die a squealing death somewhere. Our phone rings once and then kills it. Gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, it does. Added benefit: while it kills robocalls, it allows automated calls about prescriptions, etc. I was under the impression that unsolicited phone calls to cell phones were against the law. Was I misinformed? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/27 "2016-12-02T15:25:17Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, he hasn’t selected his Secretary of State yet, so it could be that… You’d think that Secretary of State would be chosen via a game show rather than random phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/28 "2016-12-02T15:30:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Nomorobo](https://www.nomorobo.com/). It’s free for your landline and there’s a cheap app for your cell. And it works perfectly. Robocalls are automatically routed away from your number to die a squealing death somewhere. Our phone rings once and then kills it. Gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, it does. Added benefit: while it kills robocalls, it allows automated calls about prescriptions, etc. Can’t use it here. I was hoping that, even if they didn’t support my local carrier, they’d provide a call forwarding version that would work with any phone (and I’d have to pay for forwarding). But no such luck. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/29 "2016-12-02T21:29:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Title says it all. Yeah, I’m registered Republican, but I didn’t vote for him. Why the fuck are his Robo-minions still calling my house weeks after the election? 😕 Hey, somebody has to pay for his victory tour! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510/30 "2016-12-02T21:53:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I was under the impression that unsolicited phone calls to cell phones were against the law. Was I misinformed? No idea, as I don’t use a cell phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-trump-you-won-already-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-robo-calling-me/773510.md?page=1)