# Is there any sure fire way to stop Telemarketing Calls

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 1, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sure-fire-way-to-stop-telemarketing-calls/35244 "2000-10-01T15:20:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![TBSPW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@TBSPW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBSPW)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sure-fire-way-to-stop-telemarketing-calls/35244/1 "2000-10-01T15:20:32Z")

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I would just like to add that after you ask to be placed on their do-not-call list, if they call again within six months to a year in some places you can sue the company for harassment. On a television show I was watching on night it should a couple of families that got $1,000 because the same company called them twice.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sure-fire-way-to-stop-telemarketing-calls/35244/2 "2000-10-02T04:06:56Z")

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