Comments on: More on Gabriola telemarketing annoyance http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/08/telemarketing/ Gabriola Island blog Tue, 22 May 2012 01:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gabriolan http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/08/telemarketing/#comment-30762 Gabriolan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:37:27 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=6488#comment-30762 I wish I had a good answer for you, marja-leena, but I can't think of one. If you can spare the effort you might talk to your phone company and the CRTC about this: ask them how you can find out who's calling you in order to make a complaint. I wish I had a good answer for you, marja-leena, but I can’t think of one. If you can spare the effort you might talk to your phone company and the CRTC about this: ask them how you can find out who’s calling you in order to make a complaint.

]]> By: marja-leena http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/08/telemarketing/#comment-30759 marja-leena Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:56:13 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=6488#comment-30759 The worst offenders for us are these recorded loud messages about "an urgent message regarding your credit card" and to press a number on the keypad to call back. We always hang up. Because we don't have call display, there seems to be no way we can get information on who they are to report them to CRTC. Have you or any of your readers had these calls and been able to report them? I worry that some seniors or others may be trapped by this. (Sorry to use your blog as a message board - you've touched a nerve with this post!) The worst offenders for us are these recorded loud messages about “an urgent message regarding your credit card” and to press a number on the keypad to call back. We always hang up. Because we don’t have call display, there seems to be no way we can get information on who they are to report them to CRTC. Have you or any of your readers had these calls and been able to report them? I worry that some seniors or others may be trapped by this.

(Sorry to use your blog as a message board – you’ve touched a nerve with this post!)

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