"Do Not Call" Lists - they have an expiration date...

[lizziegrace]

Do Not Call: Dial and Tribulation

Sept. 10, 2007 issue - At county fairs in Pennsylvania this summer, visitors lined up for the Ferris wheel, pie-eating contests—and to renew their spot on the state's Do Not Call Registry. Who knew that the list, which was established in 2002, came with a five-year expiration date? Not Mark Baicker, a pension manager from Carversville, Pa. "It's totally confusing," he says. "When you're signing up, it should be permanent." As the Sept. 15 deadline looms, the state is putting the word out through public-service announcements, newspaper ads and TV spots. Still, only 690,000 people out of the 2 million registrants who need to renew have done so.

These mixed signals in Pennsylvania could mirror a problem the entire country will face next year, when the first people who signed up are dropped from the federal Do Not Call list. The nationwide registry, with 148 million numbers, is considerably larger than in Pennsylvania, one of the few states that still operate a list independent of the Federal Trade Commission's. Nearly half (or 63 million) of the numbers were registered in 2003, the program's first year, which means they'll start to fall off the list as early as next summer. Unlike in Pennsylvania, federal budget constraints will prevent a massive national get-the-word-out movement with television ads or county-fair booths.

More at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20534720/site/newsweek/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear lizziegrace!

Thanks for the heads-up...

This should have been a permanent list....

Not the five year temporary crap that was undoubtedly pushed through by the folks doing the calling!:grr:

My husband and I have really enjoyed the relative lack of calls......

We WILL renew!

:hi:

[grace0418]

2. ***HERE'S THE LINK TO RE-REGISTER***

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

It says right on that page that it expires, but who would remember that five years later? How ridiculous!

Thanks for the heads up!

[lizziegrace]

3. Thanks for the link

:)

[grace0418]

4. You're welcome. I hope people rec this because everyone should see it.

The registry is going to be getting a lot of complaints over the next few months when people start getting harassed again.

[grace0418]

5. Kick! Recommend this one folks.

People should see this.

[Reciprocity]

6. Thanks K&R.

[1gobluedem]

7. Thanks, Lizziegrace!

I was one of the first to sign up for the national list; had no idea it would expire. I appreciate the information.

:yourock:

[dropkickpa]

8. Here's the PA "do not call" site

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/dnc.aspx

[LSdemocrat]

9. FYI, the Missouri No Call List does NOT expire

http://ago.mo.gov/nocalllaw/nocallfaqs.htm

"Is there an expiration date on my registration?

No. If your phone number and address remain the same, then you do not need to re-register."

[bikebloke]

10. I've been wondering why the calls have resumed.

So I re-registered. In the interim, the hasslers will have to take some cursing.

[InternalDialogue]

11. Hey, lizziegrace!

Thanks for the reminder -- I went and verified my numbers. Don't have to worry about one of them until next summer, then in 2010 for the other two.

How are you? (I got your message :hug:)

[lizziegrace]

13. Hey back!

You can still re-register them now (on the federal site) and get five years from today as the expiration. I went ahead and re-enlisted ;) so I don't have to remember later.

:hug:

How've you been?

[lizziegrace]

12. Don't forget to register your cell phone number

and fax number if you have them. :)

I'm set until 2012 now.

[grace0418]

14. Someone send this off to the Greatest Page so more people can see it.

Can you tell I really hate telemarketers? :)

[GardeningGal]

15. Here's a kick

For those that didn't see it earlier today.

[lizziegrace]

16. Thanks!

:)

If you'd like, feel free to post this in GD.

[lizziegrace]

17. Kick

this is my PSA for the month.

[tanyev]

18. Brilliant. Then they have a list of expired numbers ready to sell.