public cell numbers

Thanks! Now maybe I won't get those annoying calls about my auto warranty!!!!

I get those too Mikamom, what it up with that?
We never even had a warranty. I have had the FINAL call about 20 times now.

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Cell Phone Numbers

There's nothing wrong with adding your number to the do not call list, but cells numbers are not being released tomorrow or any other day. This is a recurring hoax, although benign and apparently well intentioned. Snopes.com

Furthermore, it is no longer true that the duration of a number on the list is 5 years
FTC site

Putting your land line on the do not call registry is a good idea, and probably most people have already done this. Should stop calls excepting for surveys, companies you already have a relationship with, and charities.

Putting a cell phone on won't hurt, but by law cell numbers (or any number which may incur a charge for incoming calls) can't be auto-dialed, and that stops nearly all telemarketers.

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Originally posted by mikamom:
Thanks! Now maybe I won't get those annoying calls about my auto warranty!!!!

Maybe you have heard the current Comcast radio commercial, in which the punch line includes the phrase: "You know that call? Well, actually, that call won't change."

From donotcall.gov: "A telemarketer or seller may call a consumer with whom it has an established business relationship for up to 18 months after the consumer's last purchase, delivery, or payment - even if the consumer's number is on the National Do Not Call Registry."

But you can stop the calls (in principle )

"One caveat: if a consumer asks a company not to call, the company may not call, even if there is an established business relationship. Indeed, a company may not call a consumer - regardless of whether the consumer's number is on the registry - if the consumer has asked to be put on the company's own do not call list."

Okay, well thanks for that 3finger.
What do you think all the fuss is about. Just misinformation, or what? Why does it keep getting sent around and around, year after year?

The Snopes link gives a pretty good summary of the probable origins.

I think the story has legs because it urges people to take a reasonable action; it is clear that nobody reaps ill-gotten gains; whoever repeats it has only pure motives; and there is a grain of truth in it.

The only downside of it is the increased cost of administering the program from redundant requests to add a number.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!!!!

snopes.com should be on everyone's Favorites list. Could save a lot of rubbish e-mails being circulated. They do a heckofa job!