An Easy and Quick Look at  the National Do-Not-Call Registry

With over 55% of your telephone book listings on either the National or State “Do not Call List” times have changed. For any salesperson or organization promoting products your potential customer base just shrunk over 50%.. Looking at the official startup in 2005,  the FTC and Department of Justice have collected millions and millions in fines from violators. Working diligently on only 16 lawsuit s alone, $16,000 million was received from  the offending firms.

The Do-Not-Call List is so popular that in the first year  62,000 million signed on, and right now the numbers on the lists exceed more than 150 million.. During the first twelve months over 428,000 complaints of violators had been filed. Plus the law is so simple to enforce. The Federal Trade Commission FTC), any of the states, and even private citizens may bring these civil actions in federal district courts to enforce the actions. This is really a slap to the face of salespeople trying to conduct sales through outdated methods. Maybe they have time to waste, but the people they call are becoming very impatient.

Who is protected by the National Do-Not-Call Registry?

The registry applies to any plan, program  or campaign to sell goods or services through interstate phone calls. This would include the telemarketers who solicit the program, in addition  it includes the sellers who arrange to provide goods or services to consumers, Consumers  telephone numbers are sorted and available by AREA CODE. Every organization registered will have a choice of downloading a complete and somewhat updated list of numbers from the area codes requested. A prospective customer who receives  a phone call, when they are listed on the do-not-call registry, could simply contact the FTC online or call toll-free number. The complainer only needs to know the date of the call  plus either the incoming phone number or business name. The FTC does everything else on the person’s behalf, including imposing a fine of up to $11,000.

EXEMPT from the Do-Not-CALL regulations are companies which you conduct business with, most charities, political organizations, and telephone surveyors. Also people who have just registered their number in the last 31 days are exempt..Currently many prize promotion companies are walking the tightrope.

NO CELL PHONE NUMBERS may be called for solicitation of buying goods or special opportunities.

THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION is that the do-not-call registry does not apply if you are calling business people and not just consumers. A little unknown one is that you can be fined if you did not follow proper procedures before calling someone that is not even listed on the do-not-call registry

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
Complaints & Inquiries Division
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322)—voice

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