TrainChaser
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I am on the Federal Do Not Call List, and have been for several years. I know there are groups who CAN call you legally (mainly politicians and non-profits), but I still get a lot of them that are just selling services. I looked up the number that just called me, and there were other complaints. There was also a post about suing them, #1 below. Then I looked up How to Sue a Telemarketer", #2 below.
Does anyone know if this is true? Do you know if anyone has succeeded, or what you have to do, or are there particular types of attorneys that handle this, or if it's just a waste of time?
I think it would be a real hoot to finance your boondocking and travels by suing this trash!
#1-- "Autodialers are illegal under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which gives you the right to sue them in any court (without paying for a lawyer!) and get at least $500 per call and $1,000 per call if your phone is on the national Do-Not-Call registry. But before you can sue them, you have to "play customer": sound like you're interested in whatever they're selling and keep them on the phone long enough to get the name of their business and an address and city they're in. Above all, you need their address so you can serve them with legal notice that you're going to sue them. One way to get their address is from their URL. It might even mean ordering their service--carpet cleaning or air-duct--for example--and talking to the people who come out to do the work, who are, in this case, probably not the ones who are making all the calls but who will lead you to them. Suing illegal telemarketers requires a bit of interesting detective work that can pay lots of $$$. I know people who make $70,000/year suing illegal telecallers." http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-253-618-6935
#2 -- How to Sue a Telemarketer, and found this:
http://www.impactdialing.com/2012/05/how-to-sue-a-telemarketer/
Does anyone know if this is true? Do you know if anyone has succeeded, or what you have to do, or are there particular types of attorneys that handle this, or if it's just a waste of time?
I think it would be a real hoot to finance your boondocking and travels by suing this trash!
#1-- "Autodialers are illegal under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which gives you the right to sue them in any court (without paying for a lawyer!) and get at least $500 per call and $1,000 per call if your phone is on the national Do-Not-Call registry. But before you can sue them, you have to "play customer": sound like you're interested in whatever they're selling and keep them on the phone long enough to get the name of their business and an address and city they're in. Above all, you need their address so you can serve them with legal notice that you're going to sue them. One way to get their address is from their URL. It might even mean ordering their service--carpet cleaning or air-duct--for example--and talking to the people who come out to do the work, who are, in this case, probably not the ones who are making all the calls but who will lead you to them. Suing illegal telemarketers requires a bit of interesting detective work that can pay lots of $$$. I know people who make $70,000/year suing illegal telecallers." http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-253-618-6935
#2 -- How to Sue a Telemarketer, and found this:
http://www.impactdialing.com/2012/05/how-to-sue-a-telemarketer/
