Anyone know who this is? I'm getting a lot of abandoned calls from this one on caller ID and reverse directories don't have it.

Have you bothered to call it?

Why? If he does, then he's fair game in the future, according to the law.

The law says they can call people who have made an inquiry about their service for 90 days or until you tell them to stop. Their phone bill and his caller ID will show they called him first. Calling the number:

Allows him to find out who they actually are.
Allows him the opportunity to tell them not to call him anymore, which allows him to sue them under the TCPA.
Allows him to determine if they should be reported for do-not-call violations.

The do-not-call list is really pretty effective considering it's free. For the people that don't follow it, they need to be reported and if needed sued.

However, reporting them without knowing who they are runs the risk of reporting someone who isn't actually violating the law, which clogs up the system and makes it harder for the feds to determine who they should be going after. One of the reasons why the feds wait until they have a 100 complaints to take any action is that a lot of the complaints are about calls that don't violate the law. Reporting people that call you legally actually helps the telemarketers that are breaking the law.

Plus, it's a little rude to ask the people on the board to take the time to help him if he can't take the time to even make a phone call.

Man, you've got that iron bar shoved up your rectum so high I can scarcely believe you can make it to the computer.

I thought someone here might have access to a decent 800 directory and would spend one minute helping report a fairly serious violater of the No-Call List. My bad. Instead, we have Omnedon, defender of telepests everywhere. Geez, what a little pisser.

Guess what, milquetoast, I don't want to talk to telepests. Especially telepests who call a dozen times and hang up. These people are the scum of the earth. They don't follow the law.

If I call them, they will likely capture the number and add it to a different list. If I sued them, they'd have that defense.

As for clogging up the system? Who cares? The system isn't working. If it takes 100 complaints now to get a response, then we should have 100 volunteers here willing to enter every number we complain about. They lie and abuse the system, we should go for the jugular, quit standing around futzing with Robert's Rules of Proper Telemarketer Combat.

There are still assholes like 800 370-2349 who flaut the rules. Let's get 'em.

I'm not defending anyone, I'm telling you to get off your lazy rear and handle it yourself. Does telling you to sue them sound like I'm defending them? Does telling you to report violations sound like I'm defending them?

You got called, you have the ability to handle the problem, heck you can even make money doing it. Asking us to help you when you can't be bothered..or wait sorry..you're too scared to call them, is pretty sad.

Who are you, Napoleon Dynamite? I explained why I did not want to call these fucks.

Now, I understand that some of you have access to a decent 800 number directory. I do not. If you don't want to share, I don't get it - you're just reaffirming the stereotype of an anti-telepest as nerdy people who hate everyone.

Remember that a lot of people search on Google for numbers and get here as a result. Do you really want newcomers to see prissy little weenies like Omnedon refusing to share or help anyone?

Here's the number again: 800 370-2349. Who are these assholes?

I suspect that anyone on this board would be happy to help someone with a problem caused by telemarketers. We are all happy to share advice, and give support to people who don't know how to solve their problems that are caused be telemarketers. YOU have a problem caused by a lack of taking personal responsibility for solving your own problems. That is a different situation. You know what to do to solve your problem. You refuse to do it. Worse, you advocate making the situation worse for everyone else by making it harder for the feds to do their jobs. Becasue of that, you are the kind of person who makes it easy for telepests to continue to make a profit. You don't want to be part of the solution? Fine, I have no problem with that. Asking us to do pointless research (I say pointless because it's difficult to believe anyone who can't bring themself to do the absolute minimum is capable of taking action based on what we find) is a waste of our time. We can't tell them not to call you because we don't know your phone number. Only you can do that.

I'm happy to help anyone who needs help. We all are. You don't need help. You need personal responsibility.

I called 800-370-2349, but it was busy.

If you are worried that calling 800-370-2349 may result in more calls from them to you, then you could call 800-370-2349 from a local pay phone.

I was asking for one minute of someone's time who had access to a directory. You've spent far more than a minute acting like a jerk, using the royal "we" as if you somehow reign supreme over all of antitelemarketerdom.

This has nothing to do with personal responsibility. The feds aren't getting the job done. You know the reason? Assholes like you who don't give a crap. We need to fight them, get those complaint numbers high enough that they figure they'd better do something.

While you whine about making life harder for a group of people who aren't doing anything, the telepests celebrate, because a law that looked, on its surface, to make a real impact has only cut nuisance calls by about 20%.

I'd like to start a group where if one of us receives an illegal call, we all complain about it. Let those suits know that the fight isn't over simply because a few telepests out of thousands are afraid to break the new law.

To the guest who tried the number, thanks. I haven't seen a pay phone within 20 miles of here.

Hey, here's a thought, why not figure out if it's an illegal call before you waste our time?

The phone number has been assigned for over a year , and the only person who is posting anything about it is you.

If a telephone number is not listed in directory assistance (411 or 800-555-1212), then I don't think that anyone here has access to any toll-free directory that you don't have access to.

If you don't want to call a number from a pay phone, then you can dial *67 before you dial the number to block your Caller ID information.

If you are worried about a company claiming that they have an Established Business Relationship (EBR) with you based on your call to them, then all you have to do is give them your do-not-call request when you call them. Your do-not-call request will immediately terminate any EBR that they may have had with you based on your call to them.

How do you know that the phone number has been assigned for over a year?

What do you mean by assigned?

Who is the phone number assigned to?

*67 does not work when calling a toll-free number.

So, Omnedon, you've looked it up and know the answer. Why not share? Remember, people search Google and come here - we see it all the time. Perhaps they've just started with the nuisance calls. Are you a telepest trying to protect your friends? What's the deal?

Let's say I do successfully call these pricks. They probably aren't going to tell me who they are unless I can convince them I want their products. If I piss them off in that effort, as we've seen many times on these forums, I will get added to lists in revenge. It's hard for me to hide my contempt for people who pester others for a living.

Someone here suggested that you call the number that called you. In response you said that you didn't want to do that because they might use your call to them as a reason to keep calling you.

Someone here suggested that you call them from a local pay phone. In response you said the nearest pay phone was 20 miles away.

Someone here suggested that you key in *67 before you call them. In response you said that won't work when calling a toll-free number.

Someone here suggested that you call them and give them your do-not-call request. In response you said that you might get added to lists in revenge.

Let us know if you ever figure out who called you. And let us know how you figured it out...

Well, dude, *67 doesn't block your number when calling toll-free. That's just a fact. And pay phones are disappearing in many areas. Again, just a fact.

I posted because I know some people here have easy access to a powerful reverse phone directory. It's no skin off their backs to provide a listing - one that would be more accurate than calling and asking directly.

Don't want to help? I don't really understand, but that's life. What I strongly disagree with is giving me a hard time for asking or not wanting to talk to telepest. Just seems like prissy asshattery.

It's not that I'm not willing to help. What part of answer the phone and tell them to take you off their list don't you understand? I'll post detailed directions and walk you through it.

As for not wanting to talk to a telepest, well no shit. Really? Gosh, hard to imagine. But guess what cupcake? It's your problem and you are the only person who can fix it. As far as can be found online, you are the only person complaining about them.

If you think I'm being rough on you, look at the situation. We've got a guy who won't answer the phone, like he's dodging bill collectors. No one else has posted anything negative about the number on any website Google has indexed, and the number has been assigned to a company for over a year.

You won't answer the phone or call them back for what certainly sounds like an unusually paranoid reason.

What's more likely, they singled you out to get a dozen calls and no one else, or you are dodging someone who owes you money and you're trying to get back at them for actually expecting you to pay the money you owe?

Maybe I'm completely off track and you really are a paranoid who is off his meds, and you really are frightened by all this. Or maybe you damaged your throat and can't speak clearly. If so, my bad. My guess is that you are no better than every other person who can somehow figure out how to file for welfare at our expense, but somehow can't figure out how to fill out a job application.

I don't know anyone who has easy access to a powerful reverse phone directory. If such a thing existed it would make my life a lot easier. If there really is such a thing I'd love to know about it.

Several people here have offered as much help as they can. You don't want to call the number from a pay phone, you don't want to type in *67 before you call the number, you don't want to call the number and be nice to them and find out who they are. I don't really understand, but that's life. What *I* strongly disagree with is giving everyone who reads this message board a hard time simply because nobody here can help you in the very specific and limited way that you want to be helped.

I don't think you're being hard on me, I just think you're a prissy little douchebag who probably works for a telepest.

So, you have the information and you don't want to share. I don't see why you even bothered to respond, but prissy little douchebags like you probably can't resist.

I've explained why the information would help and why an entry in the directory would be better than the drivel telepests spout before they think they're making a sale. I guess you're just stupid, because you just don't seem to understand that.

Omnidon, the patron saint of douchebags, apparently has access to the directory. He doesn't want to share. And *67, which makes your number anonymous for most calls, does not make your number anonymous when dialing toll-free. I thought I explained that already.

I'm giving him a hard time because he's acting like a douchebag. I asked a specific question. Instead of an answer, I get lectured by a bunch of fucking pussies about why my question is inappropriate.

Now, I've explained why I think the directory entry is superior to anything I can find out by talking to the telepests. What is so hard about either answering the fucking question or ignoring the item?

This forum probably has more telepests than antis.

Omnidon doesn't have access to "the directory" because there is no such directory. If people here could figure out who the subscriber was for every unlisted toll free number, then nobody would ever need to send out a subpoena to a telephone company Resp Org for subscriber information. Get over it already. There is no directory that lists unlisted toll free numbers.

Your repeated request is like pissing in the wind - you're getting all wet.

People here have given you lots of useful suggestions. You can keep pissing and moaning that the suggestions you've been given aren't good enough, and that someone here has access to the directory of all unlisted toll free numbers. But if you really want the information you're requesting, then you'll have to learn how to get it just like the rest of us.

If you want to know how the rest of us do it, feel free to ask. But if you want to piss and moan because nobody here will give you what nobody here has, then you'll just keep getting wet.

Then why did she claim that particular 800 line had been in service for one year? She obviously looked something up.

I made one request. I'm only defending why I wanted that particular piece of information. I'm perfectly capable of calling that number myself, and I've explained why I'm not going to do it.

Definitely more telepests than antis on this board. You people love to go where you're not wanted.

Maybe (s)he looked up who the Resp Org for that number is and called them. Generally a Resp Org will not give out subscriber information for an unlisted number, but sometimes you can get lucky and they will give out what they consider relatively useless information like how long the number has been assigned to it's current subscriber, or what state the subscriber is located in, or if the subscriber has other toll free numbers (they won't usually tell you what those numbers are, but you can always ask).

Everything I found, I found by using Google. I can't wait to hear the paranoid/lazy reason you have for not bothering to Google the number before asking for help or at any point since then.

And by the way, you aren't just paranoid. Telepests are everywhere.

The kid that bagged your groceries? He sent in your shopping list.

The guy in the car behind you? He was following you home to see when you would be available to accept calls.

This website and all the other so called anti-telemarketing websites were actually created and filled with posts from people pretending to be against telemarketing just to lure you into posting so your IP address could be connected to your residential address.

Better not Google them, either. Google was created by telemarketers just to identify the people that are against telemarketing so they could get an extra helping of calls.

Your parents were actually telemarketers who pretended to raise you just so they could get your home phone number when you moved out.

You said that the telephone number 800-370-2349 has been assigned for over a year. Can you tell us where you got that information by using google, because when I use google to search for 800-370-2349 all I get is this site.

Put quotes around it. Only two sites come up, this one and the one I used.

Well, that's a start. I didn't think to put in a dash after 800 because toll-free numbers aren't usually listed that way. No idea who osap is, I don't think Ontario's student aid program would be calling. I've fired off a note to Global Crossing to see if they will tell me anything.

I'm sorry that your telepest experience has been so poor, Omnedon. May I suggest doing something productive for a living, like turning tricks or working at McDonalds. While these aren't prestigious jobs, at least you're being paid for honest work, not something despised by 99.9% of the population.

By the way, I know about the guy in the car behind me. I followed him home and beat him to a pulp. How dare he try and provide information for you people. Naturally, he denied it, but I don't believe him. I don't think he'll be doing that again, though.

You mean http://www.800domains.com/37/02.htm which can lead you to http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/

I personally never found http://www.800domains.com to be useful, so I didn't even mention it.

I don't really know how reliable or useful the information from http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/ is, but now at least I can see where you got the information you posted.

Thanks

No problem. It's not very useful if you are trying to track someone down, but it does give you an idea of what kind of situation you are dealing with, which in turn can lead you in a more productive direction.

You wish I was a telemarketer, that way you wouldn't have to admit to yourself what a paranoid jerk you really are. I'm wondering if it will ever occur to you that you are actually causing your own problems?

You sure act like a telepest.

What problems do I have, other than not wanting calls from people like you? I came here to ask for information, which people are unwilling or unable to provide. That's life. But you started the fight about it with your piece of shit attitude. People like you really should just crawl back into a hole and let life go.

Do you really want to know? If you do, copy and paste your posts into a word document and show them to someone you have known for a while that you think highly of, and tell them that you saw this posted online and you were curious of their impression of the person who wrote it.

If that isn't available to you, you may want to do the same thing and show it to your family doctor or clergy, let them know that it's something you wrote and ask what they think.

I think you might be surprised by what they say.

I'm rude to telepests. I would never treat any person who matters in that manner. Telepests are the scum of the earth.

I suggest you show your posts to your friends (if telepests have any) and family. You might be surprised by their reaction - "you know, you are a prissy bitch sometimes."

Apparently you define a telepest as anyone you are rude to. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with what they do for a living or their position on telemarketing or telemarketers.

It's pretty clear we have a lot of telepests visiting this forum, Omendon. I believe you're one of them. It's not paranoia, just a feeling from your responses. Ultimately it doesn't matter as nothing rides on it, but it seems pretty clear to me.

First, that wasn't me.

We've been nice to you. We've tried to help you. This board is for people that have problems with telemarketers. You seem to have emotional stability problems that are causing paranoia and anti-social behavior towards people that are trying to help you.

This board isn't the proper forum for helping you with your problems. Whether you choose not seek help, seek help offline or from another more appropriate website, this isn't the place for you to get the help you seem to need.

If you have a problem with telemarketers, we are happy to assist. Please stop posting about problems we can't help you with.

Who is this royal "we" you keep referring to? Again, you are the little cunt who started this fight by being anything but helpful. Have you ever heard of just keeping quiet if you don't have a solution?

I don't back down to telepests. I enjoy being rude to telepests, I find it cathartic. Having looked at a lot of your posts, I believe you are a telepest. I've been on anti-telemarketing boards for years, and a lot of pests seem incapable of staying away - like moths to the fire.

If you are so unhappy with your chosen career, I suggest purchasing a handgun and some ammunition, loading the gun, placing it to your head and pulling the trigger. One less telepest will enrich the rest of the world by a tiny amount.

I'm not a telemarketer/telepest/whatever you feel you need to call people in order to justify your behavior.

"We" is a pronoun that refers to more than one person. More than one person has tried to assist you. More than one person has been nice to you. Your responses have been inappropriate.

If you bothered to read the posts from them, you would see that most of the telemarketers on this board are contributing information to assist people in protecting themselves from their past employer. That is the purpose of this board. To assist people who are having problems with telemarketers.

Your behavior on this board is worse than almost all of the telemarketers I have seen post here. The one/few that behave worse have stopped posting when asked to.

Please stop posting on this board.

Hey, you started the fight by calling my initial request inappropriate. You did not offer help. Instead, you chose to act like a pissy little mama's girl.

I believe you are a telepest. I may be wrong, but you certainly seem like one, and your responses in other items make it seem likely.

You don't have the right to tell people not to post. Only the moderator of this board does. You certainly have quite the ego, though. I'll give you that. I've certainly never seen anyone on this board who thinks so much of herself. Maybe you could find a husband if you only acted a little more humble. Scratch that, I bet you look like a linebacker. Ugly chicks often get quite an attitude.

I won't tell you to go away, but I strongly suggest you either find another way to "help" people, or just get off the fucking high horse on which you've managed to stick yourself. What a fucking bitch. Really.

I did not ban you from the board, I asked you not to post about things we cannot assist you with. When you decided that wasn't what you wanted to do, I asked you not to post anymore. I didn't ban you. If you are in a situation in the future where you have a problem caused by telemarketers, I and others on the board are willing to assist you. That isn't your problem right now.

I don't doubt that right now you have no other outlet for your problems than posting on this board, and I'm not trying to be mean or to hurt you. This isn't the right forum to help someone with your problems.

I'm not saying you don't have problems that you need help with. In a way, it's very fortunate that you chose to fixate on telemarketers. If you had chosen a race or nationality to fixate on you would probably be subject to punishment for hate crimes by now, and if you had chosen auto mechanics instead of telemarketers the odds are good you would be in jail by now since you would probably have been charged with assault every time your car was repaired. So in that sense it's good that you are fixated on an occupation that you don't come into physical contact with.

Others who have your problems have been able to bring themselves to get help from people who can assist them, and I hope that you can do that as well.

I am asking you politely not to post here. I hope that you can find another way of dealing with your pain.

You seem to have built up a fascinating fantasy based on the fact that you behaved like a priss and I decided to be rude about it because your response here and elsewhere on this forum lead me to believe that you make nuisance calls for a living.

I've never assaulted anyone, unless you count insulting idiots on a message board as assault. Sure, I think people like you could sorely use a good beating - it might make you a little more humble. But I'm not going to be the one to do it. And if I ever decided to commit an assault, I certainly wouldn't start by hitting a woman over a stupid argument on a message board.

You have way too much flitting about that bird brain of yours. Go out to a bar, find the drunkest guy you can and get laid (you'll need the beer goggles, because I'm guessing you aren't exactly the prettiest girl in the pageant, so to speak). That should clear your head. It's apparently been way too long.

I'm not going to ask you to stop posting because I don't think it's my place. But I would appreciate it if you followed my instructions above and thus loosened up a little.

[quote=Omnedon,Feb 26 2006, 09:01 AM]
Hey, here's a thought, why not figure out if it's an illegal call before you waste our time?

The phone number has been assigned for over a year , and the only person who is posting anything about it is you.

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Ok I've tried calling the number back, and it's always busy....they seem to like to call at around 9pm. I've called several telemarketers back and asked to be put on a no call list, and they have done it......just seems that this number is more about bothering people......and I've put my number on the do not call list more than once.......just wish I knew the Company's name, or how to go about finding it.

I got a call from 800-370-2349 On Aug 30, 2006 at 8:38PM EDT. I'll call them from a pay phone tomorrow and see who answers.

I started receiving calls from this number about one week ago. A man asks for my husband by name, and when we tell him he is not here, the caller rudely hangs up. He always calls in the evening. He refuses to leave a message. Personally I find it a biy unsettling.