I’ve been getting telemarketer calls all day (I know by the 5 second pause when I say “hello?”). I couldn’t stand it any more (especially considering that I’m on the National Do Not Call List) so I finally I picked up at 7:30pm tonight. It was the [CENSORED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HURT A CHARITY]. I told them I make all my donations through umbrella charities, and asked to be removed from their call list.
I heard somewhere I long time ago that if you ask to be removed from their list, they have to do it (I’m not sure if that’s legal or not) and I’ve never had a problem before. Tonight the operator said, “Please hold for my supervisor.” So I held on the line for about 30 seconds to have a guy come on the line and ask me what the problem was. I said politely that I would like to be removed from their call list, to which he replied that Canadian legislation exempts charities from the National Do Not Call List, and that they would contact me again next year. I said that I did not want to be contacted again ever. He said that they would not contact me again during this drive, but they would try again next time in-case I changed my mind.
I argued with the guy that this was ridiculous, and I wanted to be removed from the list. He wouldn’t do it and just kept repeating that under Canadian legislation, they can contact me as a registered charity. Finally I had enough and yelled at him that he was being a prick and I hung-up. Are you serious? This charity refuses to stop calling me at all hours of the day?
If you get a call from 1-800-891-1928, that’s them. It’s your choice whether you pick up or not, but I feel horrible that a reputable charity has such jerks working for them. It was really off-putting and I encourage you to support the United Way or the Red Cross if you want to help.
I really wanted to end this blog post with a note that I later did donate to the [CENSORED], but to be honest, I’m still too pissed off 