Stopping the telesales calls...

[matt]

So someone at my work mentioned that she had registered on a national opt-out database for direct marketing and now gets way less sales calls.

I was skeptical because it seems too good to be true, but it looks legit. Not sure if this is old news, but it was news to me.

It seems that the DMA (Direct Marketing Association) actually have a page where you can tell them to take you off their members' databases. Basically a don't call me list.

https://www.nationaloptout.co.za/

Link to the page from http://dmasa.org/

I poked around a bit, and CellC links to them on their opt-out page, and they phone me a lot, so I registered on there last week, and I'm hoping to get less calls from telesales people.

 

[MetalSoup]

I'm on that list, and I very rarely receive calls anymore. Even snail mail spam from Direct Axis has stopped.

 

[matt]

I'm on that list, and I very rarely receive calls anymore. Even snail mail spam from Direct Axis has stopped.

Awesome! I've been getting a massive amount of spam and sales calls lately, hopefully it slows down now

 

[Wenzdayz]

im on that list too and have not had any calls or sms again. no if i can just get the car company where i had my very first car serviced to stop sending me e-mails to bring my car in for a service....

 

[matt]

im on that list too and have not had any calls or sms again. no if i can just get the car company where i had my very first car serviced to stop sending me e-mails to bring my car in for a service....

lol, I had car salesmen calling from a dealership where I bought a car about 10 years ago calling me every few months for years trying to get me to buy a new car

 

[Dohc-WP]

i keep getting calls and mail from grindrod bank, never even heard of them and yet they're flippin irritating and persistant

 

[James]

No-spam list for SA rendered useless?
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/83445-no-spam-list-for-sa-rendered-useless.html

 

[matt]

i keep getting calls and mail from grindrod bank, never even heard of them and yet they're flippin irritating and persistant

I've never heard of Grindrod bank either. Sounds a little suspect

What I've been finding especially obnoxious lately is that your phone rings, so you answer it to be played a recorded sales pitch, or to be on hold for a sales person

 

[matt]

No-spam list for SA rendered useless?
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/83445-no-spam-list-for-sa-rendered-useless.html

Ah bugger, but I guess the marketing people might keep using it anyway if it saves them from phoning people who are just going to hang up on them. And who ever actually opts in to receive these calls anyway?

 

[Dohc-WP]

I've never heard of Grindrod bank either. Sounds a little suspect

What I've been finding especially obnoxious lately is that your phone rings, so you answer it to be played a recorded sales pitch, or to be on hold for a sales person

http://www.grindrodbank.co.za/

 

[matt]

http://www.grindrodbank.co.za/

Ya I did a little Google as well, and found a page on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindrod_Bank

 

[sycogrim]

No-spam list for SA rendered useless?
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/83445-no-spam-list-for-sa-rendered-useless.html

Thank god for being able to block visible numbers on the Galaxy. I had a company that tried to contact me on my cell and when I blocked them they phone me on my direct office line, so I blocked them on that as well. I received a snotty email saying that they have been trying to contact me and cannot, with which I blocked their domain too just to make the playing field fair.

 

[Dohc-WP]

Ya I did a little Google as well, and found a page on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindrod_Bank

Grindrod Bank focuses on meeting the needs of high net-worth individuals, large corporations and institutions.

bwahahahaha I hope they know they're calling the wrong person !

 

[sycogrim]

bwahahahaha I hope they know they're calling the wrong person !

They know you're raking in the moola Doc!!

 

[Dohc-WP]

They know you're raking in the moola Doc!!

bwahaha at night in my dreams ja ! I still havent even found a single bitcoin yet

 

[sycogrim]

bwahaha at night in my dreams ja ! I still havent even found a single bitcoin yet

I don't understand those hunts tbh but hell let's go mining instead??

 

[StaggerLee]

I haven't received anything since putting myself on that list, except for sms-spam and calls from my bank and my cell service provider.

 

[matt]

Just got an sms for car insurance

 

[ViperGTI]

I've been on that list for over a year now and loving it. I'm only opt-in for marketing at FNB (in order to earn eBucks) and they've been very responsible with that consent, so I rarely get phone calls, sms'es, etc.

No-spam list for SA rendered useless?
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/83445-no-spam-list-for-sa-rendered-useless.html

When does the new bill come into effect?

Also, won't the National Opt-out still apply to the below exceptions?

Tobias Schonwetter, director of UCT’s intellectual property unit in the Faculty of Law, previously told MyBroadband that POPI requires you to explicitly opt in to direct marketing, with the following exception:

- The direct marketer obtained the client’s contact details in the context of a previous sale,
- the purpose of the direct marketing pertains to a similar product or service, and
- the client has been given the opportunity to opt-out of such communication and has not made use of it.

 

[to0kenZA]

Ah bugger, but I guess the marketing people might keep using it anyway if it saves them from phoning people who are just going to hang up on them. And who ever actually opts in to receive these calls anyway?

I know that I sure as hell have never opted for any of this shit, EVER. I even use fake cellphone numbers these days when signing in on security sheets at customers because I don't know where these guys got my number, but they're on me like flies on dookie and I'm getting beyond frustrated.