what's he going to do, drive his big wheel to their offices and threaten them?

Perhaps you're prone to giving up too easily?

You obviously do not know me. I have been know for getting a bank Mortgage attorney to cry at a previous personal mortage closing.

I eagerly await the response that your elected congressmen and senators provide...that should be a good one.

Could it be that that is what the unsolicited call is about?

Sound like a task for Durbin. (to keep him occupied)

Did you ask John if you could speak to "Peggy"?

No, Happy, not the congressmen, but the agency to which the complaint is referred. You worked at the Fed, right? Don't you remember the special treatment a complaint got when it was referred to the Chairman?

Then why all the negativity about this issue and your apparent desire to accept the status quo?

Who is accepting it? It is reported daily. I have tried to get the employees who work there (when I can speak to a live body) to quit as they are in violation of law. I have even tried to get one to utilize the whistleblower laws and explained that they can get cash.

Ed, when I posted my ideas of what people can do about it, your response implied that it was a waste of time and that it would do no good. Have I misunderstood what you mean?

It is a waste of time and it does no good. Reporting will only work if the FTC gives them a swift kick and fines them more than they are making, but that has not happened all you need to do is google the number and see the #s ofcomplaints after it is reported. You can also notice the date that the first complaint was filed and years later I am getting the same calls from the same number. If it was a mega bank that was the violator I am sure it would be a different story.

so it's okay if it does no good, but complaining about it doing no good, well, Moonie has an issue with...

Yep! Really not that hard to figure out.

Great spin, there Happy, but that's not what I said, is it?

You guys are such pessimists. I'm glad you don't work for me.

Update:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/11/01/ftc-sues-robocallers-over-30-million-scam/

Hooray! It's ridiculous any more!

Interesting article. I received a phone call just this morning at 9:00 am on my cell phone from "Card Services" telling me that if I would just press 9 I would get my credit card interest rates reduced, but it was a limited time offer and I needed to act now. I pressed 9 and asked them who they represented. The man told me to have a nice day, but he didn't hang up so I pressed him further and said , well you are the one who called me so which company do you represent? He named about 4 banks. I told him I didn't think he was who he claimed to be and hung up without providing info. I also filed a complaint with the FTC.

What does 'Do Not Call' mean? Unfortunately, nothing

I heard on the news a couple of weeks ago that the government was offering $50K to anyone who could come up with a method to stop these calls that get around the original do not call system

I have a way "Counting my $50K". Now what is that website.

How about hitting the companies with CMPs...

Sorry I think it would likely be the other way around. And the sentiment would still hold.

There's bound to be a solution to these call in Dodd-Frank somewhere.....

I say any call that comes in with either an unrecognized or blocked number gets automatically forwarded to every member of Congress.