Re: Never give Toyota your cell #

Yeah, cuz there MIGHT just be one other person there STUPID enough to give their CELL number to a business. Heh.

Who will likely do absolutly NOTHING because this guy _GAVE_THEM_THE_NUMBER_.

When I get my car serviced at a dealer, I give them my cell phone so they can call me back about any issues or call me when the work is completed. A cell phone is usually the only way I can be reached during the day. I have never had a dealer give that cell phone number to someone else, or use it themselves to make sales calls.

I do receive quite a few calls at work from a Mazda dealer that I have never been to which was intended for the person who had the work phone number before me, trying to sell me stuff. These are recorded calls and not from a live person. I would never return to a dealer who did that.

"Hachiroku ????">

OK, why did you repeat this so many times, Hachi?

Natalie

To be noticed.

A lot of people, especially younger ones have a cell phone as their only phone. I'm not a big fan of the idea, but there it is.

Poor tardlet. Just because I know more about the laws related to no-call, doesn't meen you need to whine about it.

There's only one problem with what you say. The no-call law does NOT apply to cell phones, only land-line phones.

The no call law applies to all phones, actually. If you put your number on the no-call list, they're not supposed to call you. If you give them your number, that's your problem.

Poor tardlet. You'll say anything just to see your messages on the internet(s) ©

"Retired VIP"

Sorry, but cell phones *are* included. We have all ours on it.

Natalie

Then the law has been changed since I tried to put my cell phone on the list. I stand corrected. When I tried to do it, you had to call from the phone number you wanted on the list and it wouldn't except cell phones. No caller ID number I guess.

Oh, then maybe that's the difference. We did it online, rather than by phone.

Natalie

No, it hasn't.

Yet when you had to call from the phone number, MY cellphone was accepted. So too was my wife's.

Nah, just your inability to admit it when you're wrong. No problem. Apology accepted.

Doesn't matter anyway: HE claimed the no-call legislation didn't apply to cellphones. He was and is wrong.

Even the law is clear. You've got to tell them in writing. Merely claiming you told them over the phone is not enough to actually make them stop if they don't want to.

Leave them be Hachiroku. I'm kind of slow on the uptake sometimes but I've finally realized that these guys don't have sense enough to poor piss out of a boot. In fact, they don't have sense enough to stop pissing in their boots.

Jack

Don't we wish ALL businesses were like that? Of course, the OP likely got bent on the first call, but yeah, I'd do business with a business that tried to do better than the law required.

I think you're right on that. I remember sending out some bills to telemarketers before the "Do Not Call" law was passed. All you had to do was inform them that you did not want to receive anymore calls from them and that if they continued to call, you would bill them for equipment rental and your standard labor rates for listening. My standard labor rate was $150.00 / half hour, billable in 1/2 hour increments. Then I asked them for their billing address. Most of the operators would give me an address but I never received payment for the 4 or 5 bills I mailed. The calls ended though.

That won't work now with the automated calling and computer voices.