NationStates Jolt Archive


Rickrolling the Robo-Callers!

The Blessed Urban II
15-05-2009, 20:51
Have you received the call yet? I have--even though I have registered with the Do Not Call registry. Have you wondered what to do about it? One young fellow took the next logical step:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124234497033421649.html



Millions of Americans have gotten the call.

"This is the second notice that the factory warranty on your vehicle is about to expire," says the recorded voice at the other end of the line. Most people hang up. The machine calls again later.

Michael Silveira decided to strike back. The 22-year-old laboratory technician, who doesn't own a car, says he was getting unsolicited sales pitches as often as twice a day on his cellphone.


Millions of Americans receive calls with pitches for extended auto warranties. Lawsuits are pending but one Internet community already took matters into their own hands, Geoffrey Fowler reports.
So last week, Mr. Silveira began calling back an auto-warranty company that has become the focus of an Internet crusade. He left it voice-mail messages that contained nothing but a recording of Rick Astley's 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Have you ever taken any direct action against those annoying tele-marketers and robo-callers?
South Lorenya
15-05-2009, 22:38
Have you received the call yet? I have--even though I have registered with the Do Not Call registry. Have you wondered what to do about it? One young fellow took the next logical step:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124234497033421649.html



Have you ever taken any direct action against those annoying tele-marketers and robo-callers?

Telly Ban, a religious anti-TV government kept harassing me by phone about trashing my TVs until october '01 when I snapped and arranged to have them removed from power. :p
Wilgrove
15-05-2009, 22:43
Totally relevant! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI)
Neo Bretonnia
15-05-2009, 23:29
This guy has been leading the charge for years.

http://www.tommabe.com/about.php
The_pantless_hero
15-05-2009, 23:34
This has gotten so bad that the FTC is suing them.
New Manvir
16-05-2009, 04:57
Fools, you can't stop us. We tele-marketers secretly control the world. Illuminati? Crab People? The Jews? Nothing compared to our awesome powers of bothering you over the phone. Your days are numbered.
Dragontide
16-05-2009, 05:53
I just keep asking the same questions over and over just to hear it give the same answers in the same tone. (till I get bored and hang up)
:tongue:

BTW the warranty calls ARE a scam. (I have heard the BBB talk about it on the news)
I V Stalin
16-05-2009, 08:23
BTW the warranty calls ARE a scam. (I have heard the BBB talk about it on the news)
All automated calls are scams that try to prey on people's idiocy. Just a couple of weeks ago I had one telling me to vote Labour in the Euro elections next month.
German Nightmare
16-05-2009, 20:39
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Works like a charm!
Kyronea
17-05-2009, 03:51
Totally relevant! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI)

Destroy it! (http://whatareyouwaitingfor.ytmnd.com/)
The Scandinvans
17-05-2009, 04:56
All automated calls are scams that try to prey on people's idiocy. Just a couple of weeks ago I had one telling me to vote Labour in the Euro elections next month.Vote Libertarian. Vote Libertarian. Vote Libertarian. Long live Stalin. Vote Libertarian. Hail Lenin. Vote Libertarian. Glory to the Motherland. Vote Libertarian. Gulags are fun. Vote Libertarian.
Lunatic Goofballs
17-05-2009, 05:05
Totally relevant! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI)

Very possibly the most awesome thing ever.
SaintB
17-05-2009, 11:37
Totally relevant! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI)

Epic, totally epic.