Chances are even if you don’t know what a robocall is you’ve received one recently in Massachusetts. It is almost amazing that the politicians not only are allowed to use robots when telemarketers aren’t but they also get a ‘bye’ in regards to the National Do Not Call Registry. Why is this? Help me understand why it is okay for politicians to get blanket messages out but not for the guy trying to make a living? No sorry, strike that last sentence from the record. Help me understand why when I put my name on a list not to received random phone calls my number still fair game to the politicians? If it were e-mail it would hopefully be sitting in my spam folder. Unless they had a special political way for it to get to my inbox?
I would love to know how many of these calls are answer. Actually the statistics could be pretty interesting. Think about it. You would have the people that didn’t answer, I’m guessing this was a pretty high percentage in the age of caller id. Then you would have the time that people actually listened for. You would probably have the initial cold caller reaction of people just hanging up once they heard the recording. What percentage of people actually listen to the whole recording? I don’t know how long the recordings are time wise but do you think even 1% make it to the end?
Do they have access to cell phone numbers as well? I don’t think I’ve received one but I did receive a phone call today from (555) 555-5555. It was kind of cool. I thought I was in the movies for a second. I had to show it off to the people around me and then I went to answer because I had to see who it was. Unfortunately, I was too late and they didn’t leave a message.
I know how politicians love to throw money around and all but there must be a better way than robocalls. Maybe Google, Facebook or what about a YouTube video. Imagine that. The message just might go viral. Or maybe they’ll get an extra vote. Either way they are probably better off than robocalls.
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It is too bad that politicians continue to exempt themselves from Do Not Call law.
StopPoliticalCalls.org is fighting for the privacy of the American voter.
1 – Creating a Political Do Not Call Registry
2 – Testifying in the US Senate about robo calls (Sen. Feinstein’s Robocall Privacy Act)
3 – Forcing states to enforce existing robo call laws (CA, MN, NJ, etc..)
4 – Getting politicians to take a do not robo call pledge (7 have)
Here is a quote from a member recently:
“I’m a shift worker, working variable shifts. I depend on my sleep to be able to do my job safely and efficiently. I’m a locomotive engineer. Imagine the disaster were I to fall asleep, operating a freight train carrying hazardous materials in your neighborhood, due to fatigue from being awoken in my middle of the night on a continuous basis during election season. Please stop..”
Learn more.
Shaun Dakin
CEO
http://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org
A non-profit fighting for the privacy of the American voter