Thanks to an incessant fax telemarketer, and with some help from Google, I've now filed my first complaints with the national Do Not Call registry - congratulations, Global Premier Services! You're a bunch of assholes!
Jen and I have randomly gotten mysterious fax calls in the past couple of months, but when they dialed us five times in the last half-hour, I was ready to go on a Duke Nukem-style quest to destroy these idiots. Fortunately, popping their fax number (732-542-3503) into a quick search lead me to
a forum post where a bunch of other folks had been having the same problems. These guys are a bunch of junk fax telemarketers, and apparently don't have enough sense to figure out if they're faxing their garbage to actual fax machines.
Now, I could've been nice. I could've called the company first (their number's 732-389-3900, if they're harassing you, too) and asked them nicely to get me the hell off their calling list.
But they already got cited by the FCC in 2002 for DNC violations, so I figured the best option was to go scorched earth on these motherfuckers. A quick trip over to
donotcall.gov later, I'd filed a pair of complaints, one with the autodialer number and one with their actual number, all in about thirty seconds.
With that done, I called their real number, got to their customer service rep and blasted them, got transfered over to another department, yelled at them and demanded they immediately get my number off their calling list. They promised it'd get taken off right away - and so far, no calls. I'm not gonna bet money on it, though.
Updates/Additions:In addition to filing a complaint with the DNC list (which I've been told is overseen by the FTC), you can also file a complaint with the FCC, using their
online form 475.
The company goes by several names:
-Xpedite Systems, LLC
-Global Premier Services
-Premier Global Services
The main line for the company is 732-389-3900, as noted above, but they claim to have a toll-free line, 877-771-8283. Either way, the direct contact for their Do Not Call list is 732-389-3900, x7005.
All of this is noted on their company website's
privacy policy page, which comes off as a big load of crap. There's also some fine print down at the bottom that says you'll be added to their Do Not Call list for
10 years, which sounds nice, but doesn't cut it for me.
Their corporate offices contact info:
The Lenox Building
3399 Peachtree Rd. NE
Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 262-8400
And judging by how their email system seems to be set up, these are guesses at email addresses at which you can try contacting their bigwigs:
Boland T. Jones, CEO: boland.jones@premiereglobal.com (not bouncing as of Dec. 13, 2006)
Jeffrey A. Allred, Pres. & COO: jeffrey.allred@premiereglobal.com (bouncing and apparently not legit)
Failing that, feel free to pop those names in your favorite search engine and see what comes up.
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UPDATE:As of Dec. 2007, I have a dedicated anti-telemarketing blog at
http://telemarketthis.blogspot.com/If you have horror stories, companies violating the DNC or anything else you want to pass along, pop over and either drop a comment or an email.
