margaret@asgb.UUCP (08/11/84)
Some time ago, this number was posted to the net as being THE place to
get your name off of most junk call lists:
1-800-251-6320
This is the customer service department of Olan Mills Photography. They have
contracted out for this service. They ask for your name and address, (and, I
would imagine, your phone #.) This might also be a good place to ask for your
name to be removed from junk mail lists too!
All monetary appreciation can be sent to
...!sdcsvax!bmcg!asgb!margaret {:-) :-) :-)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}
Margaret Brown
Burroughs ASG Boulder, Colowerner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (08/13/84)
When I first posted the 800-number, I might have started the rumour that it MAY be possible to also request that junk-mail is stopped. Alas, to save you useless calls, this is NOT so. For LESS (or MORE) junk by mail, you have to write to: DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION 6 East 43rd Street New York, N.Y. 10017 Now what makes me believe that such a request where I provide my name, address and phone-number will get me OFF any lists, I don't know. The first thing that happens, of course, is that I get ON ANOTHER ONE. )-:
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (08/14/84)
I just saw an ad for a gadget that will solve all of your junk call problems. It is something called a Phone Censor. It will screen all calls and only let those through that have input a special code. The small unit costs around $50 bucks and allows you to program 4 codes. A larger unit allows up to 16 codes. Here is how it works. A call comes in. The unit intercepts and asks for the code. The person calling then must enter the correct code by either dialing or push-buttoning. If the code is correct, the phone rings. If it is a wrong code, Bye-Bye. You can give out the special codes to those you may want to call. Another feature is that there is a different ring tone for each code so that you will know who is calling. (Is this getting into ESP again?). The larger unit has a digital display of the code plus the identifying tones. Clever, what? T. C. Wheeler
snafu@ihuxi.UUCP (Dave Wallis) (08/15/84)
> I just saw an ad for a gadget that will solve all of your junk call > problems. It is something called a Phone Censor. It will screen > all calls and only let those through that have input a special > code. The small unit costs around $50 bucks and allows you to > program 4 codes. A larger unit allows up to 16 codes. Here is how > it works. A call comes in. The unit intercepts and asks for the > code. The person calling then must enter the correct code by > either dialing or push-buttoning. If the code is correct, the > phone rings. If it is a wrong code, Bye-Bye. You can give out > the special codes to those you may want to call. Another feature > is that there is a different ring tone for each code so that you > will know who is calling. (Is this getting into ESP again?). > The larger unit has a digital display of the code plus the > identifying tones. Clever, what? > T. C. Wheeler Sounds like a good idea, but it has one very major drawback. There are people who would not have the code that I would certainly like to receive calls from. For instance, if my wife has been hit by a car and the police call to let me know, I would surely be upset if the phone hung itself up without letting me know! -- Dave Wallis ihnp4!ihuxi!snafu AT&T Network Systems, Inc. (312) 979-5894