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Its your college/university calling about funding/donations. Its a company they use so the university doesnt have to employ people to do it

democrat fundraiser

This phone number just called my cell phone, at almost 9pm! I didn't pick up, and no message was left.  

Stop calling. The calls are late no message. Whoever it is must stop it!

i have gotten 8 calls from this number in the past 2 weeks. I am tired of it!

Consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.

They are an independent organization working for various colleges and universities tryiing  to solicit donations for your alumni association. I tell them I don't want to donate yet they seem to contine to call me.

I don't answer but I'm sure it is a telemarketer for Texas Tech. Good way to make sure I don't donate!

All you people need to do is answer the damn phone and request to be placed on the 'Do Not Call' list permanently. Just a friendly FYI: Non-Profit organizations (like your dear Alma Mater's Alumni Association) are EXEMPT from state and federal Do Not Call requirements. Non-profits must maintain their own internal Do Not Call list.  Do your self a favor, answer the phone and ask them to "PLEASE PLACE ME ON YOUR DO NOT CALL LIST" if you want to stop receiving calls.

Called 8:45pm. California Alumni Association (UC Berkeley). I said I'm not having this discussion this hour of the evening. Very polite woman apologized and said they would call back. Blocked the number. If I choose to donate to UC, it won't be through late night harassment.

DirectLine ONLY calls for Colleges, Universities, Health Care Philanthropies, an Public Television.  All clients are well know 501(C)(3) organizations with national reputations.  Any post that claims otherwise is false and misleading - using the internet for character assassination - a popular hobby with some people.

The client's reputation is not the primary issue. It's the conduct of the hired commercial fundraiser which matters, which can reflect well or poorly on its client's judgment. Using the internet to whitewash fraud and TSR violations is another popular sport.

You're correct about the DNCR exemptions and the internal no-call list required by the Telemarketing Sales Rule. Don't be too sure of your own compliance. The few articulate comments here indicate a pattern of violations, including scripted false claims of past donation, call abandonment, calls past 21:00, and ignoring verbal demands to quit. "We people" already tried it your way. You still need to obey your damned laws.

Charity calls are commonly placed by a commercial fundraiser, such as Associated Community Services, Dial America, Donor Care Center, Donor Services Group, Harris Direct, Horizon Marketing, InfoCision, Insight Teleservices, MDS, and TeleFund. Like all non-sales calls, these are exempt from federal and state no-call registries, even though the call centers executing the recurring campaigns are very much for-profit and pocket most of what is collected.

At times the ''charity'' client is itself a closet profit enterprise, compounding the deception. Never forget that "nonprofit" is a tax category, not an indicator of actual earnings and not a guarantee that anyone who deserves your generosity will benefit.

As commercial entities, the hired call centers are expected to honor an internal no-call list and add any number upon request. Break that order, the FTC declares, and ''the telemarketer may be subject to a fine of up to $16,000.'' They can also be spanked for excess call abandonment and calling outside default hours.

Because the amounts collected are rather small, these call centers are quite motivated to repeatedly hassle you. The worst of the industry will "reload" a donor multiple times a year, preferring forgetful and easily confused victims. Most if not all such phone farms assume that your no-call order, when given verbally or by keypress, conveniently expires when a client's campaign ends.

In comments from November 2012 and June 2013 linked below, I've discussed simple steps I took to rid myself of a major pain fundraising boiler room by politely rubbing its face in federal laws. You will note that I never rely on verbal cease-communication demands.

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-914-294-2543/7#p480457181536419195
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-7f0655b0510e7ef/aicr#p572275391492426506

They call me constantly claiming to be from Microsoft and want me to let them login to my computer so they can help me.  Funny thing is we have Apple products for years! Never let anyone allow them access to your computer.  They sound very serious and official.

They keep calling, I send them straight to voice mail, never leave message.

Amen, Joe! I could care less how these snakes feel! Hopefully they'll feel bad enough to leave people alone!!

Virgina calling for UNLV? Umm no. And what happened to the students doing the fundraising? I remember it use to be students doing it. I refuse to donate to a company that's doing the fundraising. I use to work for a similar company and they get a percentage of the proceeds or a flat fee outside of the donation. Nope! Bring back the student callers.

Call claiming they were collecting donations for Seattle children's hospital  the first amount they wanted me to donate was 600 monthly... who can afford 600 monthly...

I called the number and took the time to listen,  and then pressed 1, when asked to be placed on the do-not-call list.