I just learned another tool for fighting telemarketers.  You can ask for a written copy of their “do not call” policy, and they’re required by law to send it to you.  If they don’t, the law provides for “private action” — you can sue in state court for $500, and get 3x if you can argue they willfully ignored you.

We’re on the Federal Do Not Call list, but we still seem to get a surprising number of calls.  For a recent one, I asked the firm if they knew they were calling a DNC number, and the woman on the phone replied, “we don’t have a way to check that list, they only way we know if you’re on that list is if you call us and tell us.”

I am not making this up.