"Cardholder Services" - Nuisance

Have you ever received those annoying calls from, "Michelle," "Rachel," "Heather," or some other name from "Cardholder Services"? Lately, they have been adding calls from "Health Services" as well. I suppose, it's because it's the season, where most people have to sign up for next year's health insurance coverage. People are more likely to fall into the trap. If you received calls like that, you know what I'm talking about. If not, you have been lucky. But if you ever do receive a call like that, hang up immediately! Don't push any buttons, and most definitely don't give out any information! My experience will let you know, why.

Our phone number is on the national "Do-not-Call" list. Therefore, we should be protected from telemarketers. Per the rules, we should only have to deal with the calls from political or charity organizations. And of course from those companies we do business with and agreed to them calling our number. Any other telemarketer has to pay hefty fines, if they dial our number. Furthermore, since the "Do-not-Call" list has only been around for less than five years, we also could not yet have forgotten to re-register our number, a current requirement of the national "Do-not-Call" list. (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/388138/donotcall_list_requires_reregistration.html)

Therefore, if we are under the protection of the "Do-not-Call" list, we should not have to deal with these annoying "Cardholder Services" calls, right? We should be able to give this company a warning that our number is on the list, and they should immediately stop calling our house. Well, think again, because therein was my big mistake.