You're on the "Do Not Call List", and a Telemarketer Calls. Is it Blackmail...

[MRPLUTO]

Dinger,

Good point, thanks.

MRPLUTO

[gofaster]

Originally posted by MRPLUTO

Years ago my friend Scott bought a used car from a guy who had advertised in the classifieds.  After he got it home, Scott found an old repair receipt in the trunk which showed the mileage about a year earlier had been 10's of thousands of miles higher than what was now on the odometer.  The seller was probably buying up used cars and turning back odometers.  The car was worth several thousand dollars less than what Scott had paid for it.

So Scott called up the seller, told him what he'd found and said he wanted a refund of, I don't remember...maybe 3 grand...and the guy said no.  Scott told him he'd have to call the police.  [Remember: this is a felony.]  Then he hung up and waited for the phone to ring.  It did, about 30 seconds later, and the guy offered maybe $2,000.  "No, $3,000," said Scott, and hung up.  The phone rang again almost immediately and the guy agreed to $3,000. MRPLUTO

Still a crime that should have  been reported, particularly if this offender did it as an on-going business.  Scott should have demanded his money back, then double-crossed the dealer.

[DmdNexus]

Originally posted by MRPLUTO
...if you tell him, "This call is illegal, and you can be fined $10, 000 for making it.  But I won't report you to the Feds if you agree to send me a check for only $5,000."

MRPLUTO

It's called settling out of court... usually it works when your bad prettythang $600/hour SCREW 'em TILL THEY BLEED lawyer convences their Lawer his client is really going to get it up the icehole if they go to court.

yah it's legalized blackmail.

But with the do not call law... citizens can't file law suits only the FCC/FTC (whoever it is) can go after the Teletubies.