No-Call Violations Top Florida Complaint List
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Updated: 8:33 PM Dec 26, 2008
No-Call Violations Top Florida Complaint List
Violations of the Do Not Call Law again top Florida's consumer complaint list.
Posted: 8:33 PM Dec 26, 2008
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Violations of the Do Not Call Law again top Florida's consumer complaint list.

The Division of Consumer Services issued its top 10 list for 2008 on Wednesday. For an initial cost of $10 and an annual $5 renewal fee, Floridians can be placed on a list of consumers who do not want solicitation calls. The agency received 5,006 complaints of sales calls made to people on the list.

Here's how other types of complaints ranked:

• 2 - travel and vacation plans;
• 3 - telemarketing unrelated to the do not call list;
• 4 -credit and banking;
• 5 - communications;
• 6 - price gouging;
• 7 - motor vehicle sales;
• 8 - motor vehicle repairs;
• 9 - landlord-tenant issues,
• 10 - construction issues.

Do Not Call Registries Complaints against telemarketers that violate the state's "Do Not Call" law topped the list of consumer concerns in 2008.

To add your number to the list or register complaints, call the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at 800-435-7352 or go to the website listed below titled: Add Telephone Number”

To register your phone for free on the National Do Not Call Registry, call 888-382-1222 or go to the link listed below titled: Add Phone to National Do Not Call Registry.


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Posted by: Hugh Location: Panama City Beach on Dec 26, 2008 at 06:04 PM

I am tired of a collection angency calling me about my former wifes debt that was charged off in 1992. I told them I had been diagnosed with lung cancer last august and I don't have any money. they actually said it doesn't matter,they have been authorized by the government to harrass me. are they that desperate? By the way they were not the original creditor.
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