Gemma The Porn Star
We have been getting constant calls from a “1-800″ number for a few months now. I do not have a problem with receiving a few unsolicited telemarketing calls that have a person you can talk with but to receive calls that are blank? This is very frustrating and time consuming.
So today (after I received another blank call) I decided to do some online digging of my own and here’s the scope:
The company calling at all times of the day is “Gemma Communications Corporation“.
They have office in Toronto & Montreal. I have called their office number and asked to be put on their “Do Not Call List”. Will this work? Well I’ll keep a call score and let you know in a month’s time.
As with shady telemarketing firms like “Gemma Communications” there is no way to reach a company representative and you only know them by a voice mail voice prompt.
It should be made mandatory that these companies have all their senior management business and residential phone numbers listed for customers to reach them all times of the day as well (This would a ton of fun too!).
I feel helpless to their telemarketing barrage and hope my attempts at getting on that “Do Not Call” list work. Wish me luck!
I found this great Blog on Gemma Communications they give you some great tips to get of telemarketer call lists:
http://jim.roepcke.com/6980
Mr. Lobo
P.S. I have also entered my telephone number into the CMA’s (Canadian Marketing Association) “Do Not Call” list and hope to be solicited less frequently!
I have also been HARASSED by Gemma Communications and decided to write them a letter. This was their very impersonal response. I hope this might help if you decide to further the complaint process. Funny thing is, no where in the email does it ever mention Gemma’s name, provide an apology, or have them take any responsibility: PS – an ADAD is an auto-dialer machine (not sure they’re aware of that as this mistake it as a company name)…..
The Canadian Marketing Association does not own, compile, prepare or rent lists of consumers’ names and addresses. CMA is a private trade association funded by its members.
Our service will not work if you are an existing client with the company who is contacting you. You will need to have them remove you from their internal lists.
We offer the Do Not Contact Service free of charge to consumers.
ADAD is not a member of our association, adding your name to our DNC list should significantly reduce the marketing calls and mail that you receive. Unfortunately, this will not eliminate all calls/mail as there are many non-CMA companies that do not use our DNC list. For that reason, beginning in 2001, the CMA urged the Federal Government to establish a National Do Not Call service, use of which would be mandatory for all subject telemarketers. The government passed legislation to create such a service, and we expect the new service to be in place later this year. To view more information on this please visit this link http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2007/r071221.htm
We cannot stop automotive dialers, calls from the United States or International Long distance Calls. Most of the financial institutions participate with your removal program.
Business to Business telemarketing may be exempt from our removal service. Adherence to Business to Business telemarketing is voluntary by each individual company We can only police the companies who voluntarily participate in our removal service.
Please note our service will take a minimum of 6 weeks to begin to take effect. Up to an 80% reduction for general telemarketing. Up to a 20% reduction for charity requests. Facsimile removal requests can only be effective up to 10 %. Valid for the next 3 years. We can only police the Canadian business the participate with our removal program. You may self-register at any time for our Do Not Contact list by visiting our website at the following link : http://www.the-cma.org to view a list of our member companies please follow this link http://cma.officialbuyersguide.net/ and search by company.
For complaints regarding telemarketers who do not comply with our removal service please address your issues, preferably in writing, to the CRTC – Canadian Radio, Television and Telecommunications Commission available either at http://www.crtc.gc.ca or 1-877-249-2782 or your Federal member of Parliament – contact information at wwww.canada.gc.ca or 1-800-O-CANADA (1-800-622-6232). Your last resort is your telephone carrier.
If you have questions or complaints regarding the American Do Not Call Registry, please contact the FTC by, or by mail at:
National Do Not Call Registry
Attn: DNC Program Manager
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20580
(202) 326-2222
General website: http://www.ftc.gov/
Complaints to Consumer Response Centre at FTC.
Toll free line – (Continental US only) (1-877-382-4357) General information toll-free line is: 1-888-382-1222 (for TTY, call 1-866-290-4236) (Continental USA)
website: http://www.donotcall.gov
General information link – http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt107.htm. Hosted by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) General question link: email at dncconsumerinquiry2@ftc.gov
For Letter and E-mail removal, you may wish to forward your complaint to the following :
Direct Marketing Association Incorporated 1120 Avenue of The Americas Floor 13 New York, NY 10036-6700 USA Telephone: 212 – 768 – 7277 Fax/Facsimile: 212 – 302 – 6714 Website: http://www.the-dma.org E-mail removal website: http://www.e-mps.org
Alternative Contact for American DNC registrations. Please register with both. `
Direct Marketing Association Mail Preference Service P O Box 9008 Farmingdale NY 11735 USA Telephone 212-768-7277
For e-mail removal please register with the Direct Marketing Association at one of two different e-mail contacts.
http://www.the-dma.org linking to Consumer information – Do Not Contact Services. Or http://www.e-mps.org
I trust this information has been helpful to you.
Regards Jennel