If you're dealing with a mortgage company who is cheating you, or a grocer who refuses to lower his prices, at least you have a name and a face to put to your anger and annoyances.
When you're talking about telemarketers, however, there is likely no name or face that you can give to your frustrations.
Telemarketers annoy almost everyone in the nation, and many people have begun to believe that they are impossible to fight back against.
This would be a wrong assumption.
If you use the right tools, you can fight back by sharing their phone numbers.
The most powerful tool we used to have was the press.
If you got something into the newspaper, chances were likely that your voice would make a difference.
Now the most powerful tool we have is the internet.
Even some of the most trusted media sources get their information from blogs that are found online! If you have a blog you can put the information about the telemarketer who is bothering you down on that.
The average blog, however, doesn't get that much attention, especially if it's a personal blog.
You can, however, still use the internet to share a telemarketing number for others to learn about.
There is one website where you can make a public complaint about a specific telemarketing phone number that is driving you crazy.
You simply get on the website and type in the number and you will be able to instantly see if anyone else is having problems with the same telemarketer.
If they are, you can add your name to the legion of people, making it easier for the FCC to build a case against them.
If you're not, you can put their phone number and your information down so that more people can know that they aren't alone in dealing with a specific telemarketer.
The next time you are dealing with an annoying telemarketer, try to stop telemarketing schemes.
You may find that tons of people are being annoyed by the same number, making it easier for you to get them to stop calling and bothering you.