Do you think that yours is the ONLY company that is looking for hand outs? What really irks me is that you still keep calling after you have called me (at home) 10 times and have NEVER gotten a response!Like most people ,I screen my calls and use an answering machine to avoid talking to you (telemarketers).Don't you idiots ever get the hint? STOP CALLING ME! your constant calls are an annoyance ,and, if you happen to call at a bad time,you WILL get a blast of s*** that I will not feel sorry for giving you...If I really wanted to talk with you I would initiate the call..In other words...DON"T CALL US...WE"LL  CALLYOU!

They are not exempt. A check with revenue Canada shows no official registration for Recycling Matters as a charity itself. In order for them to be exempt, they must identify themselves as working for Community Living Ontario and it is Community Living Ontario that should be doing the work.What is happening is Community Living Ontario is outsourcing its fund raisings to an unethical thrid party.

I called to have my number removed from their list, and would you believe it?  It goes straight to voicemail, and the damn thing is full!  Looks like there are a lot of people looking to be removed!

I work for *recycling matters* Community Living Ont, I can say if you want your number off our call list just askin nicely. Ive been working with the company for a few months now. Ive noticed all the people that are complanin are confused with all the companys that ask for donations. There is like i think 10 companys that do this kind of work. We as in community living ont *Recycling matters* get confused with CP. I know when I call someone for a donations and they hang up or accuse me of callin them 30 times a day when I know I havent cuz I have a sheet infront of me that i call and mark off who answers and who says yes and who isnt home and who wants to be removed. As for me Im not on a dailer so I ONLY call you guys twice (unless u say no) every 4 to 6 weeks. Now I have worked on the dailer (computer) a couple of times. We do call you guys for donations once in the mornin and once at night a couple of times a week til we fill a route. So if you guys dont hear us its cuz we are on the dailer then and it takes abit to get to us when you guys pick up. If you hang up or ignore use we have to put you throu as a redail. so if you like us to only call you once jus pick up and say you have nothing or please remove me til summer or fall or even spring or never call me again.

All that we ever ask is be nice... I know its stressfull to get so many calls from all of the companys but all that we as in telephone reps ask is please dont spaz on us. I know the office that i work with has had some issues with a driver who wasnt pickin up the donations. It effects us who call for the pick ups badly and we HONESTLY feel bad. it does take alot of work gatherin clothes and small household items to donate (trust me Ive donated before and had the same thing happen where the driver didnt pick it up and i work there LOL) So please give us another chance. It goes for a great cause jus like every other company.

These f'n idiots need to stop with the phone calls.

The phone is for debt collectors and to hear about dead relatives, not panhandling.

CRTC rules for these people clearly indicates that they are in violation of their rules if they have "unknown" or "private"  as the display ... if they call you and do not display the name of the organisation they are calling on behalf of, you can tell them that you are reporting them to the CRTC and tell them WHY :)  then if enough people report them, they will have to put the name on the display or face a big fine


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You have to take the time to report this ... I do it in an attempt to get this sort of thing rectified ... I have had several fly by night companies call with with no name in the description and saying they are repairing driveways in my neighboughood and would like to give me an estimate ... I told them I was reporting them to the CRTC for violating the rules of cold calling by trying to appear anonymous .. I have not had a call in a couple of months from these morons :)

If I answer the phone when the people calling from this number call again, I will tell them the same thing ... eventually they will stop if they know they face huge fines for disobeying the rules