Telemarketers top the list of businesses that piss people off

Telemarketers topped the list of Florida consumer complaints in 2010. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said there were nearly 8600 general complaints about telemarketers in 2011. Another 7600 complaints were specifically about telemarketers violating Florida’s do not call list making it number two on the complaint list. Third on the list was complaints about credit and banking followed by communications and rounding out the top five was travel and vacation plans. Motor Vehicle repair made the top ten list at number six this year followed by real estate brokers, landlord/tenant issues and this year medical complaints edged out construction issues at number 10. There were over 40 thousand complaints filed with the Department of Consumer Services in 2011 – More than 88 percent of those complaints were successfully closed or resolved. And by the way, if you would like to make it illegal for telemarketers to call you, you can register online at www.800helpfla.com. It only costs $10 to register and then a $5 annual renewal fee. If you would like to lodge a complaint against Florida company, you can do that by calling 1-800-HELP FLA.

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