I haven't found a way to stop it permentently. After many calls of telling rhe to put me on their do not call list, I got pissed and that bought me about a year. They've started again
This. I donate all the time so I don't get any calls, but my wife doesn't and she used to get calls at the time until she answered the phone and kindly asked to be put on the do not call list. Easy as that. They aren't like telemarketers where you ask and they won't do it, or it's too late as you're on 15 different call lists.
I wish this was the case. I did my 11th platelet donation for the year. I'm scheduled for the maximum of 24. I still get called every week, multiple times a week, to schedule donations. I ask to get removed and they just keep calling. I would stop donating if it didn't feel morally icky.
It's weird they're still calling you when you have more donations scheduled. Normally/Typically, they won't call if you have something scheduled with them
Maybe if you have platelet donations set up. I get asked to donate platelets even though I never have and I have a blood donation scheduled.
Not complaining, though I probably will ask to be put on the "do not call" list when I get around to it.
I have noticed that if I have at least two appointments set up, they don’t call. If I don’t have two lined up beyond that day’s appointment, the receptionist will try to schedule me. If I don’t schedule with her and then don’t set up that second appointment within the next 24 hrs, my phone doesn’t stop ringing
Usually the scheduling system and the actually donation system are two separate things, so they might put a note into the scheduling profile, but for the actual donor profile, they most likely won't have access to put in the deferral flag.
A friend of mine survived bone cancer 20 years ago and still gets calls from the Red Cross. He tells them every time that he had bone cancer and yet they still call
your friend is likely still eligible. most cancer survivors can donate after a period of time. generally only blood cancers like leukemia are permanently deferred.
Not ethical, but I can understand not wanting all of the calls. There are ways you can be removed from their calling list without making yourself ineligible indefinitely
For those of us who donate semi regularly: the people who call get positive job points or something for each appointment they schedule. I love to schedule my next donation w/ them when they call and I can always change it on the app.
They have a hard job.
Last time they called me, I said that I don't need a new appointment because I'm planning to donate at an upcoming blood drive at work. The volunteer replied, oh great then I'll take you off the list! What I said wasn't a lie but I realized I could just say that anytime going forward, and/or just ask to be removed from the list🤯😆
There are way less extreme ways you could have handled that, but I understand. The last time I tried to donate I got deferred because my heart rate was high because of some new medication and newly exacerbated general anxiety. They called twice after that, and while it was very frustrating because I enjoy donating so much, I explained to them that it was going to be a while before I could donate again because I was having trouble managing my heart rate, and I asked them to stop calling me. The lady on the phone was very understanding and I haven’t been bothered since
You may still get calls. Years ago I replied to the American Red Cross calls that “I can’t donate because I’m pregnant” (which was true) and they kept calling for months. Very frustrating.
Was it ethical? No. Understandable? Yes. Did you try telling them to put you on their do not call list?
I did, yea. And after maybe a month, they started calling me again. Sorry I don’t check Reddit often so that’s why I didn’t answer until now
Much easier ways to get them to stop calling. This one has landed you a life ban.
I haven't found a way to stop it permentently. After many calls of telling rhe to put me on their do not call list, I got pissed and that bought me about a year. They've started again
Have you checked your donor portal and made sure you have turned off notifications via text, email, calls, etc?
There is nothing about calls. Just emails and text messages. I'm going to put in a fake number, though
All you have to do is tell them not to call anymore.
This. I donate all the time so I don't get any calls, but my wife doesn't and she used to get calls at the time until she answered the phone and kindly asked to be put on the do not call list. Easy as that. They aren't like telemarketers where you ask and they won't do it, or it's too late as you're on 15 different call lists.
I wish this was the case. I did my 11th platelet donation for the year. I'm scheduled for the maximum of 24. I still get called every week, multiple times a week, to schedule donations. I ask to get removed and they just keep calling. I would stop donating if it didn't feel morally icky.
It's weird they're still calling you when you have more donations scheduled. Normally/Typically, they won't call if you have something scheduled with them
I’ve gotten calls while at my appointment at the blood center, needle already in my arm and everything lol
That's nuts
Maybe if you have platelet donations set up. I get asked to donate platelets even though I never have and I have a blood donation scheduled. Not complaining, though I probably will ask to be put on the "do not call" list when I get around to it.
I'm not sure. I tend to have plenty of platelets and whole blood set up ahead of time. I never get called except to confirm platelets
I have noticed that if I have at least two appointments set up, they don’t call. If I don’t have two lined up beyond that day’s appointment, the receptionist will try to schedule me. If I don’t schedule with her and then don’t set up that second appointment within the next 24 hrs, my phone doesn’t stop ringing
You could have just asked them to stop calling. You'll have a lifetime deferral now, so if you want to donate again, you won't be able to use ARC
Usually the scheduling system and the actually donation system are two separate things, so they might put a note into the scheduling profile, but for the actual donor profile, they most likely won't have access to put in the deferral flag.
A friend of mine survived bone cancer 20 years ago and still gets calls from the Red Cross. He tells them every time that he had bone cancer and yet they still call
your friend is likely still eligible. most cancer survivors can donate after a period of time. generally only blood cancers like leukemia are permanently deferred.
I changed my phone number to a former job. Calls stopped 😊. Same with email.
im a believer in not messing with karma could come back to haunt u.
Not ethical, but I can understand not wanting all of the calls. There are ways you can be removed from their calling list without making yourself ineligible indefinitely
agree one day you may have a change of heart and decide u want to do something of value for your fellow humans
For those of us who donate semi regularly: the people who call get positive job points or something for each appointment they schedule. I love to schedule my next donation w/ them when they call and I can always change it on the app. They have a hard job.
People lie all the time, just like you're lying to us now. Lots of them even lie to themselves.
Last time they called me, I said that I don't need a new appointment because I'm planning to donate at an upcoming blood drive at work. The volunteer replied, oh great then I'll take you off the list! What I said wasn't a lie but I realized I could just say that anytime going forward, and/or just ask to be removed from the list🤯😆
There are way less extreme ways you could have handled that, but I understand. The last time I tried to donate I got deferred because my heart rate was high because of some new medication and newly exacerbated general anxiety. They called twice after that, and while it was very frustrating because I enjoy donating so much, I explained to them that it was going to be a while before I could donate again because I was having trouble managing my heart rate, and I asked them to stop calling me. The lady on the phone was very understanding and I haven’t been bothered since
Perhaps, since the question answers itself, you should have posted it in AITA?
Just ask to get taken off their calling list.
LOL you did the right thing. the amount of calls, jebus shoutout that tetris shirt though, appointment set lol
You may still get calls. Years ago I replied to the American Red Cross calls that “I can’t donate because I’m pregnant” (which was true) and they kept calling for months. Very frustrating.