| Comment Number: | OL-102048 |
| Received: | 11/27/2004 8:31:25 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Fowler |
| State: | KS |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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Comments:
I AM OUTRAGED THAT YOU WOULD EVEN CONSIDER A LOOPHOLE THAT WOULD ALLOW SELLERS AND TELEMARKETERS TO USE A PRERECORDED MESSAGE PHONE CALL TO ANYONE ENROLLED IN THE "DO NOT CALL" LIST. IF YOU GO THROUGH WITH THIS IDIOCY, PEOPLE WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THEIR EVENINGS INTERRUPTED BY CALLS, THIS TIME, FROM A MACHINE. WHAT AN INSULT! THE DO NOT CALL LIST WAS A GODSEND TO AMERICAN FAMILIES. IF WE WANT TO BUY SOMETHING, WE CAN ORIGINATE A SALE OR ORDER. WHAT WE DO NOT NEED IS A STUPID MACHINE TYING UP OUR PHONE LINES. IF YOU OPEN THE LOOPHOLE, YOU ARE OPENING YOUR COMMISSION TO LAWSUITS AND THOUSANDS OF ANGRY AMERICANS WHO WILL NOT TAKE THAT LYING DOWN. I AM OVER 80 YEARS OLD. I DO NOT WANT CALLS FROM A MACHINE NOR ANY KIND OF TELEMARKETER. IF I HAVE TO GET AN UNLISTED NUMBER, YOU CAN PAY THE BILL. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE UPRISING FROM ALL ENROLLED IN THE DO NOT CALL LIST. THE LOOPHOLE IS A HUGE VIOLATION OF INDIVIDUAL'S AND FAMILY PRIVACY. YOU SHOULD BE HONOR BOUND TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT AT ALL COSTS. IF BUSINESSES WANT TO SELL, LET THEM TAKE OUT ADVERTISING IN PAPERS AND MAGAZINES. KEEP THEM OFF THE PHONES! PEOPLE MATTER MORE THAN SELLING GIMMICKS!