| Comment Number: | OL-102447 |
| Received: | 11/27/2004 10:29:26 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Joseph Briggs |
| State: | MN |
| 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:
Commissioners, The Telemarketing Sales Rule was popularized and marketed to citizens as The Do Not Call List for a reason. Politicians realized that people were sick of telemarketing and did not want to be called. The proposed amendment opens up the Do Not Call list to a loophole that will eventually undermine its purpose. The burden is already on citizens who wish to escape telemarketing. The must actively opt-out to avoid telemarketing. They can at any time decide to opt-in again by removing their numbers from the list if they change their minds. Citizens exercising their wishes understand what they are doing. They don't want telemarketing calls. Yet the Direct Marketing Association wishes to countermand their wishes. History has shown that terms like _an established business relationship_ are usually streched to the point of incredulity with no consequence from federal regulators. Buying one product should not open you up for an onslaught of telemarketing. Opening up the Do Not Call list to this loophole will turn a list that was supposed to protect citizens and be a refuge from unwanted commercial contact to one that will provide telemarketers with a rich source of _unsaturated_ contacts. Reject this amendment. Sincerely, Joseph G. Briggs