| Comment Number: | OL-103076 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 6:28:17 AM |
| Organization: | Concerned Citizen |
| Commenter: | Kirk Wilson |
| State: | CO |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
A story in the Chicago Sun-Times reads "The agency overseeing the national Do Not Call Registry is considering opening a loophole in the year-old program to allow companies to deliver ''pre-recorded message telemarketing.'' The agency referred to above would be the FTC, right? I must ask how is pre-recorded spam any less annoying and aggravating then a live caller? I might go so far as to say that it would be even MORE bogus to get an automated call - because you can't tell the caller what you think about the interruption. I am fervently against any loop-hole that may be given to tele-marketers to legally call someone who does not want to be bothered! Please consider other alternatives such as OPT-IN arrangements rather than OPT-OUT. It angers me that I have to bend over backwards to get away from these purveyors of unwanted annoyance.