| Comment Number: | OL-103206 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 9:00:39 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Gerard Jeronowitz |
| State: | AZ |
| 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 really don't think we need to be opening up more methods for marketers to contact people that don't want such contact. This rule change should be abaandoned at once. If for some reason it is approved, it should be balanced by swifter and more severe penalties for violating the DNCL. I have made several complaints and there has been no apparent followup. The companies who called are of the opinion that there will be no fines unless there are at least a few hundred complaints. What would be a better plan is to make the DNCL a REAL DNCL by removing the current exclusion for political ads and surveys. While the number of pure sales calls has gone down, the number of "surveys" with an opportunity to purchase a product at the end have increased. The end result is that instead of giving the PEOPLE what they want, you have, and are again, cowering to the special interest groups who finance your government political candidates.