Comment Number: OL-103720
Received: 11/28/2004 3:00:22 PM
Organization:
Commenter: John Simmons
State: TN
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 oppose changing the rules to allow telemarketers to send prerecorded messages to those with whom they have a business relationship. I find prerecorded messages extremely annoying and to not want to have to spend time clearing them off my answering machine or voice mail. I do not want to walk into a store to buy an item, or place an order to a company through the mail, and then start receiving unsolicited phone calls from them on the basis of a prior business relationship. Such a change as is proposed will benefit only telemarketers, who already create enough annoyance as it is.