| Comment Number: | OL-104297 |
| Received: | 11/29/2004 9:24:02 AM |
| Organization: | N/A |
| Commenter: | ILLENE M. HARRISON |
| State: | NM |
| 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 opposed to any change in the rule regarding Do Not Call lists. A prerecorded message is as bad, if not worse, than a personal telephone call. It, too, interrupts whatever I might be doing; is a call I don't want to receive; and even worse, I can't slam the phone down in the caller's ear! Do not---I repeat---DO NOT change the rule to permit pre-recorded messages being issued to an individual who has indicated that he/she be placed on the Do Not Call list. The net effect would be to make the Do Not Call list meaningless! Quite frankly, I wish the rule were amended to prohibit unsolicited telephone calls from political parties during a presidential campaign. During the just passed campaign I received as many as six telephone calls---most of them recordings---per day. You have no idea how frustrating those calls became. If anything, they became counter-productive. I have no objection to telephone calls from 501(c)3 charitable organizations; but I do resent calls from political parties. From what my friends have said, they agree!