| Comment Number: | OL-105403 |
| Received: | 12/1/2004 12:10:27 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Mark Nobles |
| State: | TX |
| 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:
<p>I am against this change. This is a bad idea, and violates the spirit of the law. </p> <p>Prerecorded messages are the most obnoxious kind, and are the reason I paid to join the "Do Not Call" list in the first place. This modification renders the list meaningless, and in fact makes it exactly the opposite of the original intent. Telemarketers would be able to use the list as their source of numbers to attack with these prerecorded calls. </p> <p>The requirement that they identify themselves and allow me to ask them to remove me from their calling list are meaningless, since that information is always supplied at the very end of the call. That means that I have to listen to their entire message before getting that, so they have successfully delivered their message and don't care if I remove myself or not. Moreover, if they don't identify themselves, how do I file a complaint for you to enforce this law? I have tried filing complaints before, but without the name of the company or their phone number, the agency refused to accept them.</p> <p>This form of assaultive advertising needs to be controlled, not enabled by your agency.</p> <p>Another problem with these is that they have found ways to circumvent the requirement that their names and phone numbers show up on Caller ID. That should not be allowed either.</p>