| Comment Number: | OL-105997 |
| Received: | 12/5/2004 3:28:29 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Elizabeth Shelton |
| State: | CA |
| 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:
Please DO NOT allow this change. Require businesses and telemarketers to gain positive Opt-IN permission from a consumer before being allowed to make pre-recorded calls. Require that the Opt-IN be clearly identified, and not masked as a sweepstakes or hidden in any other way. Also require that any Opt-IN is valid for ONLY ONE BUSINESS, not any "affiliates, etc". In SF Chronicle Newspaper 12-5-04, J.Crowe of Voice Mail Broadcasting says,"People like getting messages...if there's a place where you like shopping, you'll probably want to know when they're having the biggest sale of the year." NOT by pre-recorded phone messages, I don't. If what Crowe says is true, then let the customers who want those calls sign up for them knowingly and voluntarily. I don't want to be forced to use cash-only because that's the only way to avoid telephone cacophany and invasion. Please DO NOT allow businesses to use pre-recorded phone calls to contact customers for any reason.