| Comment Number: | OL-106349 |
| Received: | 12/6/2004 12:51:13 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Linda Marquardt |
| 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 the pre-recorded phone messages. They are very disturbing - whether I have shopped at a store they are calling for or not. If they want to advertise a sale or a special deal or anything else they can send me something in the mail. I absolutely hate it when I rush to the phone from something I am involved with (thinking it might be one of my children or a friend) just to find it's some salesperson trying to sell me something. I find it a disgusting invasion of my privacy. When companies send information in the mail I can read it at my leisure - I don't have to get ripped away from something I'm in the middle of. I also resent feeling like I need to screen my calls in order to avoid the telemarketers. That is not a viable option. Keep the Do Not Call List valid - don't allow these slimeballs to keep pestering us in our homes. Just because it's a prerecorded call doesn't make it any less disruptive than an in-person call.