| Comment Number: | OL-108919 |
| Received: | 12/9/2004 1:09:48 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | N. Murphy |
| 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:
Please do not allow telemarketing calls that deliver a prerecorded message to consumers with whom the seller on whose behalf the calls are made has an established business relationship. Unsolicited phone calls any time of day that are of a "business" relationship are hurtful and disruptive of our business and family life. Consider individuals working out of the home. These phone calls are interruptive and delay business, hence hurting our incomes. Consider unsolicited phone calls received during evening hours. These calls interrupt important family time, frazzle nerves, and do not promote a healthy living environment. In fact, these calls are so frusterating, that they increase blood pressure causing hypertension and other health problems in many individuals. The risks of prerecorded messages to consumers far outweights the benefits of allowing these messages. Most individuals will slam down the phone or erase the message without listening to the message, so any so-called benefits of the message would be lost. Please do not allow telemarketing calls that deliver a prerecorded message to consumers. Thank you. N.Murphy, Collierville, TN