| Comment Number: | OL-113013 |
| Received: | 1/10/2005 7:29:10 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Tamara Arment |
| State: | OH |
| 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:
We are already at odds with many of the companies with which we do business over their "add-on" calls. I have, in writing, requested that each company cease contacting us by phone unless it is in regard to the account status. We do not want to know about their "current promotion," their "fabulous deal" most of which will always end up consting the consumer money. When we need additianal services we will contact them. When we lived in North Carolina, we went as far as to have a second telephone line with all of our consumer calls going to that number, except for utilities. That particulat phone line was used exclusively by our computer and did not have a telephone attached to it. Thus, it never rang. When the DNC lists first went into effect, we noticed a drastic decline in telemarketing calls. However, in the last two months there has be a two hundred percent increase in those calls again. We average three hang-up/telemarketing calls on our answerrring system per day and one call per evening. If the new ruling passes, to allow automated dialers and callers again, I would suspect that number to increase by 100%. Not only is that violating the spirit of the DNC action but it is annoying as hell. Let middle Amerrica call you, as members of the FTC, as many times as we get called. Sincerely Annoyed