| Comment Number: | OL-113310 |
| Received: | 1/10/2005 10:36:41 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Cheryl Kern |
| State: | PA |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
I do not feel that it is acceptable for any telemarketer, whether I have a business relationship with them or not, to be allowed to have a call placed to me by a machine. If my day is to be interrupted, and I will have to take the time to answer the phone and determine that I don't want to hear from this person anyway, then it is only appropriate that the caller should have to make an effort to interrupt me. And frankly, I don't feel that an exisitng business relationship should give them any right to call me about anything that is not DIRECTLY related to that relationship - discussing an existing order, bill, or such like. They shouldn't be just allowed to call me to sell something else unless I TELL them that's ok AHEAD OF TIME. Opt-out after the fact is not acceptable. My time is not being paid for by them, they should not get to use it.