Comment Number: OL-100278
Received: 11/27/2004 9:15:19 AM
Organization:
Commenter: John Joseph
State: SC
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:

I strongly urge you NOT to create an additional call abandonment safe harbor to 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. The proposed revision would unnecessarily open a loophole in the current restrictive practices, resulting in more obtrusive interruptions and consumer aggravation.