| Comment Number: | OL-101313 |
| Received: | 11/27/2004 6:08:46 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Walker Rayburn |
| State: | AR |
| 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 begin the process of defanging the do not call act. Amending the act with anything such as this recorded-message loophole would begin the process of eroding the protections the act was created to enforce. Such amendments inject uncertainty for the public and create opportunities that telemarketers will try to continually expand to the chagrin of the general populace. Instead, please continue to aggressively enforce the act as it currently stands. I also recommend that the definition of "prior business relationship" be more sharply defined and that only explicit, overt and multiple opt-ins should ever give any telemarketer permission to call a person's home. In other words, unless I specifically request a company call me, they will be in violation of the law if they attempt to market to me by phone. They may send me a letter, and they will undoubtedly deluge me with emails, but do not - under any circumstances - let them place uninvited and unwelcome calls. Sincerely, W. Len Rayburn