| Comment Number: | OL-102337 |
| Received: | 11/27/2004 9:51:20 PM |
| Organization: | Individual |
| Commenter: | Don Gowen |
| State: | AL |
| 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 am totally opposed to "pre-recorded message telemarketing." I have never found any telemarketing call to be the least bit useful to me and my family - by a company I do business with or a company with whom I have never done business. Since enactment of GLB I have had to spend useless time to "opt-out" of dozens of marketing programs with companies whom I do business and with the advent of the "Do Not Call Registry" I thought I would have peace of mind. Still companies call time after time which takes away from my family time and at my place of work. Congress enacted "Do Not Call" and that seems to be as plain as it gets - and it does not matter if the call has a live person on the other end or a pre-recorded message. Voice Mail Broadcasting Company, or any other company does not have a RIGHT to infring on my time and should be prohibited from placing any call - pre-recorded or not, if I elect to have my telephone numbers registred on the "Do Not Call Registry." The FTC is charged with the responsibility of protection of the consumer and enforcement of standing statutes and regulations. The Federal Communications Commission is wrong to allow the practice of "Pre-Recorded" messages to consumers without their overt consent - and just because one federal agency is in bed with the telemarketers does not mean that the FTC must follow suit. Allen Hile of the FTC's marketing practices is DEAD WRONG in proposing this rule change - and should be over-ruled on this issue by someone with common sense. There is NO BENEFIT to the consumer by "Pre-Recorded" telemarketing calls and this proposal should be DROPPED IMMEDIATELY. Sincerely, Don Gowen, Decatrur, Alabama, 35601