| Comment Number: | OL-103050 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 5:18:50 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Mark Craig |
| State: | CA |
| 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:
Gentlemen: I had thought that ALL unsolicited pre-recorded telephone calls were prohibited by a years-old Federal statute? I still receive such calls, and it irritates me immensely. Since the call is a recording, there is no one to interrupt and demand removal from the calling list or to speak to their supervisor. Such calls are a thinly-veiled effort to eliminate "human resource" expense and turn what should be a DIALOG process into an unfriendly and unresponsive monologue. Exactly who are you attempting to protect and serve by proposing this amendment? Certainly not the interests of non-profiteering, non-entrepreneurial, peace-and-quiet-seeking citizens like myself. These pre-recorded calls serve no other purpose than to improve the profitability of the companies whose products or services they attempt to sell; that is true regardless whether a so-targeted consumer has an "established business relationship" with such companies or not. Since when is it the duty of the FTC to help corporations improve their profit margins at my expense? If I recall the FTC's charter correctly, your primary obligation is to ME and MY interests, not those of corporate lobbyists. Do your job as it was envisioned and protect me from communications used to fund corporate greed! Very Sincerely, Mark A. Craig