| Comment Number: | OL-104385 |
| Received: | 11/29/2004 10:35:12 AM |
| Organization: | Self |
| Commenter: | Andrew Thompson |
| State: | NH |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
Short version: I strongly oppose all of the abovementioned changes. Long version: It seems apparent to me that this change (per day per calling campaign TO measured over a 30 day period) would allow direct marketers increase their call volume to me, personally. I recently moved, and my new phone number was not on the Do Not Call list; I received more "junk" calls than I received normal phone calls. Adding my new number to the list made having a phone bearable again. I strongly oppose any change in the wording that would weaken in any way the protection from harassment the Do Not Call list provides. On the subject of prerecorded messages: I find a prerecorded message, even one from a company I have an established business relationship with, to be irritating and useless. I will just hang up, after being irritated by the call. Please do not change this section of the Telemarketing Sales Rule - adding my number to the DNC list is currently the only way I have of telling companies I do not want calls like this - telling a company's representative this in person just gets me a "sorry, that's the way we do business" response. I am not interested in listening to a machine try to sell me something over the phone, regardless of the source (company I do business with or otherwise.) If I want machine-generated ads, I'll browse the web.