| Comment Number: | OL-104554 |
| Received: | 11/29/2004 1:35:31 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Robert Sartin |
| State: | TX |
| 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:
Automated calls are an unacceptable nuisance and invasion into my time. If they are to be allowed, it should only be through opt-in, not an inherently awkward and unreliable opt-out. Opt-out is unacceptable for many reasons: It places the burdern and cost for avoiding nuisance calls on the receiver of the calls. I will be forced to opt-out for every single business with which I do business. Let them pay the cost of determining which customers are willing to accept the calls rather than forcing me to bear the cost. It allows businesses with which I have no realistic choice about doing business to invade my home with their calls. For example, I have no other choices for natural gas service. It allows businesses with whom I have intentionally discontinued my relationship to call me under the excuse that we recently had a business relationship. Protect the individual. Put the cost of controlling automation fully on those who benefit from it. Do not automatically allow automated calling.