| Comment Number: | OL-112244 |
| Received: | 12/24/2004 3:56:45 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Daniel Starr |
| State: | IL |
| 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:
Dear Sir or Madam: What part of DO NOT CALL does the FTC fail to understand? The purpose of a DO NOT CALL list is to prevent telemarketers from making annoying phone calls. The proposal to create new loopholes for telemarketers, Docket ID RIN 3084-0098, works against that purpose. What is an ESTABLISHED BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP? The fact that I have made a purchase from a business does not mean that I desire annoyance phone calls from that business; in my view the only BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP that should allow a business to call me is one under which I have explicitly requested such calls. Further, in my view recorded messages should be prohibited entirely unless I have specifically requested them. In summation, I am strongly OPPOSED to the Direct Marketing Association's request for a new loophole, and request that instead the FTC work to remove the existing loopholes in the DO NOT CALL system, especially the loopholes for political messages.