| Comment Number: | OL-112560 |
| Received: | 12/31/2004 3:51:08 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Adam Reese |
| 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:
Please do not weaken rules for telemarketers so that companies alleging an EBR can more easily contact us with their unwanted pre-recorded messages. Do Not Call means just that! I received a pre-recorded call from a blocked/private number to my cellphone while in a remote out-of-state area on vacation, thus incurring roaming charges from my cell provider. The call was from an auto dealership that I had been to ONCE, for one-time emergency service (my serpentine belt had broken). Apparently they added my cellphone number to a large database and programmed their system to call me, saying I was due for regularly-scheduled service. The auto dealership, of course, denied all knowledge of this call or even the existence of their database. It's exactly this sort of call that I hope to avoid (and hopefully forbid), and it is the duty of the FTC to serve its citizens' wishes, rather than corporate special interests.