| Comment Number: | OL-112993 |
| Received: | 1/10/2005 6:59:08 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | R Sosa |
| State: | FL |
| 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:
To whom it may concern: I am distressed to hear that the Do Not Call regulations may be weakened by new rules allowing for pre-recorded marketing calls to go through. I recently moved to a new state, and acquired a new phone number. I promptly listed my number with the Do Not Call registry, but still received many calls for the first couple of months. With a live person, I could tell them that the number was now on the DNC list and please not call again. However, with the prerecorded messages, I cannot. To do so would require me to call them and most likely make me an active caller in their eyes - much like responding to spam email actually increases the spam you receive. Most of these offers are for "fabulous prizes to contests (I've) recently entered" which as it turns out, is false since I don't enter any contests for any purpose. If they lie in their marketing efforts, would they really be honest effort to remove me from their future calling list? I have suffered over the years from marketing efforts with reps who will not take 'No thank you' for an answer. Their company's training and performance measures require them to push and prod even after I, the consumer has stated that they have no interest. I understand these follks are just doing their job, but it puts me in an uncomfortable position to become rude and hang up when the marketer doesn't respect my privacy and wishes. Allowing these prerecorded calls to go through would subject me and thousands of others who feel the same to suffer these unwanted interruptions on a daily basis. Please do not change the regulations to include any further methods of calls. Thank you,