| Comment Number: | 525547-00309 |
| Received: | 12/7/2006 11:51:08 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | David Brick |
| State: | CA |
| Subject: | Telemarketing Sales Rule |
| Title: | Request for Public Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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Comments:
This reasonable consumer considers that *all* unsolicited calls are abusive of my right of privacy. Because of the absence of a live human being, prerecorded calls are particularly noxious. The only diffference between an answered call and a message left on my answering machine is that I do not usually get up and cross the room to retrieve messages from the machine. I support any rule enactment or amendment which would reduce the number of unsolicited calls. By unsolicited I mean not specifically invited by me. Merely having transacted business with a firm does not constitute an invitation. The current structure - being called is OK unless you opt out - is precisely 180 degress out of phase. It should be opt in for those who wish to receive calls - doing so would, I think, be remarkably demonstrative of how few people wish to receive any unsolicited calls.