| Comment Number: | OL-101594 |
| Received: | 11/27/2004 6:59:15 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Brown |
| State: | PA |
| 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:
I originally added my telephone number to the do-not-call list because I understood that doing so would eliminate most, if not all, the telemarketing calls I would receive. I object to allowing telemarketers to use pre-recorded messages, even where there is an existing business relationship. I block spam in my email, ads on the internet, and I use Tivo to skip ads on the television. I certainly am not interested in getting ads over the phone. Forcing a company to use a real-live person to call me increases their cost, and reduces the temptation to call in the first place. There is no legitimate use, in my mind, for a pre-recorded message. This change to your rules is a betrayal of the public trust, and is an outrage. You should be making the telemarketer's job harder, not easier.