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National telemarketing Do Not Call list goes on-line today
"Fred A. Murphy" wrote: On 29-Jun-2003, George D wrote: I don't need the Feds spending more of my money, to protect me from something I can take care of myself. Using that line of reasoning, I'd like the see them remove all seat belt laws, brain buckets for motorcyclists, Yes I think these laws should be removed. dead-man's devices on lawnmowers and all the other crap they have shoved down our throats for our own protection. Should be voluntary items with the manufacturer. I *can* take care of this myself. That's not the point. I don't see why I should have to waste my time and interrupt what I'm doing to be able to enjoy the use of my phone line in the privacy of my home or business. There are other ways besides costing taxpayers money to accomplish the same thing. It's much the same as saying I can go out and tell each person who parks their truck in my front yard that they'll have to move it, versus posting a sign and just calling the tow truck if they ignore it. Nobody parks in my front yard or in front of my house on the streets so I can't comment -- The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. -- Hunter Thompson -- George D Phoenix, AZ AAA, AARP, ANA, NRA, RCC ?+1, PIA, PIAAZ, GATF 85006-3032-18-4 The reward for a good deed is to have done it. Please use this address to mail me. Or remove the arizona in the link. Remember there is no Arizona. ALL emails incoming and outgoing are run thru Norton and AVG anti virus. |
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In article , says...
In article (Chris1) writes: In article , wrote: But if you're at all like me, only one of every three calls I get has a person (telemarketer or otherwise) on the other end. The other two are dead-air telemarketer computer-generated dialup rejects that wake me up from a nap, bring me in from the yard with muddy feet, or catch me in the middle of something personal. You need to stop anwswering the phone so readily. I would never stop anything I'm doing just to answer the phone. Just let 'em leave a message. If everybody is going to reason like that the number of telephone conversations will drop enormously. Some people don't really think that's a bad thing. The only thing I think is more absurd than interrupting my dinner to answer the phone, or anything else I am doing at home for that matter when the machine can pick it up is the people who have electronic leashes...cell phones they insist on answering while at a restaurant, at the beach, at the movies, you name it. If I had kids it would be different. If my parents were of an age where I had to worry excessively about their health and well- being, it would be different. Since I am in neither of these situations, anyone calling me can wait 15 minutes for me to finish eating dinner before I call them back. -- ~~~Chrysta~~~ ANA#R-206318 My Collection: http://www.geocities.com/chrystawilson/index.html The Truth About Eric Tillery: http://www.geocities.com/chrystawilson/aboutk6az.html |
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In article Chrysta Wilson writes:
.... If everybody is going to reason like that the number of telephone conversations will drop enormously. Some people don't really think that's a bad thing. The only thing I think is more absurd than interrupting my dinner to answer the phone, or anything else I am doing at home for that matter when the machine can pick it up is the people who have electronic leashes...cell phones they insist on answering while at a restaurant, at the beach, at the movies, you name it. Indeed. If I had kids it would be different. If my parents were of an age where I had to worry excessively about their health and well- being, it would be different. Me not. I have two kids and there is a parent on both sides of high age (one is 92, the other 87), but I refuse to take a cell phone. If I am in a restaurant I simply can not be reached (or anywhere else outside). -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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"Anthony Carlisle" wrote in message ... http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/ The National DO NOT CALL list goes into effect today. You can register through the site. Naturally, it's rather busy today, so expect delays and timeouts. From the ftc website http://www.ftc.gov/, July 1, 2003: "Since the Do Not Call Registry was launched on Friday, June 27, consumers have registered more than 10 million telephone numbers. "Consumer response has been enthusiastic," commented Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris. "The highest sustained system access we've seen occurred Friday evening between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT when an average of 158 telephone numbers were entered into the system per second."" I think that's telling somebody something. |
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Bob Flaminio wrote:
Dr. Richard L. Hall wrote: From the ftc website http://www.ftc.gov/, July 1, 2003: "Since the Do Not Call Registry was launched on Friday, June 27, consumers have registered more than 10 million telephone numbers. "Consumer response has been enthusiastic," commented Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris. "The highest sustained system access we've seen occurred Friday evening between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT when an average of 158 telephone numbers were entered into the system per second."" I think that's telling somebody something. I wonder when someone will devise a script to just dump people.yahoo.com into donotcall.gov. It seems to me to be a fairly easy programming task to get every listed number onto the Do Not Call Registry. -- All this would be so much easier and quicker if only those who wish to receive phone solicitations could register at CallMe.gov. The rest of us would not be allowed to receive these calls after Oct 1. Bruce |
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On 1-Jul-2003, Bruce Remick wrote: All this would be so much easier and quicker if only those who wish to receive phone solicitations could register at CallMe.gov. The rest of us would not be allowed to receive these calls after Oct 1. Another suggestion I have seen to speed up the process is to upload people.yahoo.com into the database. :^) -- "The starting pay for a pilot at American Eagle is $16,800 a year. Never let someone fly you up in the air who's making less than the kid at Taco Bell." Michael Moore - "Stupid White Men" |
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