| Comment Number: | 525547-00198 |
| Received: | 12/7/2006 12:04:12 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | David Sylvian |
| State: | CA |
| Subject: | Telemarketing Sales Rule |
| Title: | Request for Public Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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Comments:
Date 12/06/2006 Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary, Room H-159 (Annex H) 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20580 RE: TSR Prerecorded Call Prohibition and Call Abandonment Standard Modification – Project No. R411001 To the Commission: I am writing to let the FTC know that I object to all unwanted telemarketing calls made to my home. I especially object to recorded sales messages. I find these calls even more invasive of my privacy than calls that come from a live caller. That’s because I feel powerless to interact with a recording. Even when I hang up the phone when first hearing the message, the recording sometimes continues to tie up my phone line. If a company calls me with a recorded message based on a claimed business relationship, I have no way of telling the company not to call me again. I believe the FTC should outlaw all prerecorded messages unless I give my written consent for such calls. This includes recorded messages left on my answering machine. I also object to calls I answer where the caller hangs up or leaves me on the line with dead air. Ideally, the FTC should adopt a standard of zero tolerance for abandoned calls. But at the most, the rate of abandoned calls should not exceed 3% per day. As consumers we should not be victimized by such abuse. Sincerely, David Sylvian