Telemarketing 'National Do Not Call List' poll at Vote.com

I requested a written copy of their do not call policy and written verification that I had been added to the do not call list last time they tried me. It costs them money to comply. They most have sold my number, nobody bothers me now.

My calls have really decreased, ever since I started asking to be put on their do not call list.

What I want to know is who are the idiots in the poll that want to be bothered

I AM.......I can handle my own telephone calls just fine thank you......don't need MOMMY GOVERNMENT doing it for me. Just what I want is my name on a NATIONAL LIST somewhere else......sheesh. Doesn't anyone know how to say "Goodbye" or screen calls.....it really is REALLY easy.

We have changed our ad on our answering machine: Hello (pause), if you are telemarketeers please remove us from your list, all others leave name and number and we will get back to you. Calls have dropped dramatically! And we didn't have to register on any ones do not call list.

FTC: Do Not Call List: Your Opportunity to Comment http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/form.htm

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Whether you are a consumer or represent a business, the FTC wants your opinions about the proposed changes to the Telemarketing Sales Rule, including its proposal to create a national "do not call" registry.

You can submit your comments by sending an email to tsr@ftc.gov or by writing to the Office of the Secretary, Room 159, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. For a list of more detailed questions, please refer to the Proposed Rule. Comments will be posted. All comments that the FTC receives on the proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule will be posted on the FTC website. E-mail addresses and phone numbers of individual commenters will be removed before posting.

In addition to any general comments on the proposed TSR changes, the FTC is interested in your comments on the following questions:

(a) How long should a telephone number remain on the national "do not call" registry?

(b) Who should be permitted to request that a telephone number be placed on the "do not call" registry? Should requests from the line subscriber’s spouse or adult child(?) be permitted? Should third parties (outside the FTC) be permitted to collect and forward requests to be put on the "do not call" registry?

(c) What security measures are appropriate and necessary to ensure that only those people who want to place their telephone numbers on the "do not call" registry can do so? Should consumers be able to verify that their numbers have been placed on the registry? If so, how?

(d) Should the "do not call" registry be an "all or nothing" option or should it instead allow consumers to specify the days or time of day that they are willing to accept telemarketing calls?

(e) The proposed rule would permit consumers or donors who place their name and telephone number on the "do not call" registry to provide express verifiable authorization to specific sellers or organizations to make calls to them. How will this requirement affect those entities with which a consumer or donor has a pre-exisiting relationship?

General Questions for Comment:

Please provide comment, including relevant data, statistics, consumer complaint information, or any other evidence, on each different proposed change to the Rule. For each proposed modification that you suggest, please include answers to the following questions:

(a) What is the effect (including any benefits and costs), if any, on consumers?

(b) What is the impact (including any benefits and costs), if any, on individual firms that must comply with the Rule?

(c) What is the impact (including any benefits and costs), if any, on industry?

(d) What changes, if any, should be made to the proposed Rule to minimize any cost to industry or consumers?

(e) How would each suggested change affect the benefits that might be provided by the proposed Rule to consumers or industry?

(f) How would the proposed Rule affect small business entities with respect to costs, profitability, competitiveness, and employment?

Good for you! But to WANT to be bothered by telemarketers seems ridiculus to me. :-)

Well....we've written letters to the agencies that help get your names off lists, etc.....so we don't get too many calls, and I'd rather take action than spend more TAX MONEY for MOMMY Govt to do it (Government is ALWAYS more costly and less effective, too.) There is no Constitutional right to NOT be called by telemarketers, is there?

Why stop at telemarketing.

I don't want political parties calling me to ask me to vote for their candidate.

I don't want any branch of government calling my house to do a survey.

I don't want the IRS to call me if they have questions about my return - let them write a letter.

I want to eat my dinner in peace, and not be bothered by these annoying government calls. Let them set up a do not call list for THAT!