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Judge Rules Against Do-Not-Call Registry
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| 9/24/02
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Posted on 09/24/2003 1:08:49 PM PDT by scab4faa
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To: hadaclueonce
The greater the usage, more people paying in, the lower the cost. I would assume, that the telemarketing industry is an extremely profitable business for the phone companies. Surely, you can see that?
To: BlazingArizona
You ever hear of "Caller ID"?
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posted on
09/24/2003 2:40:46 PM PDT
by
PaulJ
To: hadaclueonce
Proper implementation of electrical utility deregulation would save you money, and make the utilities more profitable, and provide you with a never ending supply of windmills with slogans on them within your yard!
To: Poohbah
BellSouth has a service, "Privacy Director," that works with caller ID, and very effectively. If the number doesn't display (the famous "Unknown" telemarketer), the caller is intercepted, and told to either state their name or call back and display their number. Privacy Director then calls the recipient with a recorded message, asking if they want the call. The recipient presses a button (accept or reject) and that's that.
I can honestly say that 99% of the flood has stopped in the three years we've had it.
If the other telcos got enough customer pressure to offer such a service, we'd have the problem licked, without a host of regulations and government spending. Do you honestly believe the government employees hired to implement this service are going to be effective? Can you say "Federal airport screener?"
Disclaimer: I am not a telemarketer, I do not represent anyone who is a telemarketer, and I intensely dislike telemarketers -- but I like government interference in my life even less.
To: scab4faa
So, exactly what is his phone number?
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posted on
09/24/2003 2:46:21 PM PDT
by
freeangel
(freeangel)
To: Professional
You really want them to pay? Ask them to complete a contract for the services, you are very interested, but would like to read about it first. The packaging, disclaimers, forms, will make for a very big envelope and consume lots of time for them. When you get it, forget to complete the important parts, legally binding, then send back. Then they will call you again, apologize for the mistake, have them send it again, repeat process until eternity...
Good idea! Letterman did skit on this. Guy invites a telemarketer to dinner to talk about their deal. He gets there and punches him out.
To: Professional
you do not have a clue about wind generation, not one.
As a control area operator, with wind generation, it generates at night and in the spring and fall when there is no load.
It is a total pile of BS that makes the greenies feel good.
And I think that ALL unsolicted phone callers should be in jail for harrasment. Until you B**ds start paying for the right to access my phone, and I have the option to put you on "ignore" you should all go away.
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posted on
09/24/2003 2:49:54 PM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(shoot low, they are riding sheltlands..)
To: hadaclueonce
I feel like I am wrestling with a pig, we both get dirty and the pig kinda likes it...
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posted on
09/24/2003 2:52:04 PM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(shoot low, they are riding sheltlands..)
To: Keith
Call Judge West's chambers directly: 405-609-5140. to let him know your opinion of his ruling.
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posted on
09/24/2003 2:57:18 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: hadaclueonce
I know EVERYTHING about wind generation. I sell Windotrons. If you get sponsorship from a company, you can fuel your house, and the neighbors, leaving you with some hard cash. To sign up, just send me a private reply and I'll let you in on the greatest thing since above ground pools! I'll even tell you about becoming a regional sales VP of this fast moving exciting company that can take YOU to the next level!
To: secret garden
It's time to repost that article by Dave Barry with the telemarketer's phone numbers. The tele-marketers liked getting all those phone calls so much, they dissconnected the phone number listed in Barry's article.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:00:19 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: PaulJ
You ever hear of "Caller ID"? If you've invented a species of Caller ID that prevents the scumbags from filling up my voicemail with their crap, please let me know.
To: Stefan Stackhouse
Why would a small business need to contact me if I haven't contacted them first? These restrictions wouldn't apply if I called them about a product/service and asked them for a callback. Also, if I don't want to be called with UNsolicited calls, I don't want them from anyone. Small business or large. I think you've built a straw man.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:01:33 PM PDT
by
YummiBox
To: Professional
This post is priceless, it says it all. Sometimes the pig looses, and you sir...are bacon. Sometimes you have to wrestle with the low life before the true colors are shown.
Your boiler room operations should be shut down, you put in jail.
Since there are laws that keep us from hunting you down, shooting you in the head, we need laws that limit your ability to harrass and take our monies for your profit.
Do away with the law about hunting you down, and I am fine with you calling me.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:06:00 PM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(shoot low, they are riding sheltlands..)
To: PaulJ; CDHart
The FTC has no business telling business' who they can and can't call. The FTC is not stopping tele-marketers from calling anyone.
The FTC is giving me a tool so I can choose who uses my phone and the phone service that I pay for.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:08:59 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: RJL
AMEN brother, I don't care who can stop it, I just want the maddness to stop.
I work nights 7 days a month, it is hard to sleep, and the calls come all day long. Yep, I look at caller ID, but it still wakes me. F them, there is a special place in hell for them, If the Lord listens to my prayers. And I am not joking.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:15:23 PM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(shoot low, they are riding sheltlands..)
To: Professional
>> "the courts hopefully will never allow the govt to control who gets to call you. That is NOT the responsibility of the govt." <<
HELLO. The govt is NOT controlling who will call you. The people that put their names on the list are controlling who will call (or not call) THEM.
This IS individual freedom. I think that you are looking at it totally backwards.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:25:37 PM PDT
by
sd-joe
To: PaulJ
>> "The FTC has no business telling business' who they can and can't call." <<
The FTC is NOT telling anything. The INDIVIDUALS who put their names on the list are telling the businesses that they do not want to be called.
This is actually a service to the businesses, who do not waste time and money on people who do not want to hear from them.
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posted on
09/24/2003 3:28:21 PM PDT
by
sd-joe
To: hadaclueonce
Dude, I was joking... Windotrons... good grief.
To: RJL
Any idea who appointed this judge?
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