Re: Case Study: Do-Not-Call List

"Robert C" <rchin_at_panix.com> wrote in message news:<bnk731$du0$1_at_reader1.panix.com>...
> Sigh....things are a slightly more complex then you see.
> Yes, agree, there are certainly those evil kind, the crooks
> "..taking advantage of the weak-minded and the elderly.",
> featured on news special reports and so forth, that you so explicitly
> expressed your hatred.
>
> Those are small-timers, crooks....they rent temp spaces in the backwoods &
> really
> dial manually & try to get your credit card number & screw people. They are
> like the back-alley drug dealers....
>
> Now do you think they give a toss about DNC law(s) ????
> You think the regulation will have ANY effect on them ???
> Do we have have legislation against certain drugs in this country ? But do
> we yet still have a drug problem in this society ?
>
> DNC list is meant to restrict really large, legitimate telemarketers.
> Where do you think they got the phone numbers ? (hint: CITIGROUP, Bank of
> America etc)
> And guess what...They already know your CC#, your address, your marital
> status, in some case your DOB....etc.

Restrict? What about the "pre-existing business relationship" loophole?

jg

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