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Article #139704Re: Dammed Telemarketers
From: Al Smith
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:24
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:24
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On 6/5/2009 7:08 PM, lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote: > On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:30:23 -0400, Al Smith <invalid@address.com> > wrote: >> It must be that it is allowed to continue because those doing it pay >> graft in various forms to the politicians. Why else would it be >> permitted? Everyone hates being called by robotic machines. It's a >> waste of time. Do you know *anyone* who likes getting phoned by a >> machine and given a sales pitch about some product they probably >> haven't even heard of before? I don't. >> >> -Al- > > I suppose it continues because the 'phone companies want the business, > particularly in the case of telemarketers, imagine what their bills > are like - yes I know a few calls that are successful likely pay for > it all and the rest is the jam on top ! > I would think the telemarketers pay a flat fee for unlimited use. That's their carrying cost. After that, it doesn't cost them a cent to have a robot dial our numbers and a robotic voice speak to us. I want them banned outright, no loopholes. They shouldn't exist in any form. -Al-
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