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Re: The Aunt Marsha Game: A New Weapon Against Telemarketing

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From: Gerry Scott-Moore
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 04:45
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In article <bjrsivkchvnorhrh4fc71q1m7ukpk9013g@4ax.com>, Scott in
Aztlan <qinencnyn@lnubb.pbz> wrote:

> >> The telemarketing industry is all up in arms over these Do-Not-Call
> >> lists, filing lawsuits and such, but they're just wasting their time.
> >
> >Remember you read it here first Scott: Between an industry and a bunch
> >of voters, the industry is gonna win. 
> >
> >> The generation that will sit there politely and listen to a sales
> >> pitch from some smarmy salesman and then buy the product just to
> >> avoid having to be rude is dying out, and the telemarketers'
> >> profitability is dying with them.
> >
> >It's going away as quick as spam is.
> >
> >> It's only a matter of time. ;)
> >
> >They got more time than us, and scads more money.
> 
> I see you've completely missed the point of my post. :)

The point wasn't missed, I just disagree that phone marketing is going
away because our protectors in government are gonna do something about
it other than talk.

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Subject: Re: The Aunt Marsha Game: A New Weapon Against Telemarketing
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:45:30 -0700
From: Gerry Scott-Moore <222ggg@adelphia.net.invalid>
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