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

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From: Gerry Scott-Moore
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 06:44
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In article <sf7qiv0it525ujsdp1c339i22ijiigd3kg@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.  They may have a senate
investigation, right some laws and shuffle some paper.  Then they'll
throw it all away and we'll be right back where we are now.  I wish
just once my maxim that "money wins" was wrong.  I'm still saiting.

> 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.

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Subject: Re: The Aunt Marsha Game: A New Weapon Against Telemarketing
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 23:44:13 -0700
From: Gerry Scott-Moore <222ggg@adelphia.net.invalid>
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