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In article <3jnhuk$usf@dhp.com>,
Celandine <celndine@dhp.com> wrote:
>Mark Kantrowitz (mkant+@cs.cmu.edu) wrote:
>: Once the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called me two days in a row [...]
>   I had a very similiar thing happen to me the past couple of months.  
>The Post Gazette called once day and I very politely said no thank you.  
>  The next day I got called again, [...]
>  Two days later I received another call, at 8:30 in the morning, [...]

According to an article in the Nolo Press newsletter, the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act specifically prohibits a telemarketer from
calling you again after you tell them not to.  If they do, you can
sue them for $500/call, or $1500/call if they do it "willfully and
knowingly."  It is the telemarketer's responsibilty to keep a "do not
call" list.  The author of the article sued an overly persistent
dating service, and collected $1500.

I doubt that I would go to the trouble of suing someone, but since
I started making pointed requests that I not be contacted again, I
haven't gotten any repeat calls.  When I say "please add me to your
do-not-call list," most are polite and say they will do so immediately.

dj