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David Joslin (joslin@cs.pitt.edu) wrote:

: 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'm browsing the comp.dcom.telecom archives at ftp.lcs.mit.edu, and
while I've heard of this act, I can't seem to find a copy of it.  Any
ideas ?  (I'm going to check the comp.society.privacy archives too).

I have the perfect case: a local replacement window vendor called and I
told them then to not call me again (including my name, address, and
phone number).  They have since called twice (I have date, time, and
phone number of each time).  This evening I called them back and told
them that they've called me twice since they were instructed not to
call me, and that I consider these calls harassment.

As soon as I find a copy of this act, I'll be sending a copy along with
a letter instructing them not to call me again, and the actions that
I'll take if they do.

I also told them that since I live in a rented townhouse I won't be a
customer anyway, but that won't prevent me from bad-mouthing them.

-- 
Doug Sewell (doug@cc.ysu.edu) (http://cc.ysu.edu/doug)


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