Re: How to Stop Telemarketers...

[Tim May]

On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 10:11  AM, Mike Rosing wrote:

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Tyler Durden wrote:

But I have utilized a stopgap strategy for a number of years now that has
worked pretty good:

1) If I hear silence for more than a moment or two I hang up the phone.

Yeah, I've done that for a while now. But here in wisconsin (USA)
we have a new law that goes into effect on Jan 1: The state maintains
an official "no call" list. If your name is on the list and telemarketers
call, the state can take them to court. I don't know how effective it'll
be, but I think losing money in court would be enough of an incentive to
pay attention to the list.

If enough states do it the telemarketers may decide it's worth fighting
in court. Life gets interesting at that point...

So, I cannot call you without first accessing this list?

This support from you and Greg for state solutions which interfere with uncoerced contacts is surprising.


--Tim May
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