At 8:25 AM -0700 on 12/27/99, Rob Cozens wrote:
>>- I'm lucky unsolicited phone calls of this sort are illegal in Germany.
>
>You don't know how lucky, Uli. At least twice a month a I get callers
>wanting to speak with "the person in charge of your companys' telephone
>service." Often it's the same company that called a month or two before
>with some "new deal." Christmas week I got two calls from diferent
>telemarketers for AT&T within an hour...and it isn't the first time. Time
>is money, and I don't feel any savings in long distance charges covers the
>cost of my time dealing with telephone spamming by long distance carriers.
When they call, DEMAND that they put you on their do not call list. They
are required to by law, and infractions are $500 (I believe) in statutory
damages. Also, there are some other things you can demand. See
<http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/telemarketing.html>
