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From: gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Telephone mailing lists
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Date: Sat, 16-Nov-85 03:14:17 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 16 03:14:17 1985
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> > >Thank you very much. My wife works night about three times a week.
> > >When she doesn't she does telephone surveys for a marketing research
> > >company. She announces herself, what she would like the callee to do,
> > >which is watch a tv program, and say that someone would call the next
> > >day to get their response.
> > >
> > But, still, what makes you apparently believe that you have the RIGHT to
> > intrude, uninvited, upon people in their homes?  Do YOU listen to the full
> > sales pitch of salesmen or religious advocates who come by your door or meet
> > you on the street?  In one case (salesmen), they have the same motivation.
> > In the other (religious), they sincerely believe that they are offering you
> > the greatest possible gift.
> >    ...Larry Mazlack
> 
> I have the right to call any telephone number in the phone book. (That's 
> why their is a phone book). You have the right to hang up on me. If you
> don't want your privacy invaded, a. Dont have a phone  b. Unplug it when you
> don't use it.

"That's why they're in the phone book"  -- Many of these miracles
of advertisizing ingenuity simple start off with 555-0000 and work
their way up to 555-9999.  Why?  Because they know WHERE 555-NNNN is
located.  This makes unlisted numbers (which actually cost MORE)
just as open to junk-callers as those unlucky people who have given
up their right to privacy by listing their numbers in the phone book.

When those machines call, I like to 3-way their machine with a
Dial-a-prayer recording.