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From: kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: computerized sales phone calls
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 18:16:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 18:16:04 1986
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA
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> I thought it might serve as an indication to the rest of you that we 
> can indeed make this stuff illegal.

Ever notice that these jerks (oops, I should be more polite) never
identify the company in the recording, so you can't call THEM up and
complain.  Now if we could only outlaw sales phone calls made by humans.
As a feeble gesture of protest, I never buy anything sold this way, and
if I'm doing business with the company already, I stop.  Goodbye subscription
to the Sunday NY Times, because their sales dept wouldn't stop calling and
trying to sell me the daily Times, etc.