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From: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Sales computer clamp-down
Message-ID: <644@fai.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Aug-87 13:13:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 17 13:13:42 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 20-Aug-87 04:41:51 EDT
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Reply-To: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman)
Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc.
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Keywords: furious
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In article <25725@sun.uucp> lyang@sun.UUCP (Larry Yang) writes:
>In article <831@wrcola.UUCP> kathy@wrcola.UUCP (K.M.Vincent) writes:
>>
>>This may or may not be the proper place for this posting, but ...
>>
>>This morning, I answered my phone to find a computer at the
>>other end.
>> [...]
>>What I heard was a prerecorded sales pitch for insulation.
>> [...]
>>And right now, according to the supervisor, there's nothing to
>>stop anyone from doing that.  It's perfectly legal.
>
>This discussion was raging on misc.consmuers a few months ago. I suppose
>that in North Carolina, it is legal, but in California, and in several
>other states, the selling party must have a human ask if the person
>wishes to listen to a computer/precorded machine give a sales pitch.
>
>This methond is quite dangerous, as tying up a phone line like that prevents
>you from getting out in the event of an emergency.  I would suggest that
>bugging your state government would be the best move.
>
>In the meantime, the next time you get a call like that, when they
>ask for your address, grab your nearest piece of junk mail and give
>them the return address off of it.  Or turn your stereo/TV on full volume
>and hold your phone up to the speaker.  Be creative.


Even more effective to irritate those who are bothering you:  turn on your
modem and let them record THAT!
-- 

		Steven A. Minneman (Fujitsu America Inc, San Jose, Ca)
		!seismo!amdahl!fai!stevem

The best government is no government at all.