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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...?
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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (4148)7/25/1997 11:28:00 PM
From: Quaddad   of 13594
 
I believe that if a telemarketer calls you and you request to be put on their do not call list, they are subject to a $250 fine, plus or minus, if they call you again, which the victim gets. If you can prove it. It's part of the FTC's direct marketing law.

Also, almost ALL companies make their information available list brokers. That's why they make a provision in their customer agreements stating this. No one ever reads them, I know I don't.
And every mailing list that I have ever purchased, I am always asked if I want phone numbers with the names for an added fee. So if I wanted the name, address, and phone number of everyone who owns a Lincoln Continental in my county, all I got to do is pick up the phone and the broker at the other end mails it to me. Then he sticks me on another list in the direct marketer catagory.

Most telemarketers don't buy directly from the companies. They go through a list broker. So if you ask where they got the number from, they'll just say they bought it from a broker.
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