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telemarketing: Talk TO Me, Not AT Me! - 01/30/08 04:53 PM

What is with this new rash of computer-generated and pre-recorded messages trying to sell me stuff lately?
I thought somewhere along the way there was a law passed that made it illegal for marketing companies to solicit using a computer as the initial interaction with a prospect.  I thought the initial call had to include a live voice engaging the prospect somehow (so that you could have the opportunity to interrupt and specifically request to be opted out of future calls).  Seems that law either changed or is being patently ignored.  I get about a dozen of these calls every week!
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