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Re: A New Way around the Do Not Call Lists ...

Rick Merrill (rick0.merrill@NOSPAMgmail.com)
Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:34:01 -0400

mc wrote:

> Ed <ed1ward2@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:telecom25.251.3@telecom-digest.org:

>> This past January I got a call from Peruzzi, a local car dealership
>> here in Bucks County PA (suburban Philadelphia), wishing me a Happy
>> Holiday.

> I think people are going around telling each other -- quite falsely --
> that if the message doesn't explicitly announce things for sale, it's
> not an advertisement and therefore not a violation.

You're right, it's false.

> A few weeks ago, a jeweler in my town used an autodialer to invite
> people for a free ring cleaning. He told me it wasn't an
> advertisement but an invitation. Worse, he made no attempt to avoid
> dialing hospitals, fire stations, large PBXes, etc. ... my first
> encounter with it was when my secretary got about 8 copies of the
> message via other phones rolling over to hers.

Tell him you are thinking of filing a class action suit. See if he'll
settle asap.

> I don't know, but I suspect someone is aggressively selling
> autodialers by telling people falsehoods about the law.

Very clever, and the salesperson is breaking no law, only the user!

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: What may be a bit more tricky, IMO is
> when the purported message is to 'wish happy holidays' as our
> original writer noted. When such a message is conveyed, is it still
> in fact a 'sales call' or an advertising pitch? PAT]

No, giving out calendars is clearly advertising (but not illegal) yet
making such phone calls is a violation.

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