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- From: lenoil@catalogic.com (Robert Lenoil)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: San Jose Mercury Again
- Message-ID: <telecom12.854.1@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 11:44:47 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 854, Message 1 of 12
-
- > So how about it, Bay Area folks? If you are tired of the {San Jose
- > Mercury} constantly calling you at the dinner hour, why not "call the
- > cops"? For those of you who think this is a bit drastic, remember that
- > I have already done the following:
-
- [laundry list omitted]
-
- > Any other ideas?
-
- Yes. Hang up when they call and go on with your life. I can't imagine
- this being worth all the trouble. Are you on a special hit list with
- the Merc? I've been at the same (listed) number for six years and can
- count the calls from them on two hands.
-
- > [Moderator's Note: Because you acted so strongly against this
- > originally, I have to wonder if the latest call(s)? were deliberate or
- > made in error by a new person or were due to an error in the software.
- > They surely could not be so willful as to deliberatly start the calls
- > again. Why not make some copies of your earlier correspondence and
- > send them by registered mail or courier to the telemarketing firm and
- > ask them what happened ... did something go wrong in their system,
- > etc, as you can't belive they are *willfully* violating your request. PAT]
-
- Although I don't agree with John that this is worth expending the
- energy that he obviously is, PAT's point is not really relevant. Of
- course the newspaper didn't *willfully* call John - they have nothing
- to gain from that but a migraine headache. The point is that if a firm
- has been repeatedly warned, then they are at fault for not
- implementing the proper systems to avoid calling numbers where they
- are not wanted. If a judge had issued a restraining order barring the
- Merc from calling John, you can bet that they would have been found in
- contempt for calling him even if it was the result of an "error by a
- new person or ... in the software." Pleading employee ignorance or
- equipment failure does not release a company from liability for its
- actions.
-
-
- Robert Lenoil
-