[LINK] Fwd: MR30/2010: Re-register now to avoid telemarketing calls [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Ivan Trundle]

On 11/03/2010, at 5:23 PM, Stilgherrian wrote:

> Or, dare I say it, we could just let people use caller ID and screen their calls and -- gasp! -- accept that maybe it's OK for someone to initiate a conversation and the other party to politely say "Sorry, I'm not interested".

Doesn't work: I've had caller ID since it was made available, and unfortunately, most of my regular callers (work and private) use blocked numbers - as do marketers.

The obvious answer of 'why not let the phone ring out, let people leave a message?' elicits this response from me: in a business sense, it is bad business, and in any event, I'd rather not foot the bill for calling others who have generous mobile caps or who are calling from OS when they are the ones wishing to talk with me.

The difficulty in saying 'No thanks' to marketing calls is trivial, especially since the number of marketing calls is now dramatically less than it used to be, which I would hope is because of my registration with ACMA.

Warmly

iT

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