FW: Telemarketing Do Not Call List Piece

To: Homestretch - CBC Calgary
Subject: Telemarketing Do Not Call List Piece

So I guess I could call anyone I wanted to, to find out what kind of carpet cleaning services they would like, and how much they would like to pay for it, and ask for their address, that is information gathering.

 

Your guest from the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business was misinformed.

 

The fact is the telemarketing and direct marketing industry have few if any self-controls on this issue. Hence the need for the legislation.

 

The vast majority of all telephone polling is so flawed as to be useless for any meaningful marketing use, either in planning or strategy.

 

Her example of the cellular phone industry using tele-marketing for product research is just the reason that telemarketing polling does not work.

 

In fact the telecom industry only uses tele-marketing to sell or upsell services to their current customer base.

 

The fact that the people who wrote the No Call List legislation are the same who have been excluded by the legislation should be no surprise.

 

Would you be surprised if the fox designed the security system on the chicken coop, with his own interests in mind?

 

I pay for my telephone system and service. I should be able to expect that my privacy will be respected unless and until I decide I want to be called by a marketing company, polling service, or political robotic telephone machine.

 

 

Thanx

Norm Greenfield

Calgary, Alberta

403-807-1251

 

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