The new telemarketer laws that were there along with the National Do Not Call Registry states Since collection agencies are cold calling, will they be held to the same restrictions, being forced to provide calling name and number and limiting their use of their predictive dialers to limit the number of abandoned calls? I don't know how annoyed I get to have an "Unknown" call come in, then sit there for 2-3 seconds saying "Hello" before someone comes on the line and it's a collection agency. I think it's January 1 that the other regulations that were there with the National Do Not Call List will take effect. As a consumer, I applaud the regulations. . So what does everyone think? Will CA's have to abide by the regulations? I say starting Jan 1 all CNETers report any and all calls by CA's that don't have name and number displayed. ChrisB
CA's are not considered Telemarketers, and even if they were, the fact that they have an account alledly for you would allow them to be included in the prior business relationship clasues of the do not call list laws. Cold calling is only when there is NO EXISTING RELATIONSHIP.
I'm not talking about them being ineligable under the Do Not Call List, I'm wondering if they'll be held accountable to the other provisions of telemarketing. Even if they claim to have prior business (I don't recall EVER signing any business agreement with XYZ collections) I'm wondering if they will still be required to provide caller ID info, and limit their use of automated dialers.
