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Most people, given the opportunity, want to pay their bills. Some unscrupulous businesses, however, have committed themselves to abusing consumers. Rather than working with consumers to reduce debt, these unscrupulous businesses take advantage of anyone that deals with them. Federal and state law protects consumers from these businesses.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Calls from a Telemarketer

Unwanted calls from a telemarketer or company trying to convince you to buy, rent or invest in their product or service may be easier to stop than you think.

A federal law known as the “TCPA,” or Telephone Consumer Protection Act, protects consumers from these types of unwanted calls. One way to prevent these calls is by putting your phone number on a national “do-not-call” list. However, according to the rules and regulations that govern the TCPA, you can also stop these solicitation calls by simply telling the company not to call you anymore or asking the company to put your phone number on their own “do-not-call” list.

Once you do this, the company must honor your request and not call you again for a certain time period. Making this “do-not-call” request will even stop calls from a company that you previously gave permission to call you or that you have done business with in the past. Additionally, after you have made this request, the company could be liable for calling you again.  -Meredith Phillips (205)912-8244
Blankenship Harrelson, LLP
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