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If she has another method of contact, I'm okay with that. But if she's cell phone only, I don't think she should be able to say "don't call me" -- nm

Posted by spamlet Aug 23 '13, 07:28

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but 40 times in 3 days? -- nm - decline Aug 23, 07:34 7
- Depends on how the dialers are set up. If the person actually answered the call...the dialer would register that as a contact and would not call - Jim Aug 23, 07:36 3
  - it depends on how it's programmed. Ours are not for collections so they aren't that aggressive, but contact/no-contact do put in different callback ti - zork Aug 23, 07:39 2
    - Exactly...and a company who is trying to collect money is going to be way more aggressive, I would think. - Jim Aug 23, 07:40 1
      - we are market research so it's in between those. also B2B surveys have somewhat different rules than residential -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:43
- That should fall under normal creditor harassment laws, not a special law for cell phones. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:34 1
  - this -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:36
- this -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:34
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- I would have no problem with that if your cell is your only number. - spamlet Aug 23, 07:33 6
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    - Courts can intrepret the law in various ways and we've seen that happen over and over (and had arguments here). -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:51 4
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        I guess I see this as less of a reach because this would be her primary phone (likely). - spamlet Aug 23, 08:08 1
        
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- i guess because she is legally obligated to pay her debts, contacting her regarding that seems like it should be treated differently. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:33 1
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It's just robo-calls being blocked now and not person to person. They just need to have a person call her and not a computer. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:29

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