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DF3VI > PHONE 21.11.05 18:47l 23 Lines 1093 Bytes #999 (30) @ WW
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Subj: Re^2: Telemarketing (spam) calls
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From: DF3VI @ DB0II.#NRW.DEU.EU (Patrick)
To: PHONE @ WW
Reply-To: DF3VI @ DB0OVN.#NRW.DEU.EU
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Telemarketing is almost no problem here in Germany due to a law that simply
forbids it.
Of course the text of the law is not that simple, but basically your privacy
is protected and calling someone to sell something is breaching this privacy.
Only exception is that you requested a call in a certain instance.
Otherwise you can sue the caller.
So the only way you get "spammed" is by normal mail, and as the Post service
is quite expensive compared to tele-marketing this is somehow self-limiting...
Door-to-door sales have a 14-days withdrawl periode, and they have to make
you sign that they informed you about this, otherwise the periode is a year or
so. The same applies for internet sales and auctions, where you can send back
goods to a commercial seller within 14 days without having to give a reason.
And for each purchase above 40 Euros the seller pays the return postage!
I wonder why such regulations cannot be made in VK and GB, too?
73, Patrick
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