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Thursday, February 20, 2014

INSIDE PITCH — Telephone solicitors want money, not participation by David Maril Voice of Baltimore

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Seinfeld’ gets a phone call: ‘Hi. Would you be interested in switching over to TMI long-distance service?’ the telemarketer asks. ‘Oh, gee, I can’t talk right now,’ Jerry responds, ‘Why don’t you give me your home number and I’ll call you later?’ To which the telemarketer replies: ‘Well, I’m sorry, we’re not allowed to do that.’ …

Even though it’s a new year and tax deductions for 2013 are history, the phone calls for giving continue to arrive early and often.

It’s gotten to the point where it seems the only reason landline phones have not been completely replaced by smartphones is they are needed to deliver pain-in-the-neck marketing and fund- raising calls.

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF JERRY SEINFELD RESPONDING ON PHONE TO TELEMARKETER

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“Inside Pitch” is a weekly opinion column written for Voice of Baltimore by David Maril.

CHECK OUT LAST WEEK’S “INSIDE PITCH” COLUMN: click here …and read previous Dave Maril columns by clicking here.

HOW TO DEAL WITH "NUISANCE MARKETING CLOWNS" (TELEMARKETERS) THAT CALL YOU ON THE PHONE

Learn how Jerry Seinfeld deals with unwanted telephone solicitation calls: Check out his hilarious response to a telemarketer – and read Dave Maril's "Inside Pitch" column on Voice of Baltimore this week on obnoxious salespeople on the phone --http://voiceofbaltimore.org/archives/11966

See also VoB editorial on Maryland Governor O'Malley and Mayor of Baltimore Rawlings-Blake -- on legalizing marijuana --http://voiceofbaltimore.org/archives/11930

And start your day by reading "Need to Know News" for daily overnight updates -- http://voiceofbaltimore.org/archives/12031

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Katherine Heerbrandt: Toppings Pizza owner asked to pay $200,000 for unsolicited faxes

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Toppings Pizza owner asked to pay $200,000 for unsolicited faxes

Four-year-old case back in Frederick County court on Oct. 27

by Katherine Heerbrandt | Staff Writer

http://www.gazette.net/stories/10072010/frednew155400_32549.php

A Frederick County restaurateur said he is in danger of losing his business, but not because of a downturn in the economy.

Rather, he said his livelihood is threatened by what he terms "a frivolous lawsuit filed by a serial plaintiff."

Ken Nelson, president of Toppings Pizza Company in Frederick, is being asked to pay $200,000 in damages and legal fees for allegedly faxing lunch specials to another business in violation of federal and state Telephone Consumer Protection acts, which restricts the use of fax machines to send unsolicited advertisements.

Nelson denies the claim, and has been fighting it for four years. The Frederick County Circuit Court decided the case in Nelson's favor in 2009, but the case was appealed to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on a technicality. The Court of Special Appeals kicked it back to Circuit Court where it is scheduled for trial on Oct. 27.

"This has gone on for nearly four years," Nelson said. "Why are we still in court for faxes?"

The case began in October 2006...

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In court documents, R. Michael Parrotte, founder of AGV Sports Group Inc. of Urbana, a motorcycle apparel company, said he received 69 unsolicited faxes from Toppings Pizza, which prompted him to file a complaint against Nelson and Faxertise Inc. for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protect Act... http://www.gazette.net/stories/10072010/frednew155400_32549.php

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