Telephone Prefrence Service

[carpetmedic]

I plan to start a Tele Marketing Campain Direct to Households.

The problem I have is on checking numbers more and more a registered with TPS

Also they are the best houses,#


There is a Big Fine if you are prosecuted but I can find no record of a Fine being imposed just for calling someone.

I have found one where a telephone company called people and misold product and they then included TPS offence aswell



So does anyone else cold call are do you worry about TPS

I know people do not like it but at the end of day it finds customers

When I have endless stream I can devote money to non obtrusive marketing

[keithlunt]

I used to work for a large home shopping company. Part of my job was looking after the database and systems responsible for selecting people to be marketed to - including through our telemarketing system.

We took the TPS seriously. It only prevented us from calling non customers, but company policy was to not call customers if they were on the TPS list even though we were legally allowed to. We went to a lot of effort to make sure people registered on the TPS lists were removed from all calling lists promptly.

If people are on the TPS list it's because they don't want to be bothered by phone calls. Respect that. Not only do you risk a fine but you could annoy people who might otherwise have become customers. Big companies that accidentally call a couple of TPS numbers might be told to be more careful. Someone ignoring the TPS list might be made an example of.

[BIZAL]

You can buy data that has ben checked so I dont see the problem.

Good luck


Dave