From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 8/21/14 9:34 PM, Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:04:56 -0400, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/20/14 9:54 PM, Jymesion wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 03:28:32 -0700 (PDT), Nicky   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I know pretty well everything in the US seems to be different, but a   
   handset and a pay as you go sim card cost very little and might get round the   
   problem if it is only for verification.   
   >>>   
   >>> I've been burned in the past by having a telephone number.   
   >>>   
   >>> Companies can claim they contacted you or you agreed to something   
   >>> during a call. It's impossible to fight such claims if they have on   
   >>> file a phone number which is/was actually yours.   
   >>   
   >> 	If I don't ANSWER the phone, and I don't talk to anyone, I don't agree   
   >> to anything and haven't agreed, and I honestly can't even recall having   
   >> any such conflict. The only time anything related to that happened, it   
   >> was my wife agreeing to change our energy service based on a   
   >> fast-talking salesman, and I was able to force things to revert back the   
   >> next month. But that required that she actually talked with the people   
   >> involved and she had, in fact, agreed verbally to those services.   
   >   
   > There are 'telemarketers' who target people whose disabilities prevent   
   > telephone use. It's much harder for us to dispute phony charges   
   > because the agencies which handle fraud reports use software which   
   > searches e-mails for keywords. "I can't have agreed to this on the   
   > phone because I can't use a phone" (or any variation) isn't parsed by   
   > the programs.   
   >   
   > Just a few years ago, I filed a complaint with the state's utility   
   > commission. After I replied to a few of their form-letter e-mails   
   > which didn't apply to the situation, they sent me an e-mail saying I   
   > had to call them if I wanted to pursue the complaint.   
   >   
   > Their e-mail even quoted my "Because of my disability, I can't use a   
   > telephone" statement as the reason I had to call them!   
   >   
      
   	That sounds like a job for... LAWYERS. Failing to provide appropriate   
   facilities to allow the disabled to conduct normal business is   
   potentially civil or even criminal penalty area.   
      
      
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