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What Part Of "Do-Not-Call" Do Skeezy Telemarketers Not Understand?

What Part Of "Do-Not-Call" Do Skeezy Telemarketers Not Understand?

By consumeristcarey August 25, 2007

Meet Bluegreen, a Florida time-share company that regularly skirts the Do-Not-Call Lista by offering a $50,000 raffle. By entering the raffle, unsuspecting consumers give Bluegreen – and over a dozen of their affiliates – permission to contact them, even if they subscribe to the Do-Not-Call List. We explain how this is technically legal, after the jump.

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