Article: Anti-Telemarketers Send Out A Very Busy Signal

The phone calls that pushed Diana Mey too far came four years ago from telemarketers selling Sears house siding. Repeatedly ignoring her requests that they stop calling, they brazenly broke federal laws and even claimed the laws didn't apply to them.

After they called yet again, interrupting a birthday party, the Wheeling, W.Va., homemaker took them to court. It took a nasty 16- month fight, but she won an apology and an undisclosed settlement -- including two $500 Sears gift cards to "earn back" her trust.

Ken Jursinski vividly recalls the telemarketer who infuriated him enough to take action. A Florida real estate attorney, Jursinski was putting together a …

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