How about we pick which telemarketers we'd like to hear from?

When Oct. 1 rolls around, our phones should be ringing far fewer times.

That's when the Do Not Call edict against telemarketers takes effect. This is good news for most of us, unless our livelihoods rely on telemarketing to fuel sales.

Jeff Metcalf, an Elburn trustee and owner of Record Information Services Inc., a company that sells databases, can see both sides of this issue.

He understands the need to keep from being interrupted by unwanted calls, but he also sees a need for consumers to have access to offers and information that could save them ...

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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
By: Dave Heun

Posted On: September 2003