Although consumers have the right to be removed from the lists of individual telemarketers, data-mining companies can continue to sell their name to other telemarketers over and over again.
Delivering the Mail
The mailings, which typically follow a week or two after a phone call from Discover, can swamp a mail center, says HYMC employee Nassim Kerkache.
He doesn't know where telemarketing companies get student names and addresses, but it takes his staff hours to deliver the mass mailings that arrive several times a week.
Worse, unlike regular mail, which usually tapers off after students move into the Houses, Kerkache says that HYMC continues to receive credit card offers and other junk mail for College students even after they become upperclassmen.
Several students interviewed on Saturday said they had been convinced by Discover's sales pitch and signed up for the card.
But most described the calls--and the mailings which follow shortly after them--as minor annoyances.
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