07-13-2015, 12:03 PM
Most of the telemarketers went out of business when the "do not call" legislation was fully implemented when the 10th circuit court of appeals upheld it in.... wait for it... February 2004. The telemarketing business wasn't a "call center" like you may imagine you get when you call your bank or your computer manufacturer for tech support. Those calls go to India or California. Telemarketers like (I'm guessing Penncro Associates) needed minimum wage workers who called and sounded like they were from the great ole U S of A to pitch whatever crap they were selling or to solicit survey information that people now get paid for to give on the internet. Hawaii had a low minimum wage, recruitable minimum wage unemployment levels, and a great western location to avoid paying people overtime for annoying people further East at the dinner table.