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DES MOINES, Iowa — Two Arizona telemarketers have been ordered by judges in separate cases to stop calling Iowa residents.

In the first, a Polk County District Court issued an order Friday to permanently restrain Action Point LLC and its owner, Robert Foster, from soliciting Iowa residents. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller sought the action after he said the for-profit Phoenix company tried to boost sales of high-priced products by falsely claiming that its telemarketers were disabled veterans.

On Oct. 26, a different Polk County judge banned America Workshops LLC and its owner, George Thomas, from soliciting Iowa residents. Miller said the Phoenix company uses a charity-themed sales pitch to sell light bulbs, trash bags, and other household and personal items at greatly elevated prices.

The Arizona companies did not admit liability.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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    phonychic wrote...
    About time!
    November 3, 2012 7:06 pm
    Thanks for sharing. I hope this is not the last of it. It frustrates me that these companies call people and continuously harass them with sales calls and easily get away with it. I've received a million unsolicited calls, too, which I never stopped reporting to Callercenter in the hopes that these companies' harassment will be known to the authorities.
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    wrote...
    And how do we here.......
    November 3, 2012 8:33 pm
    in Arizona get them to stop calling us? And how about the one that calls 3 times a day telling us they'll sell us something to lower our power bills - is there anyone who doesn't just hang up to these awful recordings? What happened to the Do Not Call number we all subscribed to years ago that was supposed to stop these interruptions?
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    mr091468 wrote...
    Answer to question above
    November 4, 2012 8:19 am
    In answer to the question above, AZ citizens are not represented by those 'in power'. The sleaze politicians in this state represent business and are not interested in your opinions. Go to Iowa if you want representation.
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