Bloqhead.com | The Web Design Portfolio of Daryn St. Pierre » Consumer http://bloqhead.com We are the pioneers and the web is our ocean. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:59:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “Research” Is The New Solicitation http://bloqhead.com/2009/05/19/research-is-the-new-solicitation/ http://bloqhead.com/2009/05/19/research-is-the-new-solicitation/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 03:41:45 +0000 Daryn http://bloqhead.com/?p=276 Why Didn´t You Call Me?

Ring, ring!

As I’m sure plenty of you have done I added my phone numbers to the “do not call” list long ago. Doing so has since served me well and I haven’t received any solicitation calls of any sort at home. Peace and quiet! Until now.

I received a phone call that came from a company with “research” in their name. Caller ID saved me the headache of having to listen to the stupid recording that followed. Basically the culprit identifies themselves as a “marketing research” company and the message even goes as far as to say that they are legally allowed to contact various people because it is not a solicitation; and also that they represent other large companies. To be removed from the call list they provide you with a completely separate phone number to call, which I’m sure is a call center armed with employees waiting to ask you a bunch of questions.

Fail or Win?

Who knows? I may be completely off and they may very well be a legit marketing research company simply gathering information for large corporations and nothing more. Solicitation-esque phone calls are probably not the best way to accomplish this. Being in an industry that relies heavily on marketing and campaigns, I’d probably be more than happy to answer a few simple questions. Getting a call from a recording is not going to get me to do so.

Talk Warranty to Me…

While we’re on the topic of mischievous phone messages and calls, the worst ones of all are the illegitimate vehicle warranty companies.  I’m sure you know the ones I’m referring to. They call you up and pose as the warranty department for whatever dealer you purchased your vehicle from. I’m pretty sure they prey on those who have recently paid off their vehicle, are about to or otherwise. It seems like these phone calls have sloped off considerably though, which is great because I’m pretty darn sure my 6-year-old Ford Ranger is way out of warranty and I really don’t care.

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