Telemarketers/Surveyors

2005-09-18 11:35:03 by mcfarland in (82 comments) permalink

Mike from Trash Busters, please stop. I have nothing for you. You call me all the time and you really shouldn’t. How do you know you’ll be in my neighbourhood anyway? Is this some kind of veiled “I know where you live” threat? Stalk much?

News flash for people who call me: I know immediately when it’s a nuisance/sales call. I can tell, even without call display. How? The phone rings. No human I know actually calls me on that line. Oh sure, I’d like them to, but it would screw up my spam-recognition abilities.

Anyhow. Here are the numbers of some nuisance callers. I implore my readership not to exact creative revenge. Contribute more, if you like. Sadly, my new living situation has no call display.

416-445-9800 BBM Bureau of Measurement
416-488-2333 Research House Inc.
416-924-0280 Comtel Promotions (telemarketers/Globe and Mail subscriptions)
416-962-0231 Opinion Search info here
416-964-3241 Unknown
514-693-6300 Convergia (phone plan crap) — contributed by Megan
514-876-9224 CIBC credit card services
604-228-7777 Investors Group
604-420-3685 Metronet Communications
604-420-4573 Unknown
604-676-4372 Dylan Ryan telemarketing, possibly Vancouver Sun
604-951-0847 Metronet Communications
778-371-7512 Bilecha Corporate Services — Long distance crap
780-408-5210 Unknown
780-408-5213 Unknown
780-919-2510 Unknown (Edmonton)
800-336-6196 Unknown
800-568-8106 Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) telemarketing department
800-761-2315 YMCA
800-801-5468 “Ultimate Funding, Inc.” among others (from here)
800-831-9519 and 800-831-9693 Gemma Communications (telemarketers)
800-914-4194 Ennis Associates — Marketing
866-225-8251 HBC/Zellers poo
866-253-5583 Unknown
866-615-5583 Telemarketer — has been associated with RBC Life Insurance, among others (Thanks, $hotty)

This number is by far the most searched-for and (if one reads the comments) the most controversial. I’ll share anything that seems verifiable, but check the comments for anecdotal information. Again, I’ve given up on having a land line because of the abuse, but I’m still running this site (browse around, there’s more than just this page) and everyone would appreciate new information.

866-945-5696 Audience Studios “survey” company
877-541-8420 Alliance 1 (credit to Sophie)
877-669-1935 Long distance crap (Startec) — contributed by Megan
877-990-3599 Public opinion surveys (Thanks, Patricia!)
888-265-2422 “Innovative Research” (six times in one day!) — a.k.a. NRG Research (credit: Calvin Kendall) see comment #24
888-660-6382 Canadian Liberals, apparently. They called my effing cell phone.