514-288-XXXX

I just let these bozos talk to my answering machine! I don't pick up on numbers I don't recognize!

Stop freakin' calling me!!! I am on the DNC list and you're being a pest!!!

CANADIAN SPAM. If you answer do they say "Excuse me."?

Have had problem a year ago with this caller. Hangs up when I answer & leaves no message. I'm on do not call list in Arkansas but makes no difference.

its a bill collecter. if ya owe don't answer

This # is for cibc bank it's a survey

Survey company from Montreal Canada

called but no one answered right away when I picked up. I am on the national do no call list.

No one answered when I picked up the phone.

please i wanna know who call me

I am on Pennsylvania's DO NO CALL list for my home and cell phone. Companies are to check this list BEFORE randomly calling PA households. The Attorney General of Pennsylvania will prosecute companies that abuse this list and continue to harass a household that HAS NOT REQUESTED a company contact them.

all day

Allways calling never a message borring

callerid says "Call Center, PQ". They don't leave a message.

i am also on the do not call list, how come i am still receiving these types of calls?

called staurday nights

This number called and left no message. We have no idea who it is, nor do we know anyone from Canada

callerid says "call center, pq"

The national pandemic of telephone terrorism perpetrated by desperate criminal collection agencies is because they are trying to terrorize people who are naive enough to answer and submit to unsolicited telephone calls or written "collection" letters that have no legitimate legal debt associated with them or any of the companies, universities, or whomever else they claim to represent. Because most "little guys" were bankrupted by the criminal Wall St/Congress/Big Oil/Big Business/Military robber barrons, so the desperate collection agencies are attempting to collect unpaid debts from innocent people by terrorizing them into submission.Word of advice. NEVER answer any calls you don't recognize or are not expecting. Use selective call rejection service if available, or switch to an Internet-based telephone service which provides comprehensive call rejection options. If rogue calls become chronic, turn off all the ringers on all of your phones except one, and set its volume to the minimum setting. If you don't answer the call and the caller is legitimate, they will usually leave a voicemail after the first or second try. Rogue callers never leave voicemail messages because that could be used as evidence against them if it came to a lawsuit. If you receive a rogue letter in the mail warning you of some "collection" action against you, if you don't actually owe it, reply with a short letter stating that you don't owe it, you've never done any business with them of any kind, and you expect the collection agency to close the matter, stop harrassing you and take any bad credit marks they've caused off of your credit rating, and furthermore, that any further contact from them must be in writing and signed on their official business correspondence letterhead. Send your letter to them a.s.a.p., always within thirty days, first class certified mail return receipt requested. If they refuse it and you get the letter back unopened, leave it unopened and save it in your files as evidence against them should they pursue legal action against you. If they did receive it and continue to pursue action against you, let them. The judge will throw it out of court. Warn all your friends about this rash of desperate collection agency terrorism, and how to combat it.Above all, keep a record of everything, of every rogue call w/ caller ID information displayed including time and day of each call. Maintain a complete file on any snail-mailed intimidation from rogue collection agencies, including copies of all correspondences and postal receipts.--Start Here:http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htmhttp://www.ehow.com/way_5849463_do-up-certified-dispute-letter.htmlhttp://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agencyhttp://hubpages.com/hub/Battling-Consumer-Debt-Collectors-Part-2-I-Do-Not-Owe-This-Debthttp://hubpages.com/hub/Sample-letters-for-disputes-to-creditors--collectors-and-credit-bureaushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDCPAhttp://www.fair-debt-collection.com/statue-limitations.htmlCredit Report:https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jspUSPS:http://www.usps.com/send/waystosendmail/extra ... mailservice.htmhttp://www.usps.com/send/waystosendmail/extra ... eiptservice.htmOther links:http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/29 ... tors/index.htmlhttp://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agencyhttp://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/12/103/358/http://clarkhoward.com/topics/drop_dead_letter.html--Information for filing complaints against rogue telephone calls,telephone harrassment, false "bill collector" harrassment, etc.,in the United States and Canada:UNITED STATESUS National Do Not Call Registry, file complaint: https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspxFederal Trade Commissionhttp://www.ftc.gov 1-877-382-4357File complaint online: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.govhttps://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=enthat is at www.ftc.govFederal Communications CommissionTelephone toll free:  1-888-225-5322http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.htmlFile complaint online: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.htmlhttp://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htmFCC Abandoned Calls Complaint form:http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/1088D-R.pdfemail:  [email protected] Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:http://www.bbb.org/us/INTERNET CRIME:File report for Internet Crime at:Internet Crime Complaint Centrehttp://www.ic3.gov/default.aspxCANADARCMP Phone bustersTelephone toll free: 1-888-495-8501Mon-Fri 8:30-5:20 pm (Eastern Time)E-mail: [email protected] Website is at: http://www.phonebusters.com  File complaint online:  https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx?lang=en(Register with a password and then can continually file complaints)Canada National Do Not Call Registry:Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)Telephone toll free to File A Complaint: 1-866-580-3625(to withdraw a complaint is 877-249-2782)CRTC online complaints form: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/pfplin-fccoin-engthat is at  www.crtc.gc.caBetter Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:http://www.bbb.org/canada/

Call This Toll Free Number & Ask The Supervisor To Remove your number. She sounds very nice.1-800-363-4229

so if they do not leave messages for households, when they realize this why don't they take your number out of their system, I have been called more than enough times by these people and have asked to have my number removed from their calling list but I quess they have not done this

My husband and I are getting odd phone numbers and they don't say who they are or they say that they are with Bell offering a deal on services, I have a bill with Bell so why would they offer any discounted cells or services.

This number calls at least twice a day. When answering no one answers.

keeps calling at all hours of the day

unknown

This number continues to ring at our home, any ideas on how to get it stopped would be appreciated.

http://www.opinionsearch.com/en/tools/donotcall/index.php?they have a Remove my # page

third time called when called back, no answer.. tired of no call backs for someone i dont know

keeps calling, no messages ever left though

time lost

don't called anymore.i am suscribe to no called list.

They don't leave a message - who is this?

Calls and does not leave a message everyday..DO NOT CALL ANYMORE!!

Called on Sunday. Someone called and asked for the man of the house as he was conducting a survey. I did not offer any information and said no one was available. I am on Canada's no caller list and wish to have these calls stopped.

Called on a Sunday. I am on the Canada's no caller list. I want all telemarketers to stop calling my number. I am not interested in surveys, or buying anything. STOP CALLING.

bogus! stop calling

@M Power: The DO NOT CALL LIST is for telemarketers, not MARKET RESEARCHERS. The people who call you from 514-288-0420 are MARKET RESEARCHERS. There is no DO NOT CALL LIST for MARKET RESEARCHERS. They are allowed to call anyone in Canada from 9AM to 9PM. It is not a telemarketing office. It is a Market Research call center in downtown Montreal. The next time they call you, tell them to REMOVE YOUR NUMBER FROM THE LIST and DO NOT CALL AGAIN.

It is a Market Research company which conducts surveys over the phone. Market Research firms are allowed to call anyone from 9AM to 9PM. This company calls fortune 500 companies/doctors/lawyers etc.. They only leave messages for business calling. Some businesses, depending on the study, have the opportunity to call back at a 1-800 number to do the survey. They do not leave messages for households.

Didn't answer the phone.They've called twice in the last 4 days

keep calling

I did not answer this call as it said Unknown Name but gave the number. I am already getting frequent calls from

AKA Decima Research. Supposedly a research firm

Calling at 4:30 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. CST multiple times, about once a week on average.

My number is on no call list tired being called for survey's .

Calls at suppertime, no caller ID, leaves no message. Toothless CRTC.

Repeated hang ups.

They called, but didn't leave a message. Don't know who this is.

Called them back and got a recorded French/Englis message. They appear to be a "Survey" type of company. If you answer and wait a minute, someone will come on the line and give you a spiel about asking for your opinion on things. (Radio, politics, TV etc). You have to give them a moment or two for the auto-dialer to connect to a live person. After that you can tell them to take you off their calling list.

these people need to stop i have no clue who they are or what they want..i called the number back...sounds like lvn search somewhere in quebec...

Random phone call to my cell phone from this number I don't even know anyone in Quebec, i live on the west coast of Canada......

They keep calling me and they never leve a message

call s anytime of the day and even on sunday. no one at the end of call when i answer.

Really starting to get annoyed with these hang up calls.

so many calls from this number. how do i get them to stop?

phone rings no one there when we speak

NOBODY IS ANSWERING SEEMS TO ME JUST LISTENING IN.

HUNG UP AS SOON AS I ANSWERED. PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THEIR LIST

called, but will not talk

repeated calls on cell phone

They call but after you answer they hangup.

Calls and hangs up. Keeo calling back

Got calls several times a day. It's annoying. Finally, I found this page http://www.opinionsearch.com/en/about/?page=contactus and called them with their 800 number. Someone picked it up and I requested her to remove me from the list. She said no problem.Let's see. If they don't do what they are supposed to do, I'll call their 800 number the whole bunch of time.

Solicited for something but I hung up.

call comes in but no one on the line.... right at supper time...

They called my home phone on 4/03/09 and hung up. Called again on 4/05/09 and I answered but they hung up again. I hate those computer dialers they use. Since the number is from Canada and I'm in California, USA not going to make a long distance call just to tell them to put me on their DNC list. My number is on the Federal DNC list already but they're in Canada so it does not apply to them. I never participate in surveys so it's an annoyance. Maybe we should just start taking the calls and giving them false answers so the surveys will become useless to the corporations which pay to have them disturb us.

They keep on calling and I don't answer.

research surveys - asked by first name, were on the DNCL.

They have called several times over the last week. It is a company called Opinion Search. That it how they get areiound the Do Not Call registry. Called them back and told them to remove my number.

This number had been call me home almost everyday

Got another one to add to my list. I swear they are coming out of the woodwork. It doesn't matter if your on the Do Not Call List,they find a way to get thru.

keeps calling no message left

This number from Montreal keeps calling and hangs up! Very frustrating - what happened to the do not call list?

Called me to ask personal health information about diabetes.

No Identification No answer- as simple as that

Calls occasionally with no one saying anything

PLEASE STOP CALLING

constant phoning everynight sometimes twice a day

hang up unknown number

Inquiring about banking advertisements and banking loyalty. Could hear background noise from call center. Caller had French accent. Did some Googling on market researchers in Quebec and I suspect the number belongs to an IPSOS call center.

keeps calling I know nobody in QC

Has been calling my house number all day long trying to sell Vacumm stuff...

keeps calling, leaves no message.

The caller phoned twice this morn. The second time upon answering (didn't recognise the phone number), the caller identified themselves when asked, as "GLoria White" but didn't say on whose behalf she was calling. No one in our household knows anyone named Gloria White - especially in Montreal.

This # has called numerous times and when i answer nothing is said.

answered call wanted my husband. Told them not available can I take a message. No and hung up.

bank calling about info

called and hung up after answering

514-288-0420 is Bell Canada in Quebec. I am on the national do not call list and they still are calling. Great list.

I called this phone number back after not answering it for fear that it was a telemarketer.   The recording says that this number belongs to a Survey Company, and they were calling to ask if I would take part in a survey.

Called me @5:04pm EST. Unknown name. They hung up when they got my answering machine.

I am on the National Do Not Call list, which does not seem to work. I've been getting MORE calls on my home phone & cell phone than ever before... I find I no longer answer numbers I don't know and wait for the voice mail... The Do NOT CALL list is useless...This number phoned me today in NS... I will block them.

Not a first time. When I answered, not a word just a click

called at 6:24pm November 10/08 during dinner hours, repeated weekely

They call at all hours and never respond when I answer the phone. I called the number back and followed the audio prompt to speak with a supervisor but no one ever answered. I figured it may be some scam to get people to call back ans stay on the phone, running up a bill so I hung up. Imagine how many people do not have caller ID and have no idea who is calling and hanging up on them.

They called at 10 PM! I was too tired to even get up and answer it. They hung up as soon as the answering machine picked up.

Received call on my Vancouver, B.C. registered cell phone at 2 PM on Oct. 25/08I did not answer as I did not recognize the number.

no message

This number calls daily...Does not leave messages and doesn't say anything if I pick up. What's the point of them even calling...so frustrating!

They just phone twice inside 15 minutes. What the hell is that now ??

They just called, heard voices on the other end and they hung up after we answered the call. Very annoying, kids are finally asleep and these idiots call.

called at 9 pm sept 17 to ask for a survey about decorating. Told her I was in bed and she hung up. I don't want this person calling agin

An employee for the company, hoping to offer some help. First, I apologize for the major complaint here... that is, nobody on the line. For whatever reason, the company has chosen to use a very flawed automatic dialer for the work. This causes a lag between you answering and it being connected to an interviewer. Nothing we can do, but I'm sorry. If you don't want to be called anymore: the best thing to do, call the number back, ask for a supervisor and ask to be put on the Do Not Call list. If a phone interviewer speaks to you, ask to be put on the Do Not Call list. DO NOT say you are busy, DO NOT hang up. In that situation the interviewers are NOT ALLOWED to put your number on the DNC list. Just ask to be put on the list, and that's the end of it.

this number calls my cell and i live in NORTH CAROLINA USA . plus my cell phone number is a las vegas number (702) area code ..Why is this Canadian company Calling me in the States? and often too!they need to STOP CALLING!!!!!!!

My suggestion is to keep a loud police whistle by your phone - whenever  they call, wait until you get a live person on the phone and continuously blow the whistle until they hang up... I would also call them back at their numbers and see if you can get a live person and do the same thing. Any kind of loud horn will do. Can't think of anything for you cell phone people. It would look weird for other people to see you blowing a foghorn or tuba into your cell phone  They call my land line in Massachusetts.

THESE PEOPLE CALL DAILY!!!  I FINALLY CALLED and got a message and at the end of the message it says if you have questions to call 514-288-0199 so I did and you get a live person and it is a survey company!!!!  They are nuts and have to be stopped....

THIS NUMBER 514 288 0420 REPEATEDLY CALLS MY HOUSE SO I FINALLY CALLED THEM AND GOT A RECORDING AND I LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE THING AND AT THE END IT SAYS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CALL 514 288 0199 SO I DID AND I GOT A GIRL THAT ANSWERS IN FRENCH BUT WILL SPEAK ENGLISH AND I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO CALL HER NON STOP AND GET EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THE SAME UNTIL THEY STOPPED...SO I CALLED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR DAYS ............WAY FUNNY YOU OUGHTA TRY IT

Call, hang up when answering maching picks up.

calls and when they get answering machine they hang up. Called *69 and then pressed 1 for english, then 7 for supervisor and asked to be removed from the list of calls. we'll see if it works

Calls a cell number. I will not answer. Annoying

call 1 or 2 times a week..was not say anything...coming a pest..phone should be removed

Keeps calling and hangs up when answering machine picks up. Don't knoww anyone in Canada and want the calls stopped.

Machine doesn't stop calling my cell phone. Hangs up every time. Probably a very evil company!

These people are a major nuisance and should be stopped.

Montreal  based National Research group calling to get my opinion on renting in Toronto.  The # had been calling me for some time and each time there was no one there...i kept saying hello this time until someone came on the line and told him not to bother calling again and take my # off their list.

Calls repeatedly and hangs up when the phone is answered

This is a joke isn't it? Calling the police about being woken up at night by the phone? Don't you think the police have better things to do then to deal with your insignificant annoyances while sleeping? Just turn off the ringer, or better yet, call the company and tell them to put you on their 'do not call list'. It's not hard. Oh and the reasons they keep calling are as follows:-you tell them you're busy then hang up (or tell them a phony time to call back)-You yell at them or are very rude (basically acting like a 9 year old). Handle the call like an adult and you'll be treated as such. If you are rude, it's more likely that they will call you back because you've hurt their feelings of they want some sort of revenge. It's not right, but they are people after all. Some you may like, some you may not. Bottom line, act like an adult and you will be respected like one.-you hang up while they are delivering their introduction. Some may just think they had a bad connection and will call you back later.Also, threats regarding the authorities do not affect the situation one bit. The company is legitamate. If you get called at late, it's by accident. If they do it once, foget about it. If they do it continuously, just contact the company. It's okay to take the first step. Call them up and handle the problem personally.The more professional you are, the better results you will recieve. We are all adults, right?For me, I will keep contributing my valued feedback to improve society by helping companies who offer products and services in my area, the municipal, provincial and federal govenments, and to help those interviewers trying to make money to pay tuition (so they can finish school and become an even more productive member of society). Oh, and not to mention, recieve cash incentives from time to time for focus groups they invite me to (cash up front after the short focus group. Got 75 dollars for it)!In short: calm down, think rationally, deal with the problem head on,act like a mature adult, and work out a solution. Do those things and I'm sure if you handled it right, you will get the results you are looking for.Goodbye, and wishes for you all to work out your issues with this company and get what YOU want out of it! Don't give up until you get what YOU want!

This number has been calling my house non-stop for weeks!!!  They never leave a message.  When I do answer the call I **** up before anyone has a chance to speak.  Seconds later they are calling a***n.  It's really ****ing me off!!

Call about 3 to 5 times a day, everyday.  Phone calls start from 9:00 up to 10:00 PM!!!! When I answer, it's a recording that starts in English and then continues in French.

Received my first call on my cell phone from Quebec number 514-288-0420.  I live in Ontario.  Although my cell phone was on in the afternoon of Sunday, April 27/08, it did not ring (perhaps I was in a dead zone at the time).  I only found out this company/person called my cell by checking my missing incoming call list.  Will report if they call back again.

Rec'd call at 11:54 today - Did not answer and I did not recognised this number.

i am extremly annoyed by this number to call my home at 10:30 pm when my husband and i are in bed and when he answered the phone no one replied..we didnt call them they called us and we found that very rude and upseting we have family members that are very ill and if this ever happens again we WILL call the authorites and have them handle this rude awakening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got a call from this number at my workplace... there was nobody there so I hung up. They really shouldn't be calling people at work!

Government of Canada, inquiring about a survey about the CRTC

Name and Address of caller 15142880420

SE  You're right it is a choice.  It is also my choice how I choose to deal with it.  Ever try to contact these folks?  I have.  Email you send is filtered by spam blockers so they won't get it.  If you call them and ask questions or to talk to Ed Hum they get annoyed.Since they don't reply to email try calling them.  They are in the eastern time zone.  This has an added plus, when you call it costs them money not you.1-800-363-4229  ext. 3006  Mr. Ed Humor try Shawn Gallman ext. 3026

I've had 3 calls from these jokers - each time I answer the phone, they hang up.Could be I've got one of those "Tele-Zapper" units (Remember those?) on my phone line.  Simple to use and when a computer generated call comes through and you answer the phone the unit "Zaps" the computer, erasing your number and jumbling their messages"Whatever reason - it's highly annoying to take the call.  I think I'll start calling their business number and then hang up when they answer.  Anybody else want to play???

JD, if you don't want people calling you don't have a phone, or turn off the ringer and don't answer.  It's a choice if you want to answer or not.

To the person posting above.  You seem to think this makes it alright for your company to intrude on my privacy.  Telling folks to "grow some balls" doesn't improve your point either.

Caller claimed to be calling on behalf of the RCMP. I hung up.

*A GUIDE TO HANDLING OPINION SEARCH, HARRIS-DECIMA and DECIMA*Let me tell you about Opinion Search Inc. or OSI. I am an Opinon Search/Decima/Harris-Decima employee at the Montreal office. I understand your frustration and complaints. I feel very bad when people are called numerous times, especially when they specified they did not want to be called ever again. I understand it is very disrespectful and downright annoying. This is usually due to the fact that some of our employees may not be doing their job properly logging calls or our computerized system is not working as it is supposed to.I am writing to maybe clear some misunderstandings concerning this company and this number.First of all, I will explain the difference between market research and telemarketing because they are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. I am a university student so here is a personal market research definition, mostly inspired from my 2007 Canadian Edition of Philip Kotler's Principles of Marketing, a manual used in my Introduction to Marketing class at Concordia University.*Market research*: Companies often need formal studies of specific situations. For example, Toshiba wants to know how many and what kinds of people will buy its new portable PC or your bank wants to know how satisfied you are with their services and if they should really lower fees on certain accounts, or Tim Hortons wants to know if they should continue with the Roll-Up The Rim To Win Contest. Company managers cannot determine that by themselves. They need the population's help and to do that, they use marketing research. So basically, marketing research (surveying or focus groups) is the systematic design, collection, analysis and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization. Companies use market research for a wide variety of situations. It helps companies understand customer satisfaction and purchase behavior, it helps them determine prices, market potential, the product, its distribution and its promotion activities. If any of you owns a business, you should understand this or else your business goes to hell.So, what we mainly do at Opinion Search is SURVEY RESEARCH, which is one of the many marketing research approaches. Survey research is the most widely used method for gathering descriptive information about the population sample surveyed. A company or a social or governmental organization that wants to know about people's knowledge, attitudes, preferences, or buying behavior can often find out by asking them directly through a telephone survey.Without your opinion, feedback and input, companies or the government will do as they please or will not know how to please you and you will continue to be disappointed and will continue to bathe in your ignorant bliss. As one famous interviewer once said: SURVEYS ARE LIKE VOTING, YOU ARE EITHER PART OF SOCIETY OR YOU ARE NOT.*Telemarketing*: Telemarketing is the act of selling, soliciting or promoting a product or service over the telephone. Some telemarketing companies are the real deal, some are scams. You just have to use your own judgements. Opinion Search is not trying to scam you or SELL YOU ANYTHING.

*A GUIDE TO HANDLING OPINION SEARCH, HARRIS-DECIMA and DECIMA (CONTINUED)*1) IF YOU WANT TO BE TAKEN OFF OUR LISTS, call 514-288-0420 or 514-288-0199 or 1-800-288-0199. At all these numbers, ask the receptionist for a supervisor or press 7 and you will reach a supervisor or the supervisor voice mail. If you reach the supervisor voice mail, feel free to leave your phone number and say the words DO NOT CALL ME AGAIN. We will then proceed to remove you from our database. If you reach a live person, they will most definitely ask you for your phone number. They will not ask for your name or any other information. We need to know your phone number so that we can know which number to remove. Many of you refuse to give it to us. If you do not give it to us, you cannot be removed from our database. You will receive more annoying calls and it is frustrating for us to receive complaints and not be able to do anything about them. Help us help you.2) The difference between DECIMA, HARRIS-DECIMA and OPINION SEARCH:OPINION SEARCH is the call center. It is the company that does the surveys, the research.DECIMA is the actual research company. They get contracts from companies asking for market research. Then, DECIMA asks OPINION SEARCH to conduct the research.HARRIS-DECIMA is actually a partnership formed by Decima, one of Canada's  major market research companies and Harris, one of US of A's major market research companies. Kind of like a North-American partnership.I would like to underline that Decima is one of Canada's major research companies. If you live in Montreal and read the Metro or le 24 Heures, you will sometimes see polls or research done by us. Open your eyes to what you see, read or hear. You will most definitely have a better understanding of society.3) THE PEOPLE OF OPINION SEARCH.So, Opinion Search is a call center where I believe more than 70% of Montreal's student population has worked at least once. It is the perfect student job because it offers very flexible hours and an hourly pay ranging from 9.25-11.50 per hour. Many Concordia, McGill, Dawson, Vanier and Marianopolis students pay their university, rent, food and entertainment with hours worked at Opinion Search. Some people work there part time for extra revenue. I like speaking with people who are not ignorant about society and how it works. For more information, there are adds in the Mirror or Hour pretty much every week. I am sure you or your kids know at least one person who works there since it is one of Montreal's major research call center after Ipsos and Leger-Marketing.4)  It is a very interesting job, especially when people I call understand that I AM NOT LOOKING FOR THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION, JUST THEIR VIEWS. WE ARE NOT SELLING YOU ANYTHING. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. REMEMBER THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY. NOBODY WILL TWIST YOUR ARM TO ANSWER THE SURVEY. YOU CAN REFUSE, BUT DO IT NICELY AND CLEARLY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE YOU OFF OUR LISTS AND NOT CALL YOU EVER AGAIN. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS TOO. SO LET US HELP YOU.4) WHY YOU HEAR SOMEBODY HANG UP ON YOU: At OSI, an interviewer's job is to complete surveys or log calls when there is an answering machine, when there is no answer or when somebody refuses. We are all human and some interviewers, mostly new ones, have yet to master the art of logging a call properly. It takes them a few days to get it, so please excuse them.5) If you have any more questions, feel free to call the company at 1-800-288-0199/514-288-0199/514-288-0420 or contact the CEO, Mr. Ed Hum at [email protected] can always visit the following websites and learn more about these companies. I say knowledge is power.www.opinionsearch.cawww.decima.cawww.harris.com

*MORE ON  HOW TO HANDLE OPINION SEARCH*I forgot to tell you.If you receive a call from OPINION SEARCH or any other market research company and it bothers you and you do not want to be called again, DO NOT SAY THAT YOU ARE BUSY!!! According to market research standards, when you say that you are busy, that is considered a CALLBACK and you WILL BE 100% CALLED BACK until you grow some balls and say DO NOT CALL ME/THIS NUMBER AGAIN. Those are the magic words.------------------------------------------------------------------------I hope all this information helps everybody. And if you want to be really sure to not be called for surveys in the near future, phone your Internet company, your Cable company, the company you bought your TV and Kitchen appliances from, your Magazine subscription and tell them you do not want to take part in any research. Also, avoid entering your phone number on online contests or contests of any kind offered at grocery stores or department stores. Usually, ballots that are filled out for contests will eventually be part of a sample database. And trust me, you will be called at some point by either a market research company....or if you are unlucky, by a telemarketing company.Once again, inform yourself, if you do not want big bad corporate companies to invade your mind and household.As John Madison said,*Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.*

*MORE ON  HOW TO HANDLE OPINION SEARCH*I forgot to tell you.If you receive a call from OPINION SEARCH or any other market research company and it bothers you and you do not want to be called again, DO NOT SAY THAT YOU ARE BUSY!!! According to market research standards, when you say that you are busy, that is considered a CALLBACK and you WILL BE 100% CALLED BACK until you grow some balls and say DO NOT CALL ME/THIS NUMBER AGAIN. Those are the magic words.------------------------------------------------------------------------I hope all this information helps everybody. And if you want to be really sure to not be called for surveys in the near future, phone your Internet company, your Cable company, the company you bought your TV and Kitchen appliances from, your Magazine subscription and tell them you do not want to take part in any research. Also, avoid entering your phone number on online contests or contests of any kind offered at grocery stores or department stores. Usually, ballots that are filled out for contests will eventually be part of a sample database. And trust me, you will be called at some point by either a market research company....or if you are unlucky, by a telemarketing company.Once again, inform yourself, if you do not want big bad corporate companies to invade your mind and household.As John Madison said,*Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.*

*THE OPINION SEARCH DO NOT CALL LIST REMOVAL*IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE YOUR SUPPER, SEX, PARTY OR FAVORITE TV SHOW DISTURBED, GO HERE. ENTER YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND IF YOU WANT TO, YOUR RANT.http://www.opinionsearch.com/en/tools/donotcall/index.phpI hope this helps everybody. When I call you, I think about you. I really do. Sometimes, I feel horrible when I call moms about to change their crying babies. I immediately tell them I am sorry and that I sympathize and that I would rather call them at a more convenient time. Sometimes, I disturb family time. And yes I feel guilty. But that is my part-time job and I have hefty school fees to pay. Other times, I call really passionate people who really have interesting things to say about society, corporations and politics.It's always a pleasure doing a survey with them. Other times, I call lonely, old people and they do my survey. Then, I listen a bit to what they have to say. Usually, they are very glad somebody called them.And those are the best moments.

Rec'd call at 11:42 today - Did not answer as I did not recognised this number. Who calls people on Sundays....

Survey company, calls and asks for me by first name as if they are an acquaintance... will not leave message with my husband, call repeatedly each evening at the same time even though my husband has told them not to call anymore.  At first he was nice about it and wasn't sure if it was an old friend or client trying to reach me, so told them they could not reach me in the evenings.  After they continued phoning and phoning, he's not so nice baout it anymore.An internet search identified the company for me.

This Montreal number called yesterday at 11:50am, but on my fax line (which is the only number I have listed in the phone book).  No message & no fax

Called - I didn't pick up - my voicemail is turned off so they couldn't leave a message even if they wanted