What's a "Niagera accent"? Is that an upstate New York/Canadian accent"? lol@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Real scam artist got my credit card # from a site I'm on (I know which one) and tried to get $150.00 which I blocked in time. My phone actually said SCAMMER, I'm going to police and report it since it has an area code
same as mine. They actually called me and voice sounded like a Niagera accent. Hope they get the crooks, gotta love the phone.
I'm sorry I have better things to do than talk to a "researcher" on my phone. Usually I don't even bother to answer a call from a phone number I don't recognize (unless I'm expecting a MS follow-up call anyway). On the rare occasions I do answer one of these, as soon as I find out that it's a telemarketer or a "researcher" I hang up. I don't have the patience or time to deal with it.@Shop-et-al wrote:
I do not work as a telemarketer. I have been mistreated when conducting follow-up/customer care calls with customers. These days, I don't mind it too much when people assume that I am a scammer, bad person, evil person, telemarketer, or worse-- when all all I am doing is attempting to conduct research. I especially love the ones who cannot be bothered to find out that a) research exists and b) they are free to verify that the telephone number that shows on their phone/caller ID belongs to an actual research facility- and this costs them nothing. They make me wonder how good research ever can be, given prejudice, bias, and obtuseness.
Just curious, Irene, what does hitting 9 do that makes them stop calling? I've never heard of that before.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Interesting to try and sell a Telemarketer off as a researcher, but creative. They pretty much stop calling, if you hit 9....they either are trying to collect or sell. There are legit reseacher's online at the focus groups, I enjoy them.
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Above post, please answer my question without the ramblings you tend to do..what is a "telephone researcher"?
Thanks in advance.
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
I was talking about a member comparing a telemarketer to a researcher....telemarketers are NOT researchers..