It’s been a while since I have posted here about junk phone calls. I’ve been busy with other projects and have not had much time to post updates here, but since these people from ‘Opinion Search’ were so determined to reach me, I decided I’d give them a little press, so to speak.
It started on April 2, and when I saw the Called ID come up with ‘Opinion Search,’ I did not answer and let the answering machine get it. I was not foolish enough to think I would never hear from them again of course.
I checked this place out by doing some searching online and came up with a tip from someone else who provided a website where one could enter their number on this company’s ‘do not call’ list. The site looked legit, so I entered in my number and got back a message that read something like: ‘Thank you. You will not hear from us again.’
Wow, wasn’t that easy! Was it too good to be true? Apparently.
On April 3 they tried again. This time I picked it up and was going to try a little trick on them. But, as these robo-callers so often do, it did not provide me with anyone on the other end to talk to. I was so glad to get out of my nice comfortable recliner to answer that call!
Just moments ago ‘Opinion Search’ struck again! On a Sunday even! Must be a good day to catch people at home.
I answered the phone in a somewhat unusual way, saying something more like ‘Hallo’ than ‘Hello,’ since I wanted to set this up.
The caller launched into her spiel about some kind of opinion survey and I then interrupted her with ‘No English,’ spoken with a fake foreign accent.
She responded with, ‘Oh, I’m sorry. Is there anyone in your home that does speak English’?
Well, since I don’t speak English, how would I be expected to understand that? I again repeated, ‘No English,’ again with the fake accent.
At that point she gave up and said goodbye.
I’m not going to pretend this is an original idea, because it is not. I recall reading somewhere about someone else doing this.
My hope is that they update their evil robo-dialer database to reflect that nobody at this number speaks English and they will not bother us again.
Time will tell.
Interestingly, the first two calls came from 514-288-0420 but today’s call came from 613-230-2890 and the caller ID still displayed ‘Opinion Search.’ Maybe they hire people to work from home or something, or have different call centers. Maybe they just spoof Called ID numbers. Who knows.
If they call again, I will surely post that information here. No matter how busy I am!
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