Mar 4, 2009
I generally use Caller ID to help screen calls. The caller ID said Opinion One. So I thought it was an opinion poll and I know those are not under the jurisdiction of the Do Not Call List. I decided to answer the phone and ask them to place me on their do not call list. When I did, a male recorded voice answered and gave me an option of participating in a poll or being removed from their call list. I pressed the appropriate number for being removed from their list and was greeted by a recorded female voice that told me if I wanted to be removed from their list and from receiving special offers to press a certain number, which I did. Special offers? From an opinion poll? I suspect this is a telemarketer who knows that public opinion polls are exempt from the Do Not Call List, so they created one to have you participate in it before they give you their sales talk. I am reporting them to the Do Not Call List and will not answer opinion polls in the future.