Called at 12:25pm today.  I answered and the caller asked if I was the owner of the house. I said no.  He asked if he could speak to the owner and I said no.  Then he asked if I was renting and I said no.  That seemed to confuse him and the call ended shortly thereafter.  I looked up this number on yellow pages.ca and it comes up as a business in Mission, BC.  I'm guessing he may have wanted to do a survey or poll.

We'll I answered it.  The questions were simple and short but my antennea were up.  It sounded like they were casing the joint.  One question was whether there was an animal in the house.  They were concerned that I confirm the phone number they had called and it's location.  They called back an hour or so later to try to confirm the location.

Well I have an update to this.. I also answered the survey a couple of weeks ago (quite suspiciously because I agree the questions were weird). They offhandedly mentioned something about a possible prize once it was done.

Just got a call today and supposedly I "won" either a smokeless indoor bbq or a trip to Kelowna, Washington, or somewhere else.. two nights stay but you have to get yourself there. She even said I could have both until we decided. Sounded like a certain draw I "won" from a bridal show a few years ago.. which ended up being a stupid timeshare thing. So I just told her I wasn't interested in either. She sounded shocked and speechless "but.. you won a prize.." "Yeah sorry, not interested, thanks".

But now I want to get a dog..

This number placed the following classified ad on January 9, 2008:

Office Executive Assistant Applicant must have valid drivers licence (new driver okay). Duties include helping Manager with: day to day tasks, phone calls, some filing and office organization involved. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. $11-$16 per hour. Fax resume to: 604-287-4008 or email campustech@live.com

First off, I'm young and was a bit curious about this, I've learned, and will find out the outcome in a few days.

I answered the phone one day and did the stupid survey thing, thinking they wouldn't call back. They kept calling while I wasn't home, wouldn't leave a message or anything for my roommate. When I did answer the call, they told me I won a trip (2 night 3 day to a few choice LOCAL locations), or an indoor BBQ set. I was asked if I remembered doing the survery and I said no, also said I wasn't sure what I wanted had to talk it over with my fiance, the lady said they'd bring both to my house the following day. I asked what I needed to do to receive these items, during that call I was told nothing, I called them back to verify a time, and was told there would be a short presentation about 2 air quality products. A few red flags there.

The following day my fiance and I watched this demo about an air purifier (which we both thought really sucked!!) and the Filter Queen vacuum (amazing vacuum, avail on Ebay for less than half the price ... even after the exchange and duty). The presentation went on for quite a while, said I wanted to think about it ... guy said if we didn't take it then, then we'd lose out. I didn't really care because I can buy it full price after looking into the product, didn't feel too comfortable. Another red flag.

Fiance and I ended up agreeing to get the vacuum, great for the family and everything (that part is really true, it is an amazing product), the salesperson was a bit sketchy, and very pushy. I felt uneasy, but since we used our cell numbers, the salesperson was supposed to contact us seperatly (as my fiance and I have opposite work schedules), to figure out what time would work best for all 3 of us. He seemed very eager to drop off the vacuum and pick mine up (part of the trade program)... the paperwork was incorrect, and they had stuff on the papers that we didn't put there ourselves. I was with my roommate at the time, so there was a witness.

Showed the paperwork to my fiance the other day (as we have a ripped up copy from the salesperson), he swore to me he didn't fill in the things I noticed, and he was very curious about some other things. I went to work, my fiance went to see Alan, the boss in the office, found out the address on the paperwork is a P.O. Box ... The number they called me from was 604-287-4001 ... when I returned the call from my cell it was 604-287-4004 ... beware of all the numbers.

They are showing a great product, which again, you can buy on Ebay at a fraction of the cost, but don't deal with these people. I hope someone else learns from my mistake.