Nov 19, 2009
They called today claiming to be the KC Star. I asked why the caller ID said "The Oklahoman". They said that was a mistake & wanted to confirm my name address & phone number so they could send some coupons. She said they would be arriving shortly even if I didn't want them to. I asked her why she was calling then. She said it was to confirm their information. I told her I never give personal info over the phone & I didn't want any more junk mail or flyers sent to my house. She got belligerent with me & asked if my wife ever uses coupons. I told her no, we just recycle all the junk sent. I asked her what her companies real name was & she said
The Pisa Group.
Etc etc, eventually I got to a supervisor & asked they never call again.
She was polite & said OK. She gave me an address for their company:
The Pisa Group
2085 Collier Corporate Pkwy
St. Charles, MO 63303
I called the KC Star & eventually got through to
Paul Searcy in circulation, who admitted the Pisa Group
was working for them on a promotion. I asked for their
company never to call again, he said OK.
These clowns called me in September & October under different
numbers, each time I asked them never to call again.
I guess I'll file another complaint on donotcall.gov for all the
good that never does...
Oh yeah, there was dead air when I picked up. I waited 5 seconds and
finally said "Hello". Then connected to a person. Isn't that the
hallmark of a predictive dialler? Didn't they make it illegal to use
those just recently?