On 1/25/11, Colorado Springs Co showed on caller ID, 719-622-0299.  Caller claimed it was a 60 sec phone survey about allergies. Asked if I'm a smoker, pets, marital status, year of my car, if I own or rent, etc.  I answered questions and was told that I'd be entered in a drawing to win.  Today I received a call from a different number, 719-258-1702 (Solar Wavs on caller ID) and was told that I had won a vacation + $500 certificate for an online shopping site and that someone would come by my home to deliver the prizes BUT that I need to watch 1/2 hr demonstration of the Air Purifier 2000 and complete a survey.  Caller said someone is in my area now, they could come by this evening (anytime 7-9 p.m.)  CREEPY!  They're calling from Colorado but someone is in my area (Texas)?!?  I told them no, they can call tomorrow but I would look them up online first. Caller gave company name as CNK Research. I googled CNK Research online and this site came up at the top of the list (with many complaints).  It's apparently a sales company (or worse) posing as a phone survey company.  I'm on the national Do Not Call list so I filed a complaint online at donotcall.gov.

My husband gave in and participated in th phone survey last week and days later we were notified that we were "WINNERS!"  I wasn't sure of what was going on but since my husband had involved himself, I felt he knew what he was doing.  I agreed to review the air pufier, since we have a child with medical problem, and see what it was about.  Turns out that it was a vucuum salesman and the pitch took 3 hours and ultimately was a  $3200 machine.  In this economy?  INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We do participate in a legitimate market research survey thing so I occasionally get calls to answer questions.  I knew this wasn't the usual company but went ahead and answered the questions, same as other posters noted.  Today I got my "winner" call for vacation or gift cert. She was very nice. I thought about going along with it just for fun since my husband would not be here, but she said it was a stipulation that my husband needed to also participate in the evaluation of the air purifier as well (i did have to ask what the "product" was).  When I said that wouldn't be possible since he would say no to the whole thing she was very nice and thanked me for my time.  I don't think I'd like her job.  Side note: there was just a stuffer in the local paper with a bingo game on it. Match the letters. If you win, call this number to claim your prize.  Prize delivered by someone wanting your opinion on an air purifier. I always love to research this stuff and see what it's all about.  Wonder how this is making money for someone.....

same for me as the above writer.  i do participate in legit surveys through different companies and when this number called and identified themselves, it went very quickly and before i knew it, i had answered a dozen questions in less than 2 mins.  as with the others, my husband got a call back 2 days later saying that we had "won" a 3 day, 2 nt. vacation to over 90 destinations plus a $500 voucher to an online catalog. was told that neither of these prizes would cost any money, and that this was not a timeshare sales pitch.  the nice lady said they were a research company and they would need us to sit through a 30 min presentation about this air purifier and then they would want our honest opinion.  either way the prizes were ours to keep.  she was so nice, so i did schedule for them to come tonight, however, after reading the previous posts, either we won't be answering the door or we conveniently won't be home.  tired of companies trying this kind of ruse to make sales.  if i'm interested in buying a product, whether it's a security system, water purifier, etc., then i'll do the research myself and buy when i'm fully ready and prepared to do so.

So, did they give you the $500 gift certificate and vacation package???