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  • 11-07-2011 11:19pm
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    Misticles
    Registered Users Posts: 13,746 ✭✭✭✭


    I had a missed call from a British number and called back only to find out it's a marketing company! Has anyone received a call from these people? More importantly how did they get my number,

    Mods feel free to mice to a more apt forum as wasnt sure where to put it.


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    HivemindXX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    I don't know about ICM but I got a call from the Royal College of Surgeons and when I asked them how they got my number the person on the line said they were dialling every possible number and talking to the people that answered.


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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 24,089 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Misticles wrote: »
    I had a missed call from a British number and called back only to find out it's a marketing company! Has anyone received a call from these people? More importantly how did they get my number,

    Mods feel free to mice to a more apt forum as wasnt sure where to put it.

    Perhaps someone pressed the wrong buttons and got through to you by mistake? It does happen.


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    Misticles
    Registered Users Posts: 13,746 ✭✭✭✭Misticles


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Perhaps someone pressed the wrong buttons and got through to you by mistake? It does happen.

    :rolleyes:


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    casinoshop.ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭casinoshop.ie


    Misticles wrote: »
    I had a missed call from a British number and called back only to find out it's a marketing company! Has anyone received a call from these people? More importantly how did they get my number,

    Mods feel free to mice to a more apt forum as wasnt sure where to put it.

    085 20510XX
    there's a mobile number
    01 685 425X
    there's a dublin number


    I've just made them up - I could call them and ask them market research question and if they answer good, if they say they don't want to answer then fair enough too.

    Randon generated phonecalls provide the best market research response. If you don't want to answer, you just say that and that'll be it. No one gets hurt and its relatively pain free. And no, there's nothng illegal whatsoever about it.


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    tallaghtoutlaws
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭tallaghtoutlaws


    Misticles wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Why roll your eyes? It does happen. Many a time I have done it when I worked in a call centre. Your number is 1 digit away from someone elses number so its not uncommon.

    Now having said that they could be calling random numbers or they got your number from well known companies who sell their lists on.


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    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    casinoshop.ie wrote: »

    Randon generated phonecalls provide the best market research response. If you don't want to answer, you just say that and that'll be it. No one gets hurt and its relatively pain free. And no, there's nothng illegal whatsoever about it.

    so can I have your number then, so that I can forward it to multiple market research companies, and let them harass you night and day


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    casinoshop.ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭casinoshop.ie


    the groutch wrote: »
    so can I have your number then, so that I can forward it to multiple market research companies, and let them harass you night and day

    I don't post much here, so don't know if there's an underlying issue here. The op asked how a phone number was procured, I gave the most likely answer. If they called me at unsocial hours, it would be considered harassment, but most of these company's are responsible as they need to get as accurate an outcome as possible and pissed off participants don't provide this.


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    Misticles
    Registered Users Posts: 13,746 ✭✭✭✭Misticles


    tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »
    Why roll your eyes? It does happen. Many a time I have done it when I worked in a call centre. Your number is 1 digit away from someone elses number so its not uncommon.

    Now having said that they could be calling random numbers or they got your number from well known companies who sell their lists on.

    he was pointing out my accidental pressing my buttons ha

    I have mice instead of move :D


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