I'm a service member too. And you're not supposed to be called because of this?? You sound like a very young uneducated 'service member. The correct spelling "there" in your post is "their" by the way.
8:40pm So it begins! As long as there have been phones... there have been pricks with phones! I have a real desire to shoot the prick on the phone that calls me at 8:40pm for a survey! My dog told me to kill them!!!
I'm going to put all of this as clear as possible. If you do not want to do a survey then it's very very easy. Tell the caller to code you as a #18 Hard - Refusal. It will baffle them and they will do it, and you will not be called back. I suggest you answer though, because of course they are going to call a few times a night if it's an answering machine. You won't be called twice in the same night if you answer and talk.
Second, everything SRBI does is legit. They do things from Florida DoH surveys, to University surveys, to political polls for Pew Research and Time Magazine, and also other random surveys. Why don't you google SRBI, or look at the Time magazine poll a few weeks ago and see who conducted it? Do you think that those polls and research comes out of mid air? Maybe you should research the amount of good market research does to this country. If it wasn't for the nationwide CDC survey then they would not know what areas are at risk for certain diseases, therefore could not appropriate federal funding as effectively.
People need to think before they scream and whine about a company calling. Simply pick up the phone, tell them it's a hard refusal, and get on with your life. If you screen your calls, you deserve to be called a few times because surveys are usually only done over a week's period in time and they want as many contacts as possible.
Oh, and to people who think that being rude works. It doesn't. If you are rude to me I can personally guarantee you will be called again. The people who are polite and treat me like a human being and genuinely say no do not get called again. Most other employees at this company are the same way. Being nice will get you a long way.
they called saying they were with university of pennsylvania. i asked for info and started to curse them out. they hung up and i called them all night!
We have an elderly and partially disabled person in our household. This company has called three times. We are on the Do Not Call list for a reason. I don't care if your company is exempt. Many companies have the common decency to respect this list even though they are exempt. The person in our house could injure themselves trying to get to the phone thinking it was an important call. Also, you do not bother to leave a message. Please respect the do not call list and think that there might be people who have a good reason for being on it. Not to mention that you are forgetting who pays the phone bill.