This company Maritz Research, called, and said they were calling on behalf of Bank of America, and I told them if Bank of America had any questions they should call me directly, I do not speak with 3rd party callers.. and I am writing a letter to Bank of America, and suggesting if they want to do a survey of their services, they should do it themselves.. I know their customer service agents are recorded, so they can critique them that way, they do not need to hire 3rd parties, and I am upset to know they may have given my phone number to someone I do not know.. no wonder there is so much identify theft around if the banks give or sell your information.. guess they need extra cash to compensate for the mess they have created on Wall Street.
If they are STRICTLY TAKING A SURVEY, they are not covered by the Do Not Call list. However, the moment they try to switch from survey to sales, they are in violation.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt107.shtm
I took the call, it was a survey regarding banking and credit cards, nice kid, just asked simple marketing questions, informed me that I did not have to answer any question I was not comfortable with, asked the regular, "do you strongly agree, agree" etc.
THEY ARE TAKING A SURVEY AND ARE ALLOWED TO CALL EVEN IF YOU ARE ON A DONOTCALL LIST. HOWEVER YOU CAN BE PLACED ON THEIR DONOTCALL LIST BY DIALING 1 800 864 8601 AND LEAVING YR NUMBER ON THE AUTOMATED MESSAGE