Same as above. Sorry, Ted Meyer but there is NO way that I own any mutual funds with you seeing as I own 0 mutual funds. It seems to be just another obnoxious computer making automatic calls.
I receive this call several times at all times of the day, Caller ID reads 718-559-4072 and DWS Scudder. I don't answer, and they never leave a message. I Googled them today, and found this site and posted
DWS Scudder learn how to leave a message and maybe these posts will go away, this is bad business
They've called numerous times after business hours to the company I work for. We have our employee IRA's set up with DWS Scudder. When they call after business hours they are calling an on-call Registered Nurse. I don't answer numbers way outside our area code. I will contact our local investment agent tomorrow and file a complaint.
The call many of you get from DWS Scudder is because you were or are a shareholder of the DWS Funds. There is a shareholders meeting on May 1, 2008 and you have not mailed / internet your proxy card back to them. All they want is your vote. They will not try and sale you anything. In fact you should of gotten a letter from them but I bet you threw it away as junk mail. They only want your vote. You can also call toll free to there proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 800-714-3305.
With all due respect to AP and the man from Scudder who proffered an explanation, this solicitation is still unacceptable. I just found a paper note I had made, noting that the first of a number of calls received from them came on January 24. The caller was insistently obnoxious. I am certain that we have owned no Scudder shares for a number of years, and I think it's irresponsible of the fund to hire a proxy solicitor and have them work from a list that has not been "cleaned" of non- and former stockholders. It also casts a bit of doubt on their proxy process. After the second call, I asked the guy to send me a copy of the proxy paperwork. He did, along with a card that would have allowed me to vote, as a non-shareholder. The proxy statement itself ran to at least 150 pages, many of which were tables of numbers. When someone called to see if I had gotten THAT package, I told them I had. I also mentioned that as a freelance editor, I am used to getting about $25 a page to read this kind of material, so if they wanted anything further from me, the first thing they could do was send me a check for a hundred bucks and sign a retainer agreement. That seems to have ended the series of calls.
FWIW, we make a practice of not voting these proxy statements, because they usually involve matters incomprehensible to us. If I was interested in the company politics, I would attend the shareholder meeting in person, where I could ask questions. As it happens, I am not, and we don't have enough invested to make it practical if I were.
We have adopted the policy of dis-investing ourselves from any company that insists on harrassing us this way. THAT is a vote...