Joseph, I'm baffled- your reply to anon employee doesn't match his comments at all. I'm a new employee (an ex ministry teacher & former seminary student, NOT an ex convict) who just looked at the dates (several years old) on all these other comments from those we called & former employees. Perhaps this info was true back then, but if so things have changed & this isn't how things are at Statewide Appeal NOW.
Called and left no message on answering machine. I called the number back and got recording that I had reached State Wide Appeals, which was also on my caller ID. Got their answering machine telling me to leave a message.
They are (I think) a telephone fundraiser/scam, according to a person who works there and also owns a myspace profile where he listed the company. The company itself is called Statewide Appeals Ltd, located in San Antonio with their main number a prefix 691.
http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_hfvf14
There's also one located in Austin.
Not one hundred percent sure, but it seems pertty likely from google-fu.
It is legitimate. StateWide Appeal has been in business since 1989. Look at Statetroopers.org, Google StateWide Appeal, they raise money for the American Association of State Troopers, which is an organization open to the Police and State Troopers for a yearly fee. AAST provides insurance and benefits for the members and their children. Do your research before you make a fool of yourself.
Yeah, statewide appeal is just a legal pyramid scam. They are calling trying to get you to pledge money to send them in support of the Texas State Troopers Association. I can assure you that at the most only 20% of your donation will go to help the State Troopers Association if that. Keyword Association: Not the state troopers in general. This is a group of about a few hundred troopers. Just ask them, they're required to tell you that 80 percent goes into the pockets of the managers. So yeah, its a charity alright-for them. Then i guess they throw the TSTA a small piece in order to keep this bull going. These people do give felons and other unskilled people the opportunity to work, however they treat most of there employees like crap and try to keep them earning them as much money possible while paying the bare minimum. They dont want to pay for postage to just send you info without the harassing calls, so they choose to call you instead. If you want them to take you off their call list, you're suppose to specifically request you be taken off their call list. However, many people have requested that and still receive several calls a day. Most of the errors are probably because they use equipment from the '80s. The employees are underpaid while the management somehow makes six-figure salaries. And if you do want to help them, they dont accept donations under $15...so much for beggars cant be choosers.