THE REP ON THE OTHER END TOLD ME HE WAS Official Yellow Pages AND WANTED TO VERIY OUR BUSINESS INFORMATION...I told him that I did not okay any information to any other yellow pages for our business but Dex.
I told him I'm not giving him any premission. I said NO! and he hung up.
I had a nice argument with one of these guys today. He told me he was going to tell my boss. Amazing...
FYI - I was transferred to another dept. in this company and the second person who spoke with me identified the company as the National Business to Business Yellow Pages.
Same people as above called today using the same deceptive sales tactics as the Official Yellow Pages $399. The problem with them calling me was I have a contract with the Official Yellow Pages saying they will not call my business, so they hung up on me. I called 212/440-9180 and got no service, then I called the Official Yellow Pages and told them I was going to turn them into the State of SD and the FTC which would fine them $11,000. Unfortunately, it wasn't the Official Yellow Pages.
This number came up a few times, so I looked it up first and found all the postings. So I answered it and it was the foreign accent trying to get the person who does yellow pages. I told him it was at another office and wanted to give him another number, but he wouldn't take it stating he had the number, which he doesn't because it doesn't exist. I wanted to give him the local police number to try.
I received a call today, same story as everyone else. Very heavy accent, said he was from "The Official Yellow Pages", needed to update my ad, etc. In our real yellow pages book, we don't have an ad, just the line listing that we get free for having a business phone. I told him we don't have an ad, he kept insisting that we did. I told him to send it to me in writing and he said he couldn't. I finally just hung up the phone. I called the number back from my caller ID and it had a funny, fast busy signal. This is definitely a scam. No legitimate company would refuse to send something in writing.
Indian accent said that he was my Official Yellow Pages Rep (after asking for manager). Told him I no longer have yellow page listings and he just continued to rattle off my business name and address - I placed him on hold - until HE hung up. This ties them up a little longer from bothering other people.