A solicitation from DHGate.com, a Chinese wholesale marketplace from which I've made a couple of purchases. It sounded like an actual human being, as my name was used in a non-robotic form, and was advertising their summer sales.
Received two calls on my cell phone with no message, and one on the house phone that my husband answered...he said it was a chinese lady on the other end he couldn't understand very well saying she had flowers to be delivered to me & would bring them at 3:00PM today...Saturday, November 24, 2007. It isn't 3:00PM yet, but I'm thinking something weird is up with the phone call. Called the number back, says is disconnected...I did get flowers from a local florist from a friend in Florida and they called the house & my cell prior to delivering them (we've gotten flowers from them before)...I live in Central Illinois.
This is apparently a customer service phonebank working for Teleflora. I received a call to clarify my order from an *extremely* inexperienced CSR. She left a message in which she didn't identify the company, couldn't describe the problem and ended by hollering to one of her co-workers for assistance -- this behavior prompted me to Google the phone number. Luckily she called back and I was able to coax out the probem: they didn't have the flowers I wanted, and were calling to get my approval for a substitution. I politely cancelled my order -- problem solved.
One more comment: I think it's just a very unprofessional phone bank, which Teleflora either runs or is more likely outsourcing. Doesn't seem like actual funny business, just rank beginners and poor english-speakers.
I have gotten about 10 calls a DAY for about a week from this number. Never answered it though. I DID order some flowers for family 2 days ago from JCPenney and they were a teleflora. No problem with my order. I DID receive a call from a PRIVATE #, a Chinese with no good English, asking if I wanted to buy "something".I asked if their mommy knew they were playing on the phone, and they hung up. I will answer next time and see if anything. I have used teleflora before with no problems.
This number has called my cell phone several times without leaving a message. After reading these posts I believe they are most likely from a florist as I recently had flowers delivered to someone. Very irritating that when you call the number back - it says its disconnected