I received a call from these people also at 6:48 at night asking about a renewal of my Southern Illinoisan newspaper. I was skeptical too so called the Southern Illinoisan and they verified that they have telemarketers that call from out of state.
GRR! I recently subscribed to the Desert Sun Newspaper. I received my 1st paper last Sunday. On Sunday morning I answered a call from a weird number which turned out to be a lady from the newspaper. I told her I received my paper and everything was just freakin' peachy. Since then I have received 6 more damn courtesy calls from random numbers all going back to the same message!
"Hi. This is your newspaper. Sorry we missed you earlier today. We were calling to check on your service and to make sure everything was going ok and to see if you have any questions. If you do, please feel free to give us a call. Thanks so much. Buh-bye. BEEP"
I called the Desert Sun and asked to be removed from ANY phone contact. Get a hold of me by mail. I'm going to leave a message on this machine thing requesting to be removed from their courtesy call list as my number is already on the Do-Not-Call list and they are supposed to cross-reference BEFORE they spam people. If it doesn't stop, I'll just cancel the paper. Screw it.