The call was for a renewal for a free tech trade magazine.
Some additional info
These are call centers who are provided with a particular list from their client.
If you ask them to place you on the DNC list they can only do that for that particular list.
If they get another client and you are on that list they will call you again.
There was a day I got called 4 times from the same number with renewals for 4 different magazines.
Most of these are for trade publications and they have to verify if you still qualify for the free subscription.
Called the workplace. Lady spoke quickly with a heavy accent; said she was calling regarding my manager's free subscription. Asked details which were not all that personal, and certainly not impossible or even difficult to find out on the internet, but I still felt somewhat uncomfortable answering (the year I graduated, in order to verify that we spoke about a "free subscription" today, for example).
Call was received at work. A man with a nearly indecipherable accent wanted to renew my free subscription to a magazine that I didn't even realize I was subscribed to. He asked a bunch of multiple choice questions about my job, the size of my company, what my company manufactures, etc. Sometimes none of the given choices made any sense. I have neither the time nor the patience for this type of silliness.
I get this call three/five a day @ the office, brief voicemail saying "we will try you back"
If i pick up there is no response to my standard company greeting.
frustrating and a waste of time.
I also receive approx 3+ calls/day from this call center. I think they are selling (say it's free) magazine subscription. They ask for different field staff names each time. Not sure what they are selling exactly but, they claim they need to update their personal information. I've requested they stop calling our office # and to place our tel # on DNC list but, they continue to keep calling.