Received a call from "Kate," asking for our (church) youth director. I told her she's only in a few hours a week and asked if I could help. Kate said she was with One-Eighty and that they help youth groups with fundraising, left a message for a callback to 855-518-0180 x458. When I tried to ask her for more details about her organization and what type of fundraising they do, she hung up. This message will be going in the round file and I won't be taking their calls anymore.
No message left. Don't know who it was. When I called back, I got a generic voice mail greeting that left no clue as to whose or what kind of number this is.
I've received several calls from this number. Caller ID display reads PRIVATE. When I answer, the caller asks for our Youth Director (we are a church). When I tell them the Youth Director is not in, they simply say "Thank You" and hang up. If they had bothered to ask, I could have told them that the Youth Director is *never* in the office and taken a message. But if they feel the need to keep their identity PRIVATE, and will not leave a message, I will no longer be wasting my time answering their calls.
Most ridiculous marketing tactic -- a young man wants to sell us a product for our fund raising that will earn us lots of money, but he does not know what that product is -- we must speak to his supervisor to find out. We are also a church -- I don't know about you, but I have no time for such silliness as dealing with companies that have ill-thought marketing plans. They just don't understand that we really want their product, but they have to be educated enough to place it in front of us in a respectful and logical fashion that will motivate us to buy -- ignorance is not a selling tool.
I have been receiving calls from this number on our rollover line. When I answer all I get is the sound that sounds like someone turning a rotary phone dial. When I hang up, it continues to ring for about 30 seconds. It is annoying