This is the third time they have called me and I finally just answered it. I attempted to tell the lady that I was not interested in the "good deals" she had to offer and to stop calling me and she hung up on me!! I really don't think a legitimate travel place would be so rude and do that. Anyway, that really pi$$d me off and I called the number back and a recording said this number has been disconnected. Riiight. And for the record, I don't know how they got my number. I did stay in a Holiday Inn with my sister not long ago but SHE signed the papers and got the room under her name. The only thing I can think of, is that the hotel gave these leeches my number from when her phone died and she called my cell phone from the front desk phone. That has got to be illegal.
Did you stay a Holiday Inn lately? I finally asked them how they got my number and she said they work exclusively for Holiday Inn properties (and remember that could be any name of motel these days!) and she said on the registation form at a lot of these franchisees' locations--in the tiny small print--it says you agree to receive special promotions and offers. Drives me insane! I love how most all businesses say they have had to increase their prices based on things happening in the world today (gas prices, labor prices, etc) but then when I called back to the Holiday Inn I stayed in last week the manager said "we have found that in order to maintain our profit margin we have to outsource our customer lists but only if a customer agrees to receive the calls and most of our customer love being contacted for travel savings". Right. I thought they raised their rates in order to maintain the profit margin. It's a losing battle. In today's world if you own any type of commuication device (phone, e-mail, etc) it's considered fair game to contact you.
I just got a call from this number and when I answered it there was a pause and then a recording stating "this number is not valid". They called me!!!! not the other way around.
This number has called my cellphone twice. I did not answer and called this number soon after I received it. It rang one time and the noise came on that it is a not working number. Now....how can that be when they have called me twice.