Neilson ratings DO send $1+ in the mail for doing their surveys. However, I received a call from this number,513-696-1920, and my answering machine recorded call center noises before they hung up.
I make it a habit to NEVER ANSWER CALL'S that I do not recognize. This caller continues to call me several times a week. I'm on the "No Call Registry List", and my phone number is unlisted. A friend recently told me that I can answer the call and inform caller that there's a law that states, once I tell an unwanted caller to not call me any longer, that the "No Call Registry" can collect $1000.00 per each call thereafter to me, for harassment. How true this is, I don't know. I'm just going to continue to NOT answer. Caller ID states that this call is from "NIELSEN".
called at 11:44 am on Monday October 3, 2016. claiming to be a Nielsen Ratings representative and asked me to participate in a radio ratings survey. After the call I called Nielsen at the number listed on their website (www.neilsen.com). the quote from their website is as follows:
"How can I be sure the person calling is really a Nielsen representative?
First, our interviewers will always identify themselves by name and as a representative of The Nielsen Company. Please feel free to double-check and verify that we placed the call to you or your telephone number. You may call us on this toll-free number: 1-800-237-8611."
They gave me another number for the radio department 1-800-638-7091, who verified that the call was placed by one of their representatives and verified the information that I gave the original caller.
I did agree to participate in the ratings program. We will see how it goes.
Correction: I misspelled Nielsen in the URL. Here is the copy and paste of the URL from the exact page of the site that he quote came from: http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/about-us/nielsen-families.html
Unwanted and unanswered caller from this number. I got postal mailer from the Nielsen Surveys with a $1 bill inside said that they would be calling for survey regarding radio / TV. Well thanks for the $1, but I owe you nothing! Stop Calling! ON THE DO NOT CALL LIST, AND HAVE AN UNLISTED NUMBER!
I wonder if DISH-NETWORK OR SIRIUS sold our address and number or it they obtained it through public record city, state.