Their CEO is located in Royal Oak Michigan. His name is Scott Miller, and his phone number is 248 541 5311. Give him a call and see how he likes unsolicited calls.
Ron B: Did you get this person's name? If so then call Synovate in Fresno and they'll deal with her. If anyone ever tells you that again you demand to speak right away to her/his supervisor.
Just annoyed: if you represent a legitimate compant and have legitimate questions to ask me then you are welcome to call me and if you can reach me then i will answer your questions. However it's obvious you have no such intention. I am not pretending to be anything other than what I am and neither are the people who call for us. Legally no company can cold call beyond 9pm in any time zone (9:30 in Canada).
And for the record..no we can't. There are protocols in place designed to prevent people from being called that many times in a day for any particular study. Once in a while a client may override them however this is rare. If you are getting calls "4 times a day" from this same number (which I don't believe although it is within the realm of possibility however remote) then I suggest you call the Fresno office and speak to them directly if the people calling you are not listening.
Greg: You want to get paid to do a survey? When is the last time you got paid to vote? What do you think voting is? It is; in effect a giant public opinion survey. How else are governments and companies to gain an idea of how people think without polling them?
Cynic: Nobody cares what my function is eh? Considering how many employees this company has; how many clients we have and (int he case of some of the customer satisfaction studies we conduct) how many people's paycheques (and corporate brand images) are affected by the research we do; I would say that a great many peo;ple "care about my function". That comment of yours displays a lack of understanding on your part. I'm glad you love that my quotes reference China and India. Some are from Europe as well you know. I didn't read them, I just took a random sample after I did a Google search.
to JGR:
People fought & died for the priviledge to vote, & you have the NERVE to equate it with Telemarketing!! And unless your claiming to be a "public service", you aren't likely to be helping the government.
The government doesn't need phone convassers to "gain an idea of how people think", voting tells them that.
As far as companies, if a company truely has a "customer service" function within, & actually listens to consumers & takes action, they don't need to pay a 3rd party to harrass people at home & at work, they'll get plenty of ideas & useful suggestions from consumers, customers, vendors, etc. directly volenteered to them.
You don't seem to realize that there are thousands of 'companies'like yours & they ALL call. I had 28 last week, as I look at my caller id record. Are we supposed to just quit earning our incomes so we can be readily available to support yours? And with rampant identity theft attempts, research whether your even ligitimate or a Scam, Spam, Pfisher, etc.?
As far as getting paid, my point was that I don't understand how it is that you people think you actually have a RIGHT to take people's time for you own personal gain.
And as long as your calling "Just Annoyed" a liar, you have to call me one, also, since I have had the same number of calls in ONE 24 hour period from the same source!
I also got calls from this number and figured that Washington Mutual gave my cell number out to a telemarketer!!! Washington Mutual IS the culprint because THEY GAVE OUT MY NUMBER!!!