This number was called to my home phone and I did not answer and they did not leave a message, My phine number is on the Federal Do Not Call List. Since I did not answer the phone I cannot give you a company name that was calling.
Just called me & left no message. Called back & informed them I am on DoNotCall. They said market research companies have been deemed exempt by congress because market research is valuable. Yeah, I wish someone would research how lame every member of congress is. They don't do their jobs, shut down the government, and continue to be paid for doing nothing. Market Research that!
Just tell them that you charge X number of dollars and require booking and payment 3 months in advance. And that even full compliance is no guarantee you will be available at that time. Call it an annoyance fee.
Called asking about my graduate school plans, specifically public policy (the planned grad school subject I listed for my GREs). Asked for my GRE scores and the name of the place I am most likely to attend. Then said thank you and hung up. Started off with complete this survey and we'll send you $50. Asked for the company name and he provided the website for http://www.wbaresearch.com. Absolutely ridiculous. DON'T DO WHAT I DID. JUST HANG UP!
Got this call today and it was just a nice, polite woman from Carefirst BlueShield, whom I just enrolled with for health insurance at the beginning of the year. She was just doing a quality control survey to make sure I was happy with my service. It was quick and painless and took less than 10 minutes of my time. It's not spam but it probably is a market research company that was hired by the insurance company to conduct interviews.