This number, 618-239-2673 comes up on caller ID as "NEW DEMOCRAT", and is for the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat newspaper (owned by McClatchey). I tried to take a trial subscription to this paper in January 2017, but after several weeks and repeated phone calls from me about their failure to deliver a single newspaper, I requested, and received a refund. Unfortunately that was NOT the end of the problem.
I had repeated calls from this number 618-239-2673, which I blocked, but due to their persistence, I called the Belleville N-D and complained. I got connected with someone on staff who identified that these calls are coming from their own IN-HOUSE telemarketers. She said she'd get it to stop, and though it took another call from me, it looks as if these calls have stopped. BUT THAT is NOT the end of the problem.
Coinciding with the trial subscription in January 2017, I then got a PLAGUE of robocalls from MANY area codes. One of the numbers was 618-309-4658, and this number showed up here at 800notes, so I was able to identify it as connected with the B N-D. I called the B N-D, spoke with someone there, who essentially confirmed these calls are coming from a contracted robocall service. She said she'd take care of that, and so far it looks as if it the calls have stopped. But that is NOT THE END of the story.
As I said, I've been getting a RASH of robocalls since January 2017, from multiple area codes. The numbers are identified on caller ID but not the caller's name, or sometimes it comes up "HOME DELIVERY" or "RENEWAL DEPT" or "LOCAL NEWSPAPER".
It appears that since the B N-D turned over my home phone number to a robocall service, the robocall service has made my phone number part of THEIR OWN database, and now they are spamming my phone at will. It's also possible they've sold my phone number to OTHER robocallers. I have responded to this by blocking those outside area codes, but another problem has emerged. Since they cannot get through on the outside area codes, they then started barraging me with calls FROM WITHIN my own area code. To block these calls, I have now BLOCKED MY OWN area code.
The result is that I am now filled with contempt for the B N-D and for McClatchey Newspapers. My simple attempt to get a trial subscription has turned into the BIGGEST MISTAKE I've made in 2017. So, if you take a subscription to the B N-D, and you get barraged with robocalls, well............
This number, 618-239-2673 comes up on caller ID as "NEW DEMOCRAT", and is for the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat newspaper (owned by McClatchey). I tried to take a trial subscription to this paper in January 2017, but after several weeks and repeated phone calls from me about their failure to deliver a single newspaper, I requested, and received a refund. Unfortunately that was NOT the end of the problem.
I had repeated calls from this number 618-239-2673, which I blocked, but due to their persistence, I called the Belleville N-D and complained. I got connected with someone on staff who identified that these calls are coming from their own IN-HOUSE telemarketers. She said she'd get it to stop, and though it took another call from me, it looks as if these calls have stopped. BUT THAT is NOT the end of the problem.
Coinciding with the trial subscription in January 2017, I then got a PLAGUE of robocalls from MANY area codes. One of the numbers was 618-309-4658, and this number showed up here at 800notes, so I was able to identify it as connected with the B N-D. I called the B N-D, spoke with someone there, who essentially confirmed these calls are coming from a contracted robocall service. She said she'd take care of that, and so far it looks as if it the calls have stopped. But that is NOT THE END of the story.
As I said, I've been getting a RASH of robocalls since January 2017, from multiple area codes. The numbers are identified on caller ID but not the caller's name, or sometimes it comes up "HOME DELIVERY" or "RENEWAL DEPT" or "LOCAL NEWSPAPER".
It appears that since the B N-D turned over my home phone number to a robocall service, the robocall service has made my phone number part of THEIR OWN database, and now they are spamming my phone at will. It's also possible they've sold my phone number to OTHER robocallers. I have responded to this by blocking those outside area codes, but another problem has emerged. Since they cannot get through on the outside area codes, they then started barraging me with calls FROM WITHIN my own area code. To block these calls, I have now BLOCKED MY OWN area code.
The result is that I am now filled with contempt for the B N-D and for McClatchey Newspapers. My simple attempt to get a trial subscription has turned into the BIGGEST MISTAKE I've made in 2017. So, if you take a subscription to the B N-D, and you get barraged with robocalls, well............