Universal Circulation contracts with newspapers and calls people who drop subscriptions to try to get them to resubscribe. If you want to get a better rate on your newspaper don't pay the bill when it comes due. Within a couple weeks you will get a call from Universal Circu and can negotiate a better rate. Also, an interesting note is that local newspapers don't fall within the law regarding telemarketers (the FCC Do No Call List) so they can call as often as they like as long it's before (I believe) 9PM.
For the past several weeks have received calls from this number several times per week. I have been home all day today, and there have been two. The name Harry Roseboro appears on the caller ID. I do not answer the phone as I know no one by this name. No message is ever left of my machine.
After ignoring numerous calls from "universal circu" I had a weak moment and picked up- actually I was tired of the multiple calls over several days. The caller said the call was a "courtesy call" on behalf of our local paper and after mumbling jibberish, which I personally don't speak, I was instructed to get a pencil and paper so I could write some information down. Oh pleeze... I don't write jibberish either. When I politely requested she remove my name from their call list she said she wasn't a telemarketer and repeated that it was a courtesy call. I hung up. She immediately called back and repeated that it was a courtesy call (with a special offer!!) I told her I wasn't in the market for any courtesy and firmly told her not to call again.
Universal Circulation contracts with newspapers and calls people who drop subscriptions to try to get them to resubscribe. If you want to get a better rate on your newspaper don't pay the bill when it comes due. Within a couple weeks you will get a call from Universal Circu and can negotiate a better rate. Also, an interesting note is that local newspapers don't fall within the law regarding telemarketers (the FCC Do No Call List) so they can call as often as they like as long it's before (I believe) 9PM.