Call 793-847-8300 to complain about the Public Interest Communications Company directly and get your name removed from their list. They keep calling us - I say deluge them with calls. Here is my story:
I have been receiving the same aggravating calls. Today I picked up the phone on the second ring and got a recording saying "sorry we missed you." If you want your name taken off the list call us back. When you call back you get a recording asking for your phone number. This made me angry enough to search the companies website that is listed above. The Public Interest Communications Company does not evidently want you to call them. I did a websearch of their locations and found their "real" phone number
and spoke to a woman and told her how aggravating and inefficient their fund raising system is. I also told her I would be complaining to the group that released my information to them - Boston Symphony in the hopes that they will drop them as a contractor. Here is the website if anyone on this board wants to complain to a live human being -
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/charities/search_detail_cfr.aspx?cfr_id=248
A lot of times when you get telemarketers that 'hang up' on you it's because they are dialing(via a computer) several numbers at once and if someone answers(lucky them! LOL) the system hangs up the rest of us till next time! That's why you may get several phone calls within a short period of time from one number that keeps hangin up on you...or so I was told after one company called 6 TIMES in 3 minutes!! I was livid and asked what was up!! HTH!!
i recently donated to the World Wildlife Fund.its apparant they gave my infromation to this company to try and get more money out of me for them..its not nice to see that my donation which was suppose to go to saving animals..instead part of it went to Public Interest Communications. a company they paid to have call me to try and get me to give more money...its funny how on this site http://www.panda.org/privacy/ which is WWF privacy policy states they dont pass on your information..well we all know thats a joke now.
Hey I got that call too...they said they were from Kansas City Public Television and wanted me to make a donation of $100.00 to them. I don't believe them but offered them $50 and said mail it in the mail. They also wanted my credit card number, type, and more.
They also said they were down 194,000.00 in money; I don't believe them.
They are calling on behalf of charitable/non-profit organizations, therefore they are NOT bound by do-not-call lists. When they call I ask who they are calling about, then when they tell me I write to that org and tell them I don't appreciate your marketing and you won't be getting any more donations from me.
These people call about three times a day all week long. The few times that I have answered the phone, the computer calling hang up right away. We have the number blocked (phone rings once then hangs up on caller), but they still keep calling.