The fire departments do this in most places. They figure 10-20 % of what is raised is better than
zero dollars they would get without telemarketers. That is why I never give to charity by phone. Very little of the money usually makes it to the charity!

Wow the Huntsville firefighters being represented by a telemarketing firm now??? I do not live in Huntsville but they keep calling here trying to get donations and telling me they also cover the volunteer fire department here. I hope this is a scam and things are not so bad for Huntsville that the city workers are being forced to resort to telemarketing! What a shame. Pay the firefighters a decent living so they don't have to telemarket the public begging for donations!!

Christina --

When your sweet baby finally gets to sleep, turn off the ringers! The world can take a break! Don't apologize for it either -- when mama is stressed, nothing good comes if it :0)

~~Lynne
Happy mom of 4 who learned the hard way!

The guy called, asked for my husband. I told him he's not here and asked can I take a message. He said it's nothing urgent and then said "thanks, hun". Call me hun one more time and see how fast I knock your teeth out, whoever you are. I read here that it's the Huntsville Firefighter's Association. First, I do not live or ever have lived in Huntsville; I have my own Fire Department to support, thank you. Second, calling me "hun" is disrespectful, annoying and most certainly unwelcome; do not act like a fool whistling on a street when placing business calls to people, it only shows your level of ignorance.

Called at 8:35 PM. Did not answer. They call often.

Here's another spam caller, different number... but, hoping people that read this will call this number back and annoy the hell out of the CEO - Spam him back peeps! Here's his info:

CallerID4U, Inc.
93 S. Jackson Street, Suite 38-480
Seattle WA 98104

Paul Maduno, CEO
Phone:  310-251-5420
Email:  paul@callerid4u.com

PESTS - Huntsville Firefighter's Association. 256-585-8973 They call every time they have a campaign, 2 or 3 times a year and you can NOT get off their calling list no matter how annoyed you are, no matter how much you tell them to stop. I've been trying for years - "STOP CALLING ME I will NOT give you a dime" doesn't work but it's the truth - if you don't respect my wishes to stop calling me, I will not support your organization. I figure the time they spend listening to me yell at them is time not being used to harass anyone else.

Left no message.  I returned call and the voice mail had not been set up yet.

called, I answered, but nobody on the other end

This number has called my house several times at different times.  The latest was 8:30 at night.  I have a small baby and at least twice already they have woke him up by calling.  I tried to call the number back to give them a piece of my mind after a 30 minute sleep fighting session and my child had only been out for 5 minutes.  But, of course, this number has a voice mail box that has not been activated and no one answers.  Shocking.  If I ever get someone on the line.....>:(

They call every night around 8-8:30 PM. It's probably the Huntsville Firefighter's Association.