I do not know if this is the number that calls me every single day, as many as eleven times a day, because caller ID only shows Unknown Name and the number 501.   If this is the phone number that is calling me often starting before 8:00 in the morning and continuing into dinner time, I would like this to stop.  I do not know who they are, I do not care, I do not want to know.   I work at home and the calls are very disruptive.
I note one complainant states they were told the company only calls five times a day.  Five times a day is still outrageous.  Why are these people allowed to harass us in our own homes?

I answered the phone and a lady gave her name and said she was calling about a recent call I had made to QWest communications customer service.  I said she must be mistaken and asked her the name on the account.  She gave me my name. I told her I hadn't talked to them and to please not call back.  She said, "Sorry" and hung up.  I then realized I had called QWest last month and had forgotten about it.  Oh well.

Not true, they've called me 6 times in a row...and they don't leave a voicemail.  Once they called at 6:26am!!

this is  my business phone number and i am fed up with these  type of call on my line  what can i do i am on the national do not   call list

* Here's the problem:

If you are on the National Do-Not-Call Registry, then they (Market Strategies) >>>already<<< need to not call you at all.

If you are supplying information at their website, such as your name, address and other personal data, then that is free information which they can sell off to other telemarketing firms.

I personally think the best possible result would be if some "Greyhat" hackers were to flood their business numbers, and their e-mail addresses, with pointless messages and calls. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

I also started getting these after calling Qwest.  I haven't answered, but it's sounding like some Qwest contracted QA survey.

Anyway, I got a time share place to stop calling me by setting up my fax to fax them a message saying "I told you to stop calling me!" for two hours straight.  My theory is it hits them in the pocket book if you tie up their line.

I'll try Bill's idea above and see if they stop calling, or call more, now that I have responded.

Was my cell too. And I just changed my number in July. How do they get our cell numbers? Creeps, it was almost 9pm out here.  No one knows my cell number except my family and friends.  Flat out pissed me off!! And yes, I'm with qwest too. They have just recently changed to verizon, so they must have sold us out. My contract runs out next month, so I'm just having it shut off. And whoever found all that info, thanks. I answered it cause I know people in that area, and nothing, and it just faded off!

I started recieving the calls a couple days ago. I call Qwest recently too. I don't appreciate B.S. automated calls from anyone. Now it sounds like my phone company sold me out. What can we do?

Received call from 501-217-3296 on my cell. 8-7-07. No caller-ID name.

I would say don't answer...they may be looking for patterns of when you answer the phone to sell the info to other callers.  That's the only reason I can see for it hanging up.

I like the idea of bombarding them with emails.

They call my house all of the time. Doesn't matter if I pick right up or wait... there's nothing more than a click on the other end and then it hangs up. Irritating.

same as the rest of you wouldn't like to be able to even with garbage? No I don't know how but sure would like to be able to stop as have a sick lady here and bothers her a lot. we are in az.

I received a call from this number today.  No voicemail was left.  I returned the call and an answering machine picked up stating it was a marketing company conducting a survey...blah, blah, blah.

3-19-08.  Flake Wilkerson has called me twice now.  It comes up in the caller ID as that, and I figured it was some sort of telemarketer or survey.  So I never answered.

called me once today

Who called me?  I got an 'unknown caller' on my cell phone.  If it is a telemarketer I want them reported.

ANNOYING!!!!!

i too recieved a call from 501-217-3296 now at least 2 times , and I am on the do not call list.  Guess they dont honor it, does it do any good to report them?  p.s. nobody says anything after i say hello there is just a  click and dead,  but its still annoying

why did you call?

no message left

I also suggest that each and every one of us go here ( https://donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx ) to file a complaint about Market Strategies.

By calling all of us who are on the Do-Not-Call Registry, then they may be breaking Federal Laws. Let's get the Government to apply a little muscle!

Found a 'Do Not Contact' form on their website.

http://www.marketstrategies.com/do+not+contact.aspx

We'll see if this works.

You could play their game and send emails to their corporate officers:

Phone number 501-217-3296 belows to:

http://www.fw-mi.com/contact/

Mailing address:
333 Executive Court, Suite 100
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-221-3303 (switchboard)
research@fw-mi.com

Executive Vice President, Business Development
Scott Noble
501-217-3278 (direct)
scott.noble@fw-mi.com

Senior Vice President, Client Partnerships
Pam McGill
501-217-3245 (direct)
pam.mcgill@fw-mi.com

Executive Vice President and Chief Methodologist
(Specialized Analysis & Consulting)
Randy Hanson
501-217-3224 (direct)
randy.hanson@fw-mi.com

Chair & CEO
Karen Flake
501-217-3258 (direct)
karen.flake@fw-mi.com

President
George Wilkerson
501-217-3233 (direct)
george.wilkerson@fw-mi.com

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration
Lisa Burns, CFO
501-217-3223 (direct)
lisa.burns@fw-mi.com

Vice President, Research Call Center Operations
Jim Hawley
501-217-3264 (direct)
jim.hawley@fw-mi.com

I have started to receive calls from this number as well. The calls started 2 days ago. No voicemail left. Called it back out of curiousity...
It is a Marketing Research Company called Flake Wilkerson Marketing Research who claims to be exempt from the Do-Not-Call list because their research "benefits" consumers. They claim to only try to call your number up to 5 times total and will not try again thereafter. They also claim that your phone number is computer generated.
Their website is: http://www.fw-mi.com/