I have been getting phone calls from this number and I told him I knew it was a scam and he called me alot of not so nice names. Been getting calls from this number all hours of the night they won't stop calling and they keep me up all night.

My name is Lisa from Direct Buy!! Email me your name and your number direct_buy98@yahoo.com and let me explain to you everything!!! email me guy's and i will call you!!!

whats the best time to call you? so i can explain to you everything!
my name is Lisa from Direct Buy

please tell them to stop calling my phone

Number called for first time today and I didn't answer. Curiosity got the best of me and I called back only to get a busy signal. I then searched number on google and got this site with all the post from other people receiving this same call. Now that I know what it is I just won't answer phone when they call back. Too bad probably not legit.... would love to receive a home makeover ~ lol.  for free of course.

This number has been calling my phone everday for 3 weeks. Hung up them once and after that everytime they call no one answers. When i tried to call back got a verizon message that said this number is no longer in service. It's annoying and needs to stop,

Received a call from 803-810-0662 would not leave a message and keeps calling. It is DirectBuy, trying to get you to come into there store.

I have been getting phone calls at all hours almost daily from 803-810-0662.

Irritating calls with no message. Do the do not call lists work?
If  I do not recognize the number
I do not ask so I don't know who is calling nor do I care.

I asked them not to call me too, but they decided to call me again the very next day.  Filed a complaint with the National Do Not Call Registry. Hopefully if they get enough complaints about them then something can be done.

File a complaint with the do not call registry.

I would like to see this company learn a lesson, since they insist on calling after they are asked not to yesterday and when I am on the do not call registry, which I informed that that I was on and was filing a complaint.

a! They call and call and call... I answered today - picked up and just listened to the loud bull pen the caller was working from. I thought it was someone's butt call from a loud bar. They asked for me by name, and I quickly responded "no one here"... Then hung up immediately!

Ha! They call and call and call... I answered today - picked up and just listened to the loud bull pen the caller was working from. I thought it was someone's butt call from a loud bar. They asked for me by name, and I quickly responded "no one here"... Then hung up immediately!

I just called and asked them to remove my number.  Place me on the do not call list!!

This # keeps callin me,

Great...just got two calls from them today. I wasnt able to answer. I looked up the number to see who it could have been and it brought me here. Not looking forward to more.

Today I revieved a call from the same # 803-810-0662. I was not available to answer the call though. I too am on the Do Not call registry.

the way to get them to stop calling is keep calling them back and annoy the crap out of them me and my co worker has been calling them acting like ole country hicks. they finally got annoyed and said well have to call you back....... lol

One LAST footnote:

Just found this website: <http://www.fcc.gov/guides/caller-id-and-spoofing>.

See if it might apply to your respective callers.

One additional footnote:

I sent a message to Google requesting information on this issue. It is possible, according to Google, that the calls are NOT originating from a Google Voice number. Rather, the caller is "spoofing" you by making it appear (on your caller ID) that the number is from Google, when it really is from another source. I have asked for clarification, but nothing yet.

One reader did provide the following link to the DO NOT CALL registry complaint website: <https://complaints.dontcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2>

One footnote:

If you believe the call may have originiated from a Google account (follow this link <http://www.google.com/googlevoice/program-policies.html> to view Google Voice policies) consider reporting your concerns to them directly.

I notice that the first post in this string is from 01 July 2011. I have been told that this is when the local DirectBuy franchise in Columbia began using a call center in the Philippines to handle DB's "overflow of leads". Some of you may understand how call center technology works. I am no expert, but I suspect it is possible for callers outside of Columbia to have their calls "forwarded" by a local number. This is conceptually how Google phone works.

I would be interested to hear directly from any or you - or others - about your experience with DirectBuy (or, "Direct Global" as the case might have been!).

p.s. Thanks, Erica.

Caller stated I had won $50,000 shopping spree with Direct Buy and that she was "not selling anything." When I asked caller why I kept getting called, she said "we call back in case maybe you are now interested" (!!!)

Her supervisor stated the company name is Direct Global not Direct Buy. Both promised number would be marked as Do Not Call, but they have called me 3 times now (asking for 3 different names!) so I don't have much confidence, especially since my number is already on the national Do Not Call registry and I shouldn't have heard from them in the first place.

Direct Buy.  He asked for "Sammy," and I told them that they had the wrong number. (I don't know anyone named Sammy.)  He said that since he had me on the line, Direct Buy....  I cut him off there and said that we're on the Do Not Call list.  He said that he would remove the number from their database.  I'm suspicious about whether Sammy really is in their system with my phone number or whether they are using that as an excuse to act like it's a wrong number.

No one is responsible for giving you a job!  YOU are responsible for yourself!  STOP CALLING MY HOUSE!  It is HARASSMENT!

There are other jobs than telemarketing out there (right now Target, Walmart, Lowes, Bath and Body Works, to name a few are hiring) so get one or get hung up on, cursed out, blocked, reported, etc....  My job is to hang up on annoying telemarketers then block them from calling me so I guess we all have a job when you look at things.  :-)

Direct buy.  They say you are a semi-finalist in a home makeover contest and that you are entitled to a weekend getaway and restaurant gift card...then after "confirming" some information from you, they try to schedule a 1.5 hour tour of their showroom.

sorry we only do our job. if you just give another job other than telemarketers then i will gladly accept it

Oh knock it off!! they are also humans who wants to live. they only do their job and what their boss wants them to do. just tell them that you're not interested and simply ask to take you off from their list.

that's awesome i think there getting numbers from people posting on Craigslist.