Picked up a call from 877-477-7862.  The caller said "Goodbye!" after a few seconds of silence and hung up the phone on me.  Pointles....

Garden State Securities

Tom Gallo's Cellphone, call him and let him know how you feel about his and his colleagues harrassing phone calls - 732-704-1369

Formerly called itself Garden State Securities, now it's subsidiary The Opus Group

Garden State, Securities trading firm

Well... they have crappy sales tactics. I wonder how many customers they actually get from these stupid calls

Got a call from a Craig Margolese from the same number.  No indication of the reason for the call or the company other than to state he was from "Garden State."  After seeing all these posts, there was no reason to call them back.  Thanks for everyone's input.

Just got a VM at the office from Craig at Garden State. No message except "please call me." Almost fooled my very sharp receptionist who weeds out these types of calls all day long. I am SO TIRED of telemarketing calls from brokers!

Sounds like a scam is not an accusation, its an opinion that is validated from the cold caller's shady message tactics.  Nick called me as well, but unfortunately I was out and didn't get to hear his pitch.  I'm sure it was a doozy.

http://www.finra.org/Investors/ToolsCalculators/BrokerCheck/  

The link above can be used to identify the regulatory history of a firm and it's employees.  If you choose to return these calls, you should confirm that the party is associated with the firm, their employment and regulatory history.  

http://www.finra.org/Industry/Regulation/Guidance/InterpretiveLetters/P005327

The link above describes interpretive guidance by FINRA regarding a firm's requirement to maintain a "do not call" list.  If you request that you not be called, the firm is required to include you on their "do not call " list.

Garden State Securities regulatory history can be found at www.finra.org using the brokercheck search.  Individual brokers can be looked up as well.  Anyone using the services of a broker dealer should make sure that they know the history of the firm that they are dealing with.

Same.  Hey, please give me a call at this number and extension.  Nick Tomaselli, it sounded like.  No company name.

Got the same call and I'm also on a Do Not Call list & have been for ages. These guys are pathetic leaving messages without indicating their company name or even what the call was in reference to.

Got same kind of message as everyone else. It's my work phone so i looked it up cause I have business in NJ too.

Caller ID said 732-280-6886

Nick Tomasell x 2031 called - let vm... "Give me a call"  Funny thing is we are a do not call list... for the number he called in

Got a call from this number as well, but it was Vince Lipenski (sp?).  I am a salesman and don't return this type of calls if they don't have the respect of my time to leave their company name.

Nick called me today too.  Blocked number and he said I should call him back right away.  These stock brokers are real scum bags!!!

"Nick" is out calling again, acting like he has some business relationship to talk about.  Hidden phone number to reflect a  hidden agenda. If "toobad you don't know" has them as a broker then you should ask them to publically comment on the "Nick" cold calling.

Also got a phone message from Nick at garden state securities on my work phone: calling me by my first name and sounding as if we knew each other, but not specifying what the call was about.  It may not be a scam, but it certainly is annoying.
Thanks to this site I now know not to bother returning the telemarketing call.

GSS is a real Firm and my broker,

its FINRA approved, dont make false accusations

I got the same call left on my message at my university office.  Sounds like a scam.

I got the same call...from Nick at GSS.  I'm not sure what it is regarding.  Apparently, no one here knows what it is or if it is worth my time.

I received a call from 'Nick' as well. He called me at work, which means he needed to dial my extension. The extension is listed on our website. GSS? I got the same search results as previous posters.

Same here, "Nick" left a message sounding as if he was an old buddy "from GSS".  Sales I reckon.  Annoying I know.  Caller ID = Garden State Sec 732-280-6886, callback he left on the voicemail = 1-877-477-7862.

I just got a call from this number too, from "Nick".  Same callback number (x207) and same origin number.

He left a message on my work v-mail.  I think he said "Nick", not "Mick".  The number that showed up on my phone was 732-280-6886. A reverse search of 1-877-477-7862 indicates it is Garden State Securities, and the GSS webpage has the 732 number listed.  He did not leave a message.

Got the same call, N/Mick from GSS wanting a call back.  A quick google shows GSS as the "General Social Survey".

I got the same call. Any ideas what it is about?

Garden State

Guy named Mick (ext. 207) left a VM asking for a call back.  Didn't say what it was regarding.