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 | James Graham 2013-11-02 01:21:47 Telemarketer |
Reads from script, tells you you just won $100 gas voucher for taking a survey (???) and then waits for your response--told him we were not interested (heard this type of line before) and he hung up on us.
| Tom 2013-10-26 02:25:12 Survey |
This time it was AAC and the supposed contest prize is $5,000 in gas for the car. Thanks to Ryan for the information.
| Ryan in Fort Collins 2013-09-19 02:04:00 Telemarketer |
It's a scam. This company is Indoor Air Research of Colorado (IAR). They are owned by Donovan Adfield, who also owns Treasure Valley Air in Fort Collins, Colorado.
How the scam works: Donovan purchases large lists of phone numbers. IAR calls people on those lists to tell them they won a contest (or some other pretext). The response rate is surprisingly high. Preferred marks are old people in suburban and rural areas, preferably the lonely, extremely gullible, and wealthy. IAR conducts a telephone survey, which is technically legal, regarding indoor air quality. The phone calls, however, are used only to qualify potential buyers of overpriced air filters and vacuum cleaners (i.e., homeowners, married, both employed; if you tell IAR you rent or are unemployed, they probably won't call you again, at least until they purchase the next number set). The survey angle somehow allows Donovan to get around Do Not Call lists, or at least makes prosecution more difficult. For those suckers who bite on the survey angle, TVA then calls to set up a demonstration and sales pitch for the overpriced air filters in exchange for claiming the prize. The prize is cheap junk, like a digital camera that doesn't work, an mp3 player that dumps adware on your system, cheap steak knives, a discount on an overpriced vacation to a timeshare resort in the middle of nowhere, etc.
The person who comes in your home to sell you the overpriced air filter and vacuum is a commissioned and poorly trained sales person who won't get paid unless he / she makes the sale; even then, Donovan takes a pretty big cut unless the items are sold at or close to asking price. The term "aggressive" is not strong enough to describe the tactics used; anything to make a sale, so to speak. Getting a job there is pretty easy, as the company continually posts ads on Craigslist. Every few weeks TVA hires a bunch of fresh salespeople through Craigslist so that they will sell to friends and family. Most wash out in a few days; a few have been there for a while.
The telemarketers tend to call relatively late in the evening, and are fun to mess with, especially if you tell them you are a retired smoker on a fat pension with a bunch of dogs and an asthmatic family... and of course that you own your home.
Enjoy.
How the scam works: Donovan purchases large lists of phone numbers. IAR calls people on those lists to tell them they won a contest (or some other pretext). The response rate is surprisingly high. Preferred marks are old people in suburban and rural areas, preferably the lonely, extremely gullible, and wealthy. IAR conducts a telephone survey, which is technically legal, regarding indoor air quality. The phone calls, however, are used only to qualify potential buyers of overpriced air filters and vacuum cleaners (i.e., homeowners, married, both employed; if you tell IAR you rent or are unemployed, they probably won't call you again, at least until they purchase the next number set). The survey angle somehow allows Donovan to get around Do Not Call lists, or at least makes prosecution more difficult. For those suckers who bite on the survey angle, TVA then calls to set up a demonstration and sales pitch for the overpriced air filters in exchange for claiming the prize. The prize is cheap junk, like a digital camera that doesn't work, an mp3 player that dumps adware on your system, cheap steak knives, a discount on an overpriced vacation to a timeshare resort in the middle of nowhere, etc.
The person who comes in your home to sell you the overpriced air filter and vacuum is a commissioned and poorly trained sales person who won't get paid unless he / she makes the sale; even then, Donovan takes a pretty big cut unless the items are sold at or close to asking price. The term "aggressive" is not strong enough to describe the tactics used; anything to make a sale, so to speak. Getting a job there is pretty easy, as the company continually posts ads on Craigslist. Every few weeks TVA hires a bunch of fresh salespeople through Craigslist so that they will sell to friends and family. Most wash out in a few days; a few have been there for a while.
The telemarketers tend to call relatively late in the evening, and are fun to mess with, especially if you tell them you are a retired smoker on a fat pension with a bunch of dogs and an asthmatic family... and of course that you own your home.
Enjoy.
| Gary 2013-09-12 19:26:52 Unknown |
Caller ID says Brush, CO. No message left. Another number to add to my PhoneTray blacklist.
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