303-786-9500

this number calls frequently.
I never answer it.

This is a stripper

This number appears to be from Aspen Media & Market Research in Boulder CO.   I did not recognize number and did not answer.  Other information on other sites, quote them as being rude and other unprofessional conduct.  

Here's the scoop, so to speak.  They've found a loophole for telemarketers, by sometimes saying they are a research survey company.  This keeps the donotcall.gov and possibly FTC.gov off their backs.  I say file complaints on them anyway.  

Another place to file a complaint is with the Federal Communications Commission.  The rules they govern are stricter.  I believe it is complaint # 1008, or something like that.  It's been a few days since I filed a complaint on another number.

FCC doesn't mess with complaints; and my complaints in the past have always been investigated!!!  

FTC and donotcall, place complaints on a list, and will investigate, file charges if they see a pattern.  So everyone needs to file complaints, so that there will be a definite pattern!.

Anyone have problems with Collection Agencies calling?  There are laws to protect Consumers from these jerks.  #1, they technically do not have any authority.  They usually purchase charged off bills, from other creditors for pennies on the dollar.  #2, because the bill is with an original creditor, you are NOT obligated to these jerks.  They will try to convince you that you are.  #3 the only way you become obligated to these agencies, is if you make payment arrangements with them; thereby creating a contract/agreement, where none exist, when they first contact you!!!

If you answer the phone,  simply say:"I do not discuss financial matters by phone - send me a statement in writing and I will respond to it."  Then Hang up!!!  Otherwise, they will have you completely shaken!!!  The longer they keep you on the line, the more chance they have, to get money from you including payment arrangements – or payment agreement/contract!!!  You are NOT legally obligated to talk to them!!!

Collection agencies are ruthless jerks!!!  They will tell you they are the original creditor when they are not - even though it is illegal, for them to do it, per Federal Consumer Protection Laws.  You can legally sue them for $1,000.00 per violation.

When you do get a statement - google "FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT" One or more online Attorney websites will be shown.  These websites will have valuable information, including a Cease & Desist sample letter; or a Cease Communication letter.  Once received, it is a violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, to contact you further.

You can also educate yourself by reading Consumer Protection Laws at www.ftc.gov;  a lot of valuable information.  Don’t have time,  download and read later.  You will be glad you did!!!

I am not an Attorney - just an Educated Consumer, in Consumer Protection Laws.  I have spent hours studying these laws and becoming familiar with them.  They have helped us and friends/family as well; and hopefully it will help someone, who reads this.

And for those self-righteous criticizers, who say, just pay your bills on time; things happen to people with Credit Card debt, medical bills etc., often beyond their control such as job loss, divorce, death, illness etc. and you find your self in a bind.  We've been there, we know.  You do not plan to pay late, or not make payments; but if the income quits - there's not a whole lot one can do!  You then are forced to prioritize, Mortgage, Utilities, Car payment then food, if you can!  Other things have to be let go!  

I hope this information will be helpful to somebody who reads it!!!  Also another site to check out is www.ccdnlaw.com, good information.  And they can help you!!!  If you fill out the contact us, put down your referral by tlcpetmommy – in the comments section;  they will know who I am!!!

No message was left

Called 3 times this week, once every day at around 9:30am my time (EDT). Never leaves a message.

They have been calling three times a day for the last week.  I finally answered the phone and ended up taking a 35 minute survey regarding my spending habits, TV watching, where do I shop at etc.  I would recommend not answering this call.

This number has started calling our business lines.  Once we answer, they immediately hang up.  REALLY irritating.

Called for the 5+ time and I did not answer. How do I report this number to stop these calls.

They called me at work. I did not answer.

Called work # left no message

SOB's called me on my cell today, which is on the national DNC list. I don't answer calls I don't recognize.  No message left

tired of the calls

MY EMPLOYER HAS BEEN RECEIVING MANY CALLS ALMOST DAILY FROM THIS NUMBER. MY STAFF IS BEING CONSTANLY HARRASSED BY DIFFERENT CALLERS. EACH TIME THEY CALL, WE REQUEST TO BE PLACED ON THE DO-NOT-CALL-REGISTER TO NO AVAIL. DO NOT ACCEPT THESE CALLS. FIGHT TERRORISM ANYWAY YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!

First time victim just a few moments ago.
Decided to look up the number on google and got this site - guess I'll put my two cents in.
I always assumed it was landlines, not cell phones that got the butt end of telemarketers, etc.
Number called, I answered not looking at the caller ID (figured it was a friend) and a split second later the call was dropped. Called the number back, got some machine that said "Aspen Media & Market Research, we are currently closed-" at that point I stopped caring and hung up.

These guys call me EVERYDAY and never leave a message.  I'm thinking about answering one here soon with a very loud WTF and see where that takes us...

I keep recieving calls from them several times a day to my work office number. I have asked them to stop calling and take me off their list. I still get the calls at least twice a day.

Received a call listed as "unavailable" on caller ID. They left no message - so they must be a telemarketer posing as a research company. Entered number on reverse listing and says it is Quantum Research in Boulder, CO. I will enter the number on my land line call rejection service.

I received two calls from this number
9/14 @ 2:01pm EST
9/21 @ 1:53pm EST

I received 2 calls today from this number today at work.  I had asked them to email their info. and I would forward it on as I saw fit etc.... they told me that was not what they were looking to do and hung up...

Next time I call I will definitely ask to be taken off their list..

9/30 @ 10:30am EST
9/30 @ 3:35pm EST

This appears to be a LEGAL Telemarketer for those on the dnc registry list.  As research companies can call you. If they are calling for sales, and you’ve never had previous business with them then:  Complaints need to be filed with 1) DNC.gov 2) FTC.gov 3)FCC.gov and your State's Attorney General.  If 1 & 2 see a pattern (i.e. multiple complaints) they will investigate and file necessary charges.

If the calls persist, I believe contact information was previously posted on this forum.  Send the following letter to the Firm calling, and once you verify they’ve received your Certified letter (cost approx. $5.50 to send), they are in violation of Federal Laws, and you can sue them $1,000.00 for each call.  Before you receive the green card back, go to USPS.com and do a track on the Certified mail number, you will see if they have in fact received your letter or not.  

You will need to keep a detailed log, after they receive the letter, and the continuing calls to file charges and/or complaints.

Regular Mail & Certified Mail#:  

To:
Address
City, State, Zip  

February 12, 2007

RE: Calls from: 303 756-9500

Dear  _____________.:

Your representatives have been trying to contact me, however, I only do business of this nature via mail.  Therefore, I am requesting again that you cease and desist from calling me.  Please remove the phone number(s) XXX XXX-XXXX .  The calls constitute harassment at this point, which is causing a major disruption in both my business and personal life as well as being an invasion of my privacy, which I will not tolerate.

If you continue to contact me, I may file a complaint with the Attorney General.  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which branched from United States Code Title 47 sect 227, implemented a do-not-call list from solicitors, which mandates a solicitor to abate phone calls to customers who have requested in writing to cease all phone communication.  Please comply with federal law or a complaint will be filed.

If you have any questions, please contact me at the below mailing location.

Sincerely,



_________________________________
your Name
Address
City, State, Zip

 Now for those of you receiving calls from Collection Agency's:

OK Guys, PLEASE Read This!!!

Debt Collectors – Collection Agency's do NOT fall under Do NOT Call registry, as they are not telemarketers.  However, they do constantly violate other Federal Laws, because us American's don't know the laws to protect us.  They are counting on that.  

- Federal Law says you don't have an obligation to Collection Agencies or Debt Collectors; you can send them a written letter and they cannot contact you after that.   This includes Attorney's in state's other than your state of residence.  The only Attorney's that can sue you, have to be licensed in your resident state.

A word of caution:  Some Law Firms do have Firms in other states, and Lawyers licensed in other states, so you have to do a little research before sending a Cease & Desist (Do Not Call & Go Away letter) to make sure they aren't in your resident state or you're likely to get sued by these #%#&*@!#%&@$^*.  

Once a debt collector makes contact with you, they also have to contact you within 5 days after the first phone call, letter etc., and give you validation/proof or judgment of the debt.  You are not required to ask for it.   They never do this!!!!

This law is known as the Fair Debt Collector Practices Act.  You can get it at FTC.gov; as well as other Consumer Protection Laws.

Most collection agencies, purchase your delinquent debt for pennies on the dollar.  Guess what? It is no longer your debt!!!  You don't have any agreement/contract with the debt collector or collection agency.  Your only agreement/contract was with the original creditor.

Do NOT agree to any payment arrangements, or you'll be creating an agreement/contract, where upon initial contact by the Debt Collector, one didn't exist.  The collection agencies are counting on you not knowing this little bit of information.  

The best advice I can give you is, do NOT talk to these idiots - they will leave you in a frustrated heap on the floor.  They lie, and will tell you whatever they need, in order to get you to commit to paying them.

The lies are illegal, but they honestly don't care, they're probably on commission for how much they collect from you and others like you.  

If you do answer the phone, do NOT give out your employer, social security #, DL #, Credit Card and/or Bank information, or any personal information.  Tell them to send you a written statement & you'll respond. Then hang up.  When you get that statement, google, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and you'll probably find a letter you can send them   Or:  send the letter I’ve enclosed that I use.  Sign and mail that letter Certified Mail, so you have a signature and confirmation of delivery!!!
RE
Account #  
Amount in Dispute: $  
 Account #  

Dear  :

I am in receipt of your demand for payment.  However, this Notice is to confirm that I do not wish to be contacted again by you, and that you are hereby put on Notice to Cease Communication pursuant to 15 USC Section 1692c(c).  Failure to comply with said Notice shall result in a complaint filed and submitted to, the Federal Trade Commission, and possible legal remedies in an appropriate United States District Court.

In addition, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, I am not waiving my right to dispute the alleged debt asserted herein, but at this time I am under no obligation to respond.  

Sincerely,



Your Name
Address
City, state Zip



Certified Mail#:  


In the Law of Novation: if a debt is purchased by another, for that to be a legal owed obligation, a new contract / agreement has to be written and signed by all parties.  Google Law of Novation and read up!!!

No I am not an attorney, just a well knowledged, educated consumer.  I have spent the past 2 years studying various Federal Consumer Protection Laws.  

I wasn't just satisfied knowing I could send a letter to a Collection Agency/Debt Collector and they had to go away.  I read that in the Fair Debt Collector practices Act law;  I needed to know why, what law tells me the reason why I can.

Everything I have typed, I have learned basically on my own through reading, studying, printing out and binding the laws and underlining/highlighting them.  Not to mention the knowledge I have gained on my own fighting two lawsuits without an Attorney.

I was sued by a Collection Agency, and waiting for a Court date. The Collection Agency Attorney, sent us a letter willing to dismiss with prejudice our lawsuit, if I dismiss our Cross/Counter Claim for Fair Debt Collector Practices Act violations.  Oh, I forgot to mention, we do not have an Attorney representing us; and I have not had any legal experience, in the past whatsoever.

I have read / printed & bound, my State's Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules of Civil Procedure - Evidence.  I catch Attorneys on violations of State Rules of Civil Procedure all the time.  And our Judge's let them get away with it.

And for those of you who say pay up and quit being a deadbeat; it appears that you have never had your life turned upside down, because a good job, not high paying by any means, but a supposed secure job, got your hours cut by 3/4.  

And then a couple years later, as you are just recovering, you lose that job.  And when you are in your 50's, a new job is not so easy to come by.  And when that happens, then what?  

Or what about a major illness, guess you've never had that either - too bad.  Maybe if you did, you'd understand why and how people end up getting in financial straights. Not because they chose to, or decided they were going to find loopholes to get out of paying obligations etc.

What if the money isn't there to pay these debts to begin with?  We've been barely able to pay a mortgage, let alone credit cards etc. It's easy to tell someone else what to do.  I hope someday, something throws your secure little world off its axis, and you find yourself in the very situation as some of us here. Maybe then you'd learn it isn't such a cut/dry situation.

Oh, we've struggled.  And the job last hasn't exactly been replaced.  We're still behind in our Mortgage and trying to catch up, as with our other legal obligations.  I can't work because of various health conditions, or I would, including a part time job at least.  My husband started his own company with the tools of the trade, and now contracts for copier, computer, IT technical jobs as he has a computer science degree, and has years of experience in the others, especially the wide format copier / printers / computers.

People, please read the Fair Debt Collector Practices Act; if a Debt Collector violates any one harrassment or other law in there; Federal Laws says you can sue them for $1,000.00 per violation.  Do it, and then THEY can pay off YOUR obligations!!!  

Again I am not an Attorney - but have learned these by my own experiences.  There are Attorneys you could talk to, and I would, if any violations of the laws have occured in your circumstances.  I am posting this strictly to help others maybe have a piece of mind, if they are up all night worrying about financial problems, and sick to their stomach in worry as I have been, and still are in some ways. I am again just a well informed, knowledgable consumer, who has spent hours studying the laws, because I had no where else to turn for help.  If anything I have written, causes you questions, please seek the advice of an Attorney.

Certain situations such as Mortgages and Car Payment loans usually do not apply here; so you may need to seek the advice of a Lawyer for your individual situation.