Call came from Virginia, shown as "Unknown". Two calls on 2-7-06, one at 10:09 am the other at 5:41 pm. I did not answer and they did not leave a message.
Other sites peg this number as a political survey, GOP, automated. Some noted caller ID as "Poidatres". I didn't bother to check it but others say it was linked to Shawn Hanitty
Got a call from this phone number (703-263-9092)& it was a political survey. I soon hung up on them after the 3rd snotty question made it apparent it was from a super conservative out to merely trash candidates they do not agree with.
Caller ID said Poldatres. Republican survey. Very biased survey; asked if I "supported the forcing of foster children to live in gay homes with homosexual parents". I hung up.
Got another call last night with a recorded message slamming John McCain and plugging Mike Huckabee as the only Republican candidate who can be trusted and hyping Dr. Dobson's endorsement of Huckabee. This time I was able to make out the name and phone number of the organization that supposedely paid for the call. It is Common Sense Issues, phone #719-306-2543. I tried to call this morning but just got a basic voice mail message that didn't even identify the owner of the number. I found a website for them - www.commonsenseissues.com that lists the same phone number. I sent an email through the site requesting that they remove me from the list, but I'm not real confident the calls will stop. Unfortunately I can't block the call because it is out of the area. Next step for me will be to continue calling the number on their website and leaving messages for them. Maybe they'll get tired of me calling and they'll quit calling me!!!
I got a call from the 703-263-9092/poldatres number this morning around 10am. I put a long distance call on hold to take it when my call waiting beeped to boot. I sat through about 4-5 questions before realizing it was a push poll in advance of the Virginia primary on Tuesday.
Anyway, this Newsweek article pretty much explains everything about the links between Common Sense Issues, Huckabee's donors, and CC Advertising. CC Advertising is a push polling firm in Herndon, VA that I would place money on being behind the 703/263-9092 calls.
FWIW, CC Advertising's number is 703-234-2200. I tried calling today (Saturday, 2/9/08), but their offices are closed and I didn't want to leave a voice mail. I guess people reading this thread could call and fill up their voice mail box, if you're so inclined. They're also open during normal business hours Mon.-Fri. if you'd like to try and chat with a real person.
They have a disclaimer stating that it could take up to 2 weeks to process a request to be removed. Given that the VA primary is on Tuesday, people getting called now could be out of luck.
This # 703-263-9092 has been calling repeatedly the last two days - I don't answer calls when I don't recognize the numbers, and if a message isn't left, I can't decide whether I want to respond or not.
A legal solicitation 7:30pm Feb. 17, 2008 in the form of an automated survey for products used in the hotel business? Ridiculous. when I filed a complaint at https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx the Registry replied "The phone number 703-263-9092 was registered on February 08, 2008. Companies may call you for up to 31 days after that date. You may file a complaint if a company calls you after March 10, 2008." Who owns the company? Who is profiting from these nuisance calls?