800-920-0506

The calls are from Vancity.  Wanting you to sign up for their Visa

Have rec'd calls from this no. several times

Opt out from the calls here:
https://www.vancity.com/PrivacySecurity/MyPrivacy/OptOutRequestForm/

repeat harassment phone calls
apparently VanCity VISA

I received three calls this week. Each time around dinner, and each time I told them to please not call back. It is Sykes Enterprises, http://www.sykes.com/. They have call centres located all over the Maritimes. I have now lodged a formal complaint with the Federal Do Not Call centre. The only information I received about what they are trying to sell is that they are calling on behalf of Vancity. I have also filled out a special form from Vancity asking to be taken off all of their marketing lists, https://www.vancity.com/PrivacySecurity/MyPrivacy/OptOutRequestForm/.
Cheers,

ergeordie

If you call 8009200506 you will get option to enter your phone number which will apparently remove you from the calling list within 72 hours.  I did that, and over next day received twice the number of calls.  I never answer (caller id display).  I sent Vancity a message along with links to several of these who is calling forums where some people are seriously pissed off.  Anyways, after a day the calls ceased and I got the following message from Vancity.  They indicate they updated my personal profile but i did that myself previously and they said it would take up to 90 days to have any marketing cease (looks like they called their telemarketer and told them stop calling me after i sent them a message):

"Thank you for your email. We would like to assure you that the call you received was indeed legitimate. In fact, we engaged one of our trusted vendors, Sykes Enterprise, to contact some of our enviro VISA cardholders and provide them information on a couple of promotions that we are currently holding.

Do trust that Vancity would never sell your personal information to a third party. Like in this case, we have shared limited information about you with our supplier because we felt you may benefit from this information.

Given your concerns, we’ve taken the liberty to update your personal profile to ensure you no longer receive similar calls from us in the future.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us."

If you require further assistance, please feel free to contact the VISA Centre directly at (604) 877-4999 or toll-free at 1-800-611-8472.

TO ANYONE WHO GETS ANNOYING TELEMARKETER CALLS:

I have found a way to stop these a**holes from calling.  When they call I pick up the phone and VERY quietly, almost indecipherable, say "hello?" then no matter what, I just say "hello??? HELLO???"  but very very VERY quietly. So they wouldn't be able to make out what I'm saying, and probably either turn the volume up on their phone or put their ear closer and listen intently.

I then scream as loud as I can into the phone, hopefully crushing their eardrums.

I used this method on the above telemarketer (800-920-0506) who called me three times a day, every day for about two months. I implemented my system and it worked after 3 tries.  I no longer receive *any* calls from this number.

This method not only works, but is VERY personally satisfying.  Try it!  

Death to telemarketers!
./mofo-x

Try an airhorn the next time!

The evil these people do, it will come back to them like day and night, one wa or another.