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These people have been calling me every night for weeks. I answered a few times, mostly because I work from home as a consultant and can't afford to miss calls from numbers I don't recognize.

They claim to be calling in regards to a survey for Carefirst Insurance. I have never stayed on the phone long enough to see if it's actually a survey. I usually hang up, or say I'm not interested. However, tonight I asked to be taken off of their list and instead of a response, they just hung up. We'll see if they call back again.

The issue with sending a letter is that the responses are often unclear. If we're on the phone with someone and don't understand what you mean by something, we can ask. I get that there are a lot of people out there trying to scam you out of your money on the phone, but WBA's not one of them. Any questions you have about the legitimacy of the study should be answered by the person who calls you… they can give you a website to check out and supervisor numbers to call. The bottom line is that you can decide not to do a phone survey as easily as you can decide not to do a survey by mail. It doesn't even have to take up much of your time. You can just pick up the phone and say "take me off your list" or "stop calling", hang up, and you will get coded out of the system.

Even easier than complaining online!

There is also the other option: take the survey. WBA doesn't want money from you, and they won't ask for any kind of sensitive information. AND if there's anything you're not comfortable answering for whatever reason? Just say so. As far as I know, that's always an option.

Just called me & left no message.  Called back & informed them I am on DoNotCall.  They said market research companies have been deemed exempt by congress because market research is valuable.  Yeah, I wish someone would research how lame every member of congress is.  They don't do their jobs, shut down the government, and continue to be paid for doing nothing.  Market Research that!

yeah, I got a call too and my cell isn't published...

Got this call today at 8:03pm PST. No voicemail. Caller ID said Ithaca, NY.

Rec'd missed call from this number on my cell.  No message was left. I'm on the do not call list.

I ended up finally picking up their call and actually got $50 for doing a survey that took a while but wasn't a big deal.

The phone says the caller was WB A Mkt RSRCH.  The lady asked if I was between 18-65 for a survey.  Then she wanted to know who our health insurance provider was.    Odd, did not ask for money.

Saw their number as a missed call...I pretty much don't answer most out of state calls...not always the best idea... but family will leave a message if I don't answer. I research calls and block numbers of states in which I have no family. ..sometimes I block the area code instead...which is great for legitimate survey takers that I don't give a flying #$@* about(more so than scammers)....no message left