Hi,
I've been getting telephone calls from 514-958-0000 3 times a day for 2 weeks! I finally got to speak to someone. If you're really nice to the guys that call you, you find out alot more than blasting the poor schmuck with insults and then hanging up.
He's a real nice guy named Curt Cubbreth and he works for North American BankCard. He told me that his company does a lot of financial programs where they farm out business like debt consolidation, bank debit cards, handle merchant accounts for retailers accepting credit cards, and do direct telemarketing for "allied" partners such as DirectTV, Discover Card Platinum, Walt Disney World Cruises, Trump Casinos, and a few other sellers who rely on the credit card business for sales.
Curt explained to me that their marketing department operates out of Quebec and arranges telemarketing for a number of allied outside clients, including advertising firms that sub-sub-contract their telemarketing. That means that some advertisers sub-contract different ad campaigns to other advertisers who then subcontract to a third marketing company.
He was very nice and mailed me a lot of information about his company, their telemarketing program, and said they do not call anyone on the do-not-call-list. They have a firm policy about that and accept complaints without question.
When you contact them, please tell them your name and telephone number so that they will stop calling you. If you call up and yell at them and say something like, "Stop calling me, leave me alone, f____k off", then hang up without leaving your number, they have no way of knowing what number to take off their call list.
He also mentioned that his marketing director's name is Wendell Harkness. Mr. Harkness lives in Quebec and commutes to Troy once a month.
You can reach North American BankCard at 969 Chicago Road, Troy, MI 48083 and you can call them at 800-226-2273. Their incoming fax number is (248) 283-6116 and (248) 269-2222. Curt told me that you can register your complaints with webmaster@nabancard.com and direct your inquiries to their marketing director who will promptly handle your complaints and stop the calls from Quebec.
QUOTE(LDA @ Feb 7 2006, 08:16 PM)
I had 3 calls today from this number. The first caller hung up, the second call, I was able to 'press 1' and speak to someone.
It was a satelite tv sales pitch. He asked some questions, I answered enough for him to believe I was interested... and told him I wanted some answers before I gave any more information. That if I were going to buy a washing machine I'd want to ask some questions first also.
He said they are located in San Diego "but are nationwide". I asked more questions and he said to go to their website which should answer most of my questions, and then to call the 800 number and ask for him.
I believe the company might be American Satelite
www.amsat.us 800 893 9516 x 245 Gary
Hope this helps some.