719-637-3401

Phone rang a few times.  Hubby said hello, but no answer on their end which came up as the name KMAX.  Researched and found out they are out of Colorado Springs, CO.  Don't have a clue what they wanted, but am sure they will probably call again...and again....and again.

KMAX is a telemarketing company.  They tell you this is a survey and not a sales call.  After the survey they call back trying to sell you a product.  Tell them you do not take part in a survey.

KMAX a 'Research' Company out of Colorado Springs continues calling.  We are on the do not call registry.

and 719-637-6689 They got my number again!  We're on the DNC list and battled with them about 18 months ago to stop calling us.  About 12 months ago they started calling a relatives' home - after being told to stop calling and after threats to report - they called again and again.  One day - 14 (that's FOURTEEN) calls were logged on the caller-id from them.  It finally took a threatening letter to make them stop.  Now they're at it again!

Addresses and numbers:
Kmax
4620 Edison Ave #I
Colorado Springs, CO 80915
(719) 574-8048

Kmax
5050 Edison Ave #115
Colorado Springs, CO 80915
(719) 574-9344‎
(719) 637-3401‎
(719) 574-1516

Yeah, KMAX called us today, to.  They insist they're doing marketing research.  I asked what kind of company KMAX is, and they told me a market research firm.  

Market research is my line of work, my career.  I guarantee you their "survey" has nothing to do with research and everything to do with sales.  What KMAX does is called SUGGING - selling under the guise of reserach.  

Here is the definition of SUGGING according to the Marketing Research Association.

SUGGING: The use of a marketing research survey to attempt to sell to the public. The misuse of the survey process compromises legitimate marketing and opinion research surveys conducted by professionals. It also causes distrust among the public and affects the reliability of all public opinion research. The government has legislation outlawing telemarketing calls selling under the guise of research. The Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR) is very active in the protection of marketing and opinion research and the public opinion.

The guy was very polite, and it only took about 60 seconds, if that. I've seen this number before, and was curious who it was so I answered.  Anyway, I answered no to all the questions, ie no smokers, no allergies, no vacuum cleaner since I have no rugs or carpet (a little lie since I do have a few area rugs). So hopefully there is not much for them to call back and try to sell me. However, I never, ever, answer calls without a caller id, and rarely answer even if caller id shows a name if I don't recognize it. So I don't stress too much about these unless I see umteen calls within a couple of days. I may write to that address someone posted earlier.

Thanks for the heads up! KMax called me during early summer. I answered their questions and didn't think any more of it. They called me last night and told me I was a winner. I set up an appointment with them for this Friday at 3:00PM. Can't decide if I want to be a nice guy and call back one of the phone #s a just say no thank you and cancel appointment ... or ... meet them at the door with my two 6'4" sons and have a little fun! The ol' reverse scam scheme (I'm lovin' it)

Christina from kmax called us and wanted to reschedule an appointment. When my wife told her "my husband is not interested", Christina immediately hung up. I called kmax to complain and spoke to Maria who said they would never call us again. I asked her what they sell and she said they work for blue max. I am going to call blue max. Does anyone have a number for bluemax?

Called 12-10-08; my callmenot.com device handled them.

About a week ago, a gentleman called and said he was doing a consumer survey. Very short, wanted to know if we were smokers, had pets, and what line of work my husband and I were in. This evening, I got another call saying my name had been entered in a drawing for taking that survey and I won. My prize is a $500 gift certificate to some mail-order company and a 2 night stay at several locations throughout the U.S. The man said there was no obligation, I would just be asked to take another survey. He wanted to schedule a time when both my husband and I could be home, a delivery driver from a company on Colo. Springs would come to our house and show us a new, revolutionary air purifier being made in that city. After using it for a few minutes, we would take a 10-question survey, the driver would give us our prize package and he'd be on his way. The man who called tonight said that 50 prize packages were awarded out of 2000 surveys, all done within the state of Colo. I tend to go along with the old adage: If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is!

Caller asked random, so called survey questions.  A bit personal , when I inquired more about them, they hung up on me.  I consider this harrassment.

I recieved one of thise calls today also.  If I have won something I should not have to listen to a sales pitch to recieve it.  Just send me the $500 check.  It is nothing more than a way to get around the Donotcall listing.  If I get another one I shall turn them in and file a complaint.

After taking the survey and receiving the call stating that I had "won" the $500 gift cert., I was told that a "driver" would need to show me a product and it did not matter whether we liked it or not.  First, the product is a vacuum, but they don't say that so that they can entrap consumers.  Second, the reason that the "driver" comes to the home is deceptive.  In fact, the "driver" is there to sell the vacuum.  It is not a company that does marketing research, it is a company that sells a product - the Bluemax vacuum made by Silver King.  Third, once the presentation is complete, they give you the $500 gift certificate and it is worthless!  The website you have to go to is www.freegiftsamerica.com  Then you have to type in a passcode to access it.  Once you enter the website you learn that you have to pay shipping and handling per product purchased with a minimum S&H of $16.95.  So, in electronics, you can purchase a Coby DVD 209 for just the S&H costs of $43.54.  If you go to e-bay or amazon, you can buy the same exact product for less, in fact $25 with free S&H from Amazon.  Now, the vacuum is actually a really great product that does a great job cleaning, but the deception necessary to sell this great product is so disturbing that I had to let everyone know!

3/28/09:

I'm not sure what the ph. # was, but it DID sound too good to be true!!!
I am so glad I googled it b4 the driver got here.  They ask you if you "own" your house!  Why in the world do they want to know that?  I should've known that if it was really reputable the caller ID wouldn't have been blocked.  God and I told the guy I have had the worst luck month this month of my LIFE!  He assured me that all that he said was true, and I can't call to cancel so I guess we will see when they get here today @ 2:00 PM to give me my "prizes" and ask me for my blue max opinion.

I received a phone call from this company asking to take a survey, did the same things as stated above. Said I won a certificate for $500.00. Driver showed up as I was reading the below paragraph. I told him if I would have done the research on Kmax, I would have not had you come over.  He was confused and said what research? I then read the paragraph to him and it was exactly the same as below.  My wife was not home so he mentioned he could not do it. But the lady on the phone never said my wife had to be home. He wanted to reschedule, but I told him no thanks.  I mentioned that the prize says on the internet that you pay more in shipping and it's not really worth it.  HE ACTUALLY AGREED!  Said it was crap prizes and I would be better off going with a vacation package, but even those cost $50.00 non refundable.  At least he was honest I guess.  Seemed like a cool guy, but definitely a pitch to sell you that vacuum by Blue Max

"After taking the survey and receiving the call stating that I had "won" the $500 gift cert., I was told that a "driver" would need to show me a product and it did not matter whether we liked it or not.  First, the product is a vacuum, but they don't say that so that they can entrap consumers.  Second, the reason that the "driver" comes to the home is deceptive.  In fact, the "driver" is there to sell the vacuum.  It is not a company that does marketing research, it is a company that sells a product - the Bluemax vacuum made by Silver King.  Third, once the presentation is complete, they give you the $500 gift certificate and it is worthless!  The website you have to go to is www.freegiftsamerica.com  Then you have to type in a passcode to access it.  Once you enter the website you learn that you have to pay shipping and handling per product purchased with a minimum S&H of $16.95.  So, in electronics, you can purchase a Coby DVD 209 for just the S&H costs of $43.54.  If you go to e-bay or amazon, you can buy the same exact product for less, in fact $25 with free S&H from Amazon.  Now, the vacuum is actually a really great product that does a great job cleaning, but the deception necessary to sell this great product is so disturbing that I had to let everyone know!"

I use to work for a company like this telemarketing, they had pretty much the same scams with the exception that the people that called you told you that they would be comming to your home to give a free demo of the vac and clean a room for free - which they did. This vac did every type of floor hardwood, carpet, tile etc. and there was always a answer to every question you asked. Of course they tried to sell the vac in the process but regardless of buying or not you still got the original promise that you got a floor cleaned for free.

Also you wonder why they ask you questions like:

Kids or Pets - if you ask why they give you an answer something like they don't want to send someone who is allergic to animals or someone that doesnt like children..the real reason is bc if you have kids or pets chances are your floors are stained, and if your children have allergies its even better for the sales rep. The company i worked for would run the vac over your mattress and all this dust would come up which they would explain to you are "dust mites" (which do exsist if you google or you tube) and they would say this is the cause of your childs allergies.

They might ask if you work days or nights?..if you ask why they will tell you its just a simple question to see what slots/times are available compared to telling you all of them for day & night. The truth.. this is to make sure that work so if you do decide that you want to buy this vac (which was 2000.00 at the company i worked at) that you have a job to be able to afford it. Real good telemarketers might ask you what kind of work you do..if you get angry or annoyed they simply apoligize for being so personal and explain that they are just outgoing people..then usually youu feel bad and end up telling them anyways.

Do you own or rent your house? Why you ask?..they will tell you that it is for insurance purposes or something of that nature that you might not fully understand nor do you care for a long explantion which they will be sure to have. The reason is bc if you own your house you obviously could afford the vac in most cases..compared to people who are renting apartments that are most likely more interested in purchasing a house than a 2000.00 vac.

What kind of car will be in the driveway when they arrive so they know it is the correct house? (A lot of the time they will also throw in what color is the house or is there any land marks in the yard to make this question look normal)What they are doing is seeing what kind of car you drive!! If its new, old, nice. If you have a house, kids, and nice car this is becomming very positve for them.

Last question..This may/may not be asked it all depends on your answers to the other questions..Do you carry an american express, visa, mastercard or discover? You say WHAT why do these people need this info?..They might tell you this is survey all they are doing is simply checking boxes, they are not taking any numbers/info..they work hand in hand with credit card companies and if you do not wish to answer thats okay or something similar..a lot of the time after they explain that they dont need info people will tell them what the have. This is really just to see what kind/how many credit cards (or options) that you have - to purchase this product.


The DO NOT CALL LIST - there are so many ways around this.
Where i worked the reps that came to your house (if you went thru the full demo) would tell you they needed minimum 15 names/numbers of friends/family to get full credit for their demos which most people provide if they are impressed and like the person who just cleaned their house for free..and also this would entitle them to the same service by the same person who cleaned for them and it would provide the worker with future prospects. This also gives the telemarketers people to call regardless of whether they are on the do not call list bc your friend/family is the one who gave the number..not a company. The companies that print random numbers for the telemarketers to call is the same companies you call to be on the do not call list so it is impossible to recieve phone calls if you are on this list..unless you have not renewed..which you need to do every 3 months otherwise you go back into the data base of numbers to call.

I'm sure this company works the same way or very similar. The best thing to do is just not answer the phone. Chances are if your getting calls numerous times a day that its someone you know that gave the phone number out. Telemarketers dont call the same "cold call sheet" over and over again, since they are so easy to get and tons of them. Hope this helps!

I received a call from a Randy who works for Kmax Research.  He stated that I took a surve on 6/17/09 and my name was chosen to receive $500.00 gift certificate or a FREE vacation for 2 nights/3days.  In order to receive these gifts we were to preview a demonstration of a product.  Sounds like the same deal that the aforementioned individuals received. Has ANYONE received these free gifts after an appointment with a Kmax representative?  Just wondering.  It DOES sound to good to be true.  SO MANY SCAMS OUT THERE!

i dont understand why everyone is so afraid to veiw a vacuum cleaner obviously they are a legit business for five with the bbb they just called me and i did their short presentation for some lame gifts, but who cares they never tried to kill me or rape my wife, its not like they are going to rob you and tie you up and steal your money . all you have to do is pay $50 refundable deposit for the vacation but i plan on using it.
i did the research the 500 gift certificate is a buch of crap tho. but only if you really would use any of they seem like a harmless vacuum sales company just trying to pay you back for your time. very generic

i did their presentation for the blue max vacuum cleaner and it was what they said about 40 minutes long but i still did it because i know they are just trying to make some sales, but who cares the questions they asked in the survey i guess where to just see if i was even qualified to buy one, but who cares if you dont want anything to do with it just say no thanks. i know the gifts were crappy but someone might have use for them they havent called me back since

We got a call from this number today, and we're on the national and Colorado do-not-call lists.  They come up as KMAX.