213-537-1401

Call received at 7:06PM. When answered there was no response. After a few seconds responded again, "Hello." No response, just a dead line, but the caller did not hang up..

Why do they bother???
They just hang up on you after you answer.
[***]!

National Health & Wellness Bureau - wanted to provide lunch and send a dr to speak on a health topic

www.nhwb.org

When answered there was no response. After a few seconds responded again, "Hello." No response, just a dead line, but the caller did not hang up..
Why do they bother???
They just hang up on you after you answer.
A*sholes!
Same as the others above...

Wants to fund money to your business

Pig-f'ers call and hang up on us several times a day.  Call back and it rings w/out anybody answering.

ESAD, f'ers!

This phone number has called our office numerous times and hangs up without saying anything. This is annoying and disrupts business. Please report this number if you get the same kind of calls!

no one answers

I started to recieve calls two days ago from this number as well as 603-214-3523 and 801-302-3802. They dont leave messages but they all have treads similar to this. This is my work cell phone - it is very disruptive!

it's an investment firm trying to get you to buy into "oil, gold and ??"
I called them back and told them to put our phone number on their "Do not call list" It is my understanding that once you request this, they cannot call you again or else they can face charges. I'll see if it works.

They keep calling me too and hanging up as soon as I answer!  This is getting really annoying.

same thing have received several calls from then and no one there when I answer.

Received a call from 213-537-1401, everyday for the past two weeks.  Annoying telemarketers!

Same thing... answer the phone and nobody at the other end and they keep calling. Very ANNOYING!F... off

Man with broken english asked for me by name.  I said I was out to lunch and hung up.

Calling to Canada daily, one time a woman spoke to me, I lost it on her, told her never f*n call again and this and that, they called me back one hour later.  I am going to take a big dump on their chests if they call me again.

every day twice a day since i told the inital caller after the first hang up that I was not interested in borrowing any money or investing anything.

can you believe they just called me right after i wrote my last post?  well i was ready this time:

Info From Telemarketer
Operator:             Amy
Number called from:        “213-537-1401”
Company representing:        First Advanced Funding – asked her to repeat it a few times to ensure
Location of Company above:    Vancouver

Info on company
Website returned by google    http://firstadvancefunding.com/index.html
Email:                     management@firstadvancefunding.com
Phone numbers on contact page: 1 does not work and the other is just voice mail.
1-860-266-2846
1-860-266-2808

Date:                    June 26, 2008.

Purpose of Call            To try to get me to prequalify for a credit card (loan) whose interest rate is based on credit card sales that my business reports using their service / set up.


My Responses    record call
        Act friendly and interested
        Get more information about them then they get about me, asking at fitting times
        Take a lot of time – Amy still gets paid, her company makes less sales – making such call centres less profitable
        Notify them that I am not interested
        Request I be put on do not call list, notifying this call has been recorded, and will be used as legal evidence.

My feelings    People who call you should identify themselves completely
you should never give out anything more than first name
        The People on the other end are humans too…just have a really bad job with poor work conditions
        If I have time I hear them out if they are forward and respond to my questions.
        Any sign of sketchiness or if I feel it is not of benefit to me,
        I thank them, let them no I am not interested and request explicitly to be placed on a do not call list
                    
        IF it is a problematic company –
-I waste as much of their time as I can, if everyone did this – they would not be feasible
-record the conversation
-And demand they do not call any more

        On occasion I do get a useful call from a telemarketer – of course personal preference and perspective plays a lot here


THIS CALL – notes:

After calling twice before two weeks earlier, an after which I received numerous daily hang-ups from that number.


The Phone rang, I picked it up, the line was dead…I said “Good Morning” and waited a 15 seconds and Amy came on the line and introduced herself, (I believe it is a call centre that is poorly set up and the workers have an auto call generated cue they are trying to keep up with – and she had a hard time speaking English clearly as well).

I made sure to be agreeable this time, I asked her to hold a second  (so I could start the recording – USB mic input off of a audio mixer to which a phone splitter is plugged in that you can pick up at any Circuit city (Originally bought because you can use it to play hold music, but being bi-directional – I realized I could record with it too.  Recording going, I apologized for the delay and I continued to act friendly and interested.  When she said She was calling to let me know that she wanted to offer me a loan, without application or credit check I replied that we were “in the market for a large loan,  what company was it from?” she volunteered “First National Advanced Funding” – the number on my display was “213-537-1401”, I asked where it was located and was it a banking institution that fell under the guidelines of the bank of Canada as I was from Canada, Amy volunteered they were “located in Vancouver.”

I reminded Amy that we are interested in a large loan, as we have a high credit rating and I was concerned that credit checks are regarded as  a strike against my credit rating, and want to be sure that the company I am having do any credit checks is the one that will be loaning me the money, so I do not have to do too many credit checks and lower my credit rating.  

She continued to tell me she would like me to receive some information, and then asked some questions like who I am, and how long have I been in this business, I told her as those are harmless questions.  Then I asked with regards to the loan “what was the interest rate” she told me she did not have an answer for that for two reasons:

1    Her Job was only to prequalify me – with an application
2    The interest rate varied and she was not aware of what it was as it fluctuates


I asked Amy from “First Advanced Funding” from “213-537-1401” on what basis does it fluctuate, she responded that it was based on my credit card sales for the month.

It would appear that they are trying to get you to apply for a credit card and to apply to accept credit cards for your business, you accept credit cards, they make money off your sales and off your loan as well.

I told her in our business, most of our clients spend a minimum of $2000 a transaction, and very rarely do they even ask to use a credit card,

Amy asked if it would benefit my business to accept credit cards, I said I didn’t believe it would, she asked if I thought I ever lost sales because people couldn’t pay with a credit card.

generally they pay cash or cheque, we have close contact with clients, our business requires that kind of relationship – only once in the last five years that I can recall has someone even asked to deposit over the phone with a credit card to secure a date, but no one has ever paid the full amount and we are a seasonal business so we would be paying high interest in the off season so it does not sound like a good deal. I paused…no response

I said “Amy”

She said “yes”

I told her that “ I would like her to put my number on the do not call list immediately as I have received numerous calls and hang-ups from her number and I believe she herself spoke to me briefly two weeks ago, and that I had recorded our conversation and this request and if I receive another call from her number I would have to go to the police.”

I could hear her line still on and her coach instructing her to hang up.  Then the line went dead.

"Fred", calling from a Philippines call center for a Mr. Abbott, to sell long distance service to immigrants.

Company = NetEcom (Encino, CA)

http://www.netecominc.com

See http://www.netecominc.com/html/about_us.html      and      http://www.netecominc.com/html/contact_us.html

This phone number calls everyday and when I answer they hang up on me.  How annoying!!!