239-673-5213

Luck for me I have call forwarding on my phone.  When I get calls from unwanted people trying to rob me of my money or get info from me, I just forward their number back to their number.  So if they call, their number will automatically be reversed back to them OR I might have it forwarded to a pest control business since I do consider them to be pest.

They are always calling and hanging up when I answer. I ask everyone to file a complaint with the FCC like I did. The more complaints, the quicker we get these people in trouble. Been getting calls every day for the past 2 weeks, and the 4 or 5 times I answered they don't say anything then hang up.

WARNING: Lengthy post. If you choose to read it I hope you find it worthwhile given the pervasive insidiousness and arrogance of these jerks.

I use Selective Forwarding [ also referred to as Exclusive Forwarding ] to send the worst of my spammer / scammer phone aggravators to our State AG's Office...  ';)  But am seriously rethinking that after consideration of the following...

My system only allows 20 numbers for Selective Forwarding and so far I've received calls from the following four numbers all from the these jerks at Thoroughbred Research Group. All are listed in recent 800Notes threads. Listed by Number, CID Name, Date of 1st call, what one gets when they're called back.

270-650-9841 - Unavailable - 04-24-14​ - when called back I get 'Call can't be completed'
270-643-0222 - THOROUGHBRED_RE ​- 04-28-14 - when called back I get 'Health Plan survey...'
239-673-5213 - THOROUGHBRED RE​ - ​05-03-14 - when called back I get 'Thoroughbred Research Co., lv msg....'
270-650-2080 - THOROUGHBRED_RE - 05-07-14 - when called back I get 'Thoroughbred Research Co., lv msg....'

For those who may find calling back an issue, I'd point out that my CID is blocked so they can't track it.


Since they're using multiple numbers I'm cross posting this to the above four numbered threads which are still current. Numerous other number threads prior to late 2013 turned up on 800Notes in a 'Thoroughbred 800Notes.com' search indicating their use of multiple numbers which have been apparently discontinued at some point for whatever reason. Calling several of them got 'No longer in service'.

My searching turned up this very interesting post containing the following pertinent info as posted by 'don on 19 May 2012' at https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-270-450-0869/3 [ a number they seemed to have quit using RIGHT AFTER don's post since his is the last entry for that number ].  Also found it posted in several other places.

====  Start don's Post ====

Reposting this, as the contact page is now off of their website. [ I bet it is...  Heheheheheh - db ]

EMAIL THEM AND TELL THEM TO TAKE YOU OFF THEIR LIST.

http://www.torinc.net/index.php?page=Contact
Thoroughbred Research Group

1941 Bishop Lane • Suite 1017 • Louisville, KY 40218
Telephone: 502.459.3133 • Facsimile: 502.459.8392

Jim Lunger - Vice President Data Analytics
Email: jim.lunger@torinc.net
Telephone: 502.753.5010

Vic Walsh, PRC - Vice President Business Development
Email: vic.walsh@torinc.net
Telephone: 502.338.6375

Brad Larson, PRC - Vice President Marketing
Email: brad.larson@torinc.net
Telephone: 215.501.7007

Mary Lea Quick, PRC - Director Qualitative Research
Email: mary.lea.quick@torinc.net
Telephone: 502.753.5007

Caller: THOROUGHBRED RE
Call Type: Survey

====  End Post ====

I have called all of these numbers and they are legit, in service, numbers.  In the case of Jim, Brad and Mary, they actually answered, in other cases getting vm. I gave them the silent treatment as they give us.

I'm tempted to revise my Selective Forwarding number to one of them in lieu of my State AG's office. Perhaps if enough of us were to do this and tied one of their numbers up with our worst spam calls to include their own they'd get the hint to clean up their act.

From the above 'Thoroughbred 800Notes.com' search it appears their calls are currently only from the four numbers noted.  Given they're presently limited to these four I'm inclined to sacrifice four of my Selective Forwarded numbers to include them.  If they change up in the future it'll show up on the Scammers Call List I maintain and adjust my settings accordingly.


Which brings me to this discovery...  priceless...

As posted by 'Tom Wilkerson on 4 Oct 2012' at https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-270-650-2080/9

====  Start Tom Wilkerson's Post ====

Greetings from Louisville!

Well apparently our fine firm of Market Research has offended many even before our ever-polite call staff can apologize.   Sorry indeed, are we, that some will jump directly to profanity - not acting grown up at all.   All one needs to do is say - on the phone - Sorry, I cannot perform a Market Research right now.  Five seconds!  Full service and field research used to be easier 20 years ago when adults acted like responsible adults. (Some of us blame the cellular phones and over-control of computerized devices for reducing the public's patience)

All Management is committed to sternly upbraiding staff who are not courteous - even in the face of a populace prepared to complain before even knowing about our well-earned exemption from the DNC.

If you are not charmed immediately by the honeyed words of our Paducah workers, I will be amazed.  After all, we give them a few minutes to smoke, coffee, or 5-hour-energy snort Every Dang Day!  Certainly, as Americans (even if we sound funny to some Northerners) our efficiency at preserving the Market System by detecting trends fads and fashions among you is a worthy Research!!

Calm down and do not complain.   Your numbers are all permanently in the system.  There are only so many hours a day each of you can be called.  Relax and sip something appropriate, put Thouroughbred Research and/or Wilkerson Associates on a phone's speakerphone and have a party with us!

I remain, grandly yours,
Thomas Wilkerson,
Wilkerson Associates at (502) 459-3133 or (502) 753-5010

Caller: Thourough Re-sponse
Call Type: Survey

====  End Post ====

Research shows that Wilkerson Associates are / were one and the same as Thoroughbred Research Group... that 502-459-3133 is their main number, AND that 502-753-5010 is the number listed for and presently answered personally by Jim Lunger - Vice President Data Analytics, so it appears that Mr. Lunger may now hold the position once held by Mr. Wilkerson, but in any case is a REAL person at a REAL number for this bunch of aggravators.

Even better reason to turn their calls back on themselves.


Any takers?  Given that Mr. Lunger's number is the same as this pompous [***] Wilkerson's was, I suggest that everyone who decides to boomerang calls on 'um to use his number...

502-753-5010


And dontcha jes love their motto at http://www.torinc.net/...  'Preemptive.  Proactive.  Projective.'  Arrggghhhhhhh!!

db who's Fed Up w/ Being Fed UP! (c)

Got my first call from this number.  Caller ID said:  Throughbred Re and the number.  Only rang 3 times.  Just another number to be blocked.

Be on the lookout for calls from the following over the next week or two:

270-650-9841 - Unavailable
270-643-0222 - THOROUGHBRED_RE
270-650-2080 - THOROUGHBRED_RE

They're the same outfit...  like to swap around which numbers they're calling from, perhaps for different surveys, not sure, but they're a a real PITA.

If ya got Selective or Exclusive Forwarding consider the above lil turn it back on 'um trick...  jes a suggestion...  ';)

db who's Fed Up w/ Being Fed UP! (c)

We do not appreciate this call...leave a message or don't call,
please.

I would like to say that i was recently hired to work there. It's a market research firm that apparently doesn't know how to or care, to tune their dialing system to allow us poor f*****s to hear anyone pick up and say hello. Sadly that creates futility in communicating with the poor people that have said hello 3x already. It sucks for the households that are being called and it sucks for the drones calling as we are instructed to immediately just start reading the intro without even knowing if there's a person on the other end or we're just reading the script into the a.m. let alone if we're even talking to an adult!! I am apologizing to each and every one of you out there that are being harassed on a daily basis. The majority of employees are kids and they don't give a [***] if you say take them off the list, they will put it in the system to call you back the very next day at the same time. They're not instructed to do so, but they ARE doing it so their RATE doesn't look bad. Again, I'm sorry. I needed a job to try and pay bills and am lucky to get 40hrs in 2 weeks. And when people hate their job they don't care how it affects other people. Sad indeed :(

Called me at 7 am .  I live in Alaska. The  Jerks hung up.

Called at 7:40pm and left no message.  CID read Thoroughbred RE.  I checked on here and found out they are a survey group. My call blocker is arriving on Saturday and they will be added.  

I got called but did not pick up location is coral gables FL.

Same Caller ID as most, Thoroughbred Re, is what showed up. Woman said that she was working on behalf of the government to help those that missed he 2014 sign-up deadline for Affordable Health Care (ObamaCare) and would help me get an exemption so I could sign up. Told her no thanks and she said that I must prefer paying the penalty then and their offer was only good for while she was talking with me on this call. Again, I told her no thanks. She next started saying that I must be wealthy to not worry about paying the penalties. I told her no, I was hoping that the next election would put some folks in power to overturn ObamaCare, then I just hung up on her.

Persistent male caller asking for the owner saying he calling on behalf of the government and its important to talk to him. When I wouldn't give him a time or when to call back. He kept pushing.  I finally hung up on him.

239-673-5213 called on a Saturday morning with the caller ID of Thoroughbred Re.  When I answered she said she wanted to talk to the business owner.  I told her she was calling on a Saturday morning and to NEVER call me again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  She said she isn't going to tell anything...really how dumb do they think we all are???????????????

U have to update the no call list once a yr

No you do not have to update it once a year. They made it permanent before the first year was even up.  By renewing it now, all you do is open yourself up for all the real legitimate business's to call you on top of all the illegal ones and the criminal operations.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

Call today on a Sunday, 12:15. Medical research. I ask her, do you know what today is? She reply Sunday. Told her to flock her self. Plus words a female do not like to hear. How dare you call me on a Sunday. I do not care of what I have read of medical survey you are doing. If i did not call you. You do not call me. I really do not care if you are a female or male or any other race. I will degrade you.

... called 10:58 pm United States Eastern. 10:58 pm

called here, machine picked up, no message.

Call today. Again, I ask them to remove me. He said no. I explain I do not participate in survey or telemarketing. He said we do only survey. I told him I don't care and remove me. He refuse. Ok, Maybe you understand this. Fxxk U.

I got a call on my cell phone; I didn't answer it and no message was left.  I looked up the number on the internet and, as I suspected. found out it is yet another scam.