Complaint

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DJC
Country: United States
Have traced references to:

VAR Business Magazine
213-537-1383

parent company is CMP Media, crn.com

I don't know how accurate this info is, only that they are attempting some sort of extortion and/or

identity theft

Comments

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    tj
    What was the nature of the call?

    CMP Media is primarily a trade magazine publisher, with a number of computer, IT, and electronics magazines generally offered free to those in the field who qualify.  Although you might be able to pay for them, for example if you were a library, most of their readers get them free, usually sent to their work address, and their revenue is primarily from advertising.

    Sometimes in verifying free subscriptions by telephone, they may have asked for limited identity information, such as "what color are your eyes" for "audit purposes", presumably to check the reliability of their own employees, but I have always just said "I have a policy against providing identification information of any sort" and have still had no problems receiving their free trade publications.
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    tj
    Minor complaints indicate they might be wise to train their telemarketers a bit better:
    https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-213-537-1383
  • 0
    DJC
    Thanks for your input TJ.
    The nature of the call is generally unknown, since they hang up 99% of the time. Ascertaining the true source company was by research because they won't identify thenselves even when they DO stay on line.
    As to their legitimacy they:
    1. Don't give an opportunity to be added to a "Do-not-call-list"
    2. call at often very early or late hours
    3. call several times per day which ties up resources

    Add the 3 or 4 calls per day to the dozens of other calls from similar leeches such as this and answering the phone becomes a full time job that I can ill afford.
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    Sick-of-Scumbags
    Called CMP Media & they (of course) deny they are responsible for the calls.
    I told them to check their marketing with respect to telemarketing policies & outsourcing to this offending company.
    I told them to check this & other sites for the 1000's of complaints & asked if THAT'S good business.

    I will certainly NEVER do any business with them until they STOP harrassing people in this manner (up to 10 calls per day)
  • 0
    Chuck
    Today they called TWICE IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES!!!!!!!!!
    Are they imbeciles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????
  • 0
    tj
    Put it in writing, in a letter sent to the CEO of CMP Media.
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    Lola
    These calls are coming from telemarketing companies located all over the world, who are hired to work on obtaining new subscriptions and renew existing subscriptions for VAR Business Magazine which is owned by Everything Channel.  
    If you get a nasty caller or repeated calls after asking to be removed from their list, here's an idea for you.  You may want to feign interest in what they're calling so you can get some of their information in return.  Such as their name, their location, and which company they actually work for on behalf of VAR Business Magazine.  once you have that information, and you've asked them again not to call you.... pass that information along with your complaint to one or more of the people on Everything Channel's website
    http://www.everythingchannel.com/  go to their Contact Us section

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