Deficiencies of the Do Not Call List

I received a call at home this evening.  During dinner with my family.  At 6:00PM EST.  It was Valerie from Datascension, a market research firm which is exempt from the Do Not Call legislation.

In no uncertain terms, I told Valerie I didn't want to speak with her.  My exact phrase was "I would rather have glass shards placed in my eyes than speak to you.".  She didn't blink.  She asked if there was anyone else in the house who was available to be interviewed.

I stated that we were eating dinner.  I *should* have asked her to hold, put the phone down and finished my meal, but the throbbing vein on my forehead had a mind of its own.

They maintain a do not call list, but she asked me to go online to www.datascension.com and opt out.  Actually, you can't, but you can send a note to dnc@datascension.com and it appears that they want to limit the opt-out to a current research project.  This is totally unacceptable.

I called the toll free number (below) and transferred to Reception.  The woman answering the phone was very professional and she took my name and phone numbers and assured me that they would be removed from the Datacension database.  I asked, and she confirmed, that this was a permanent removal.  I find it odd that the original caller did not offer me this service and the e-mail opt-out does not appear to be permanent.

Contact Datascension, Inc
407 W. Imperial Highway, Suite H314
Suite H314
Brea CA 92821
Tel: 888-996-9238
Fax: 714.276.9080
Email: information@datascension.com