Just got a piece of Bulk-Rate mail today promising me a six-month supply of Tide for "participation in our local advertising campaign". The fine print says I will be "asked to view a new product & complete a short questionnaire".
It was the sort of Bulk Mail that I think you have to send out to an entire zip code at once, as it didn't even have my address on it, much less my name.
I'm sure it's a scam, as it's unlikely that anyone is truly handing out $40 or so of detergent to anybody capable of dialing a phone number. I've participated in marketing surveys before, there's no way that they are giving out ~$40 in product to thousands of people for a short survey.
Any idea as to what they are selling? I really don't want to call the number and sentence myself to telemarketing purgatory in perpetuity. I'm guessing it's a home improvement scam of some sort, as you "must be a homeowner" to participate...
The company name "N u - T e c Consumer Product Dept." (remove spaces) doesn't show up anywhere plausible local. (Without the "Consumer Product Dept." bit, it's apparently a pretty common company name... a roofer in Indianapolis, a bunch of different makers of various sorts of industrial equipment, a window company in Canada, a maker of pellet stoves, etc.)
It was the sort of Bulk Mail that I think you have to send out to an entire zip code at once, as it didn't even have my address on it, much less my name.
I'm sure it's a scam, as it's unlikely that anyone is truly handing out $40 or so of detergent to anybody capable of dialing a phone number. I've participated in marketing surveys before, there's no way that they are giving out ~$40 in product to thousands of people for a short survey.
Any idea as to what they are selling? I really don't want to call the number and sentence myself to telemarketing purgatory in perpetuity. I'm guessing it's a home improvement scam of some sort, as you "must be a homeowner" to participate...
The company name "N u - T e c Consumer Product Dept." (remove spaces) doesn't show up anywhere plausible local. (Without the "Consumer Product Dept." bit, it's apparently a pretty common company name... a roofer in Indianapolis, a bunch of different makers of various sorts of industrial equipment, a window company in Canada, a maker of pellet stoves, etc.)
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