# Marketing calls

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-calls/387562>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 11, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-calls/387562 "2007-01-11T15:50:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-calls/387562/1 "2007-01-11T15:50:48Z")

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Why have three folks with foreign accents called me this morning and yesterday asking what stuff we use to do what with how many people? Is it the season to do marketing surveys?

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**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-calls/387562/2 "2007-01-11T17:14:10Z")

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I find that taking the piss out of their English gets rid of them pretty quickly.

Plan B is to offer them a Mercedes 450 SL (?) with only one down payment

- probably some git(s) is/are using up their market research budget(s).