"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
...
"David Eduardo" wrote:


Since nobody answered the modem, you were NOT contacted. Your phone line
was
attempted, and discarded when it did not have a human on the other end.


Actually I was contacted -- by mail. Got the dollar bill and
everything. But when I told them it wasn't my primary phone number
they lost interest.

Original contact is made by pone, not mail. So you are lying or changing the
order of things.

They also sent the dollar bill and contact information to the water
system's billing address. The water association got a big laugh over
it.

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

Don't tell me I wasn't contacted when I was. Once again it shows you
to be in a bubble of unreality.

I just checked with a person at Arbitron. The MRC approved methodology is
phone contact followed by mailing of a BOX with the diary in it along with
the incentive, phone confirmation of receipt, phone follow up after day 1,
phone follow up after weekend, phone follow-up on Thursday for completion
and mail-back.

"David Eduardo" wrote:


"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
...
"David Eduardo" wrote:


Since nobody answered the modem, you were NOT contacted. Your phone line
was
attempted, and discarded when it did not have a human on the other end.


Actually I was contacted -- by mail. Got the dollar bill and
everything. But when I told them it wasn't my primary phone number
they lost interest.

Original contact is made by pone, not mail. So you are lying or changing the
order of things.

Well, you better tell Arbitron that it has an imposter, then.


They also sent the dollar bill and contact information to the water
system's billing address. The water association got a big laugh over
it.

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

"BE PART OF THE RADIO RATINGS!

"Whether you listen a little, a lot, or not at all, you are important.
Yours is one of the few households in your area chosen to tell radio
stations what you listen to.

"It's easy and fun to take part in our radio survey. In just a few
days, an Arbitron reasearch assistant will call with more details.
Or, here is how to get started right away:

"o Call 1-800-638-7091 and ask to speak with an Arbitron research
assistant, or

"o Enroll on line at www.enroll.arbitronratings.com by using the
following serial number (ed: deleted)

"Thanks for your help,

"/s/ Steve Morris
"President, Arbitron Ratings

"PS: Please accept the small token of appreciation we have enclosed
with the letter."


....but clearly again you know better than this letter how they
recruit.

Jeez, your idiocy never ends, does it?



Don't tell me I wasn't contacted when I was. Once again it shows you
to be in a bubble of unreality.

I just checked with a person at Arbitron. The MRC approved methodology is
phone contact followed by mailing of a BOX with the diary in it along with
the incentive, phone confirmation of receipt, phone follow up after day 1,
phone follow up after weekend, phone follow-up on Thursday for completion
and mail-back.


--
Eric F. Richards,
"It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the purpose of a
business is to make money. But the real purpose of a business is to
create value. While it’s possible to make money in the short run
without creating much value, in the long run it’s unsustainable.
Even criminal organizations have to create value for someone."
- Steve Pavlina, April 10, 2006

"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
...
"David Eduardo" wrote:

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

"BE PART OF THE RADIO RATINGS!

"Whether you listen a little, a lot, or not at all, you are important.
Yours is one of the few households in your area chosen to tell radio
stations what you listen to.

"It's easy and fun to take part in our radio survey. In just a few
days, an Arbitron reasearch assistant will call with more details.
Or, here is how to get started right away:

"o Call 1-800-638-7091 and ask to speak with an Arbitron research
assistant, or

"o Enroll on line at www.enroll.arbitronratings.com by using the
following serial number (ed: deleted)

"Thanks for your help,

"/s/ Steve Morris
"President, Arbitron Ratings

"PS: Please accept the small token of appreciation we have enclosed
with the letter."


...but clearly again you know better than this letter how they
recruit.

Jeez, your idiocy never ends, does it?


As I said, they do not recruit by mail. The phone call is what decides
whether you are going to get the diary or not. There are a battery of
questions asked on the phone call, starting with the media household
question, that can ace or nix the participation. The letter is merely a
setup for the phone recruit. If you are in a cell they have filled quota
for, you are out (age, ethnicity, sex, geography). If the data for the
contact does not match the data of the contact, they nix you (to keep the
"letter" from being passed around). And so on.

Just in case you missed it... the mthodology is based on acceptance of a
person / household via the phone contact.

The letter is an experimental procedure, used to see if it will increase
participation at the time of the recruitment call. The real incentive is
sent with the diaries.

I just checked with a person at Arbitron. The MRC approved methodology is
phone contact followed by mailing of a BOX with the diary in it along
with
the incentive, phone confirmation of receipt, phone follow up after day
1,
phone follow up after weekend, phone follow-up on Thursday for completion
and mail-back.

"Eric F. Richards" wrote:

"David Eduardo" wrote:


"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
...
"David Eduardo" wrote:


Since nobody answered the modem, you were NOT contacted. Your phone line
was
attempted, and discarded when it did not have a human on the other end.


Actually I was contacted -- by mail. Got the dollar bill and
everything. But when I told them it wasn't my primary phone number
they lost interest.

Original contact is made by pone, not mail. So you are lying or changing the
order of things.

Well, you better tell Arbitron that it has an imposter, then.


They also sent the dollar bill and contact information to the water
system's billing address. The water association got a big laugh over
it.

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

"BE PART OF THE RADIO RATINGS!

"Whether you listen a little, a lot, or not at all, you are important.
Yours is one of the few households in your area chosen to tell radio
stations what you listen to.

"It's easy and fun to take part in our radio survey. In just a few
days, an Arbitron reasearch assistant will call with more details.
Or, here is how to get started right away:

"o Call 1-800-638-7091 and ask to speak with an Arbitron research
assistant, or

"o Enroll on line at www.enroll.arbitronratings.com by using the
following serial number (ed: deleted)

"Thanks for your help,

"/s/ Steve Morris
"President, Arbitron Ratings

"PS: Please accept the small token of appreciation we have enclosed
with the letter."

...but clearly again you know better than this letter how they
recruit.

Jeez, your idiocy never ends, does it?

That's how they contacted me... via letter.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

That divorced Bell South woman next door (and that other woman too) I
better hurry up and finish reading the ink off of her home delivery
www.clarionledger.com news paper.I expect they will be back over
there in about six or eight or ten hours and that means I need to put
her newspaper on those concrete steps by that side door of their
house.They mostly don't read them newspapers anyway.
cuhulin

"David Eduardo" wrote:


[...]

Original contact is made by pone, not mail. So you are lying or changing the
order of things.
[...]

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

http://www.dim.com/~efricha/arbitron.gif

Next excuse?

--
Eric F. Richards,
"It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the purpose of a
business is to make money. But the real purpose of a business is to
create value. While it’s possible to make money in the short run
without creating much value, in the long run it’s unsustainable.
Even criminal organizations have to create value for someone."
- Steve Pavlina, April 10, 2006

Eric F. Richards wrote:

"David Eduardo" wrote:


[...]

Original contact is made by pone, not mail. So you are lying or changing the
order of things.
[...]

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

http://www.dim.com/~efricha/arbitron.gif

Or http://www.dim.com/~efricha/arbitron.png for usable quality


Next excuse?

"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
...
"David Eduardo" wrote:


[...]

Original contact is made by pone, not mail. So you are lying or changing
the
order of things.
[...]

Arbitron does not recruit by mail. Ever.

http://www.dim.com/~efricha/arbitron.gif

Next excuse?

No argument. That is not a recruitment, though. It is a warm up. There are a
whole bunch of hoops you have to jump through to actually be part of the
survey.

I am watching WOTAPHONY NEWS ''news reel'' on Radio tv now on the TWC
channel.
It't not MOVIE TONE News Reel,that's for sure!
cuhulin