This number rings me all the time, never leaves a message and is very annoying....I am on the DO CALL register...can I stop this person from ringing me?

Its Nab Market Research

Get this number calling all the time. Dodgy number for me as I have dealings with a VIC number. They can always leave a msg but never do. Ignore them.

It' not NAB, it' a scam!
I rang NAB after being called and they said the name given me was not one of their employees. They ask increasingly more revealing questions phishing for personal details for later frauds.

NAB.. i hate them

I just tell them I'll get the home owner - then I put the phone down on the table. I couldn't tell you how long they sit there waiting until they hang up? I'd live to know. What I do know is when I come back to the phone after 20 odd minutes - there's never anyone there..!

I got a call from this number eithet, but my English is not good enough to understand what they were talking on the phone. They hung up the phone aftet taljing a few words with me. I think they won't ring me again, haha~

I wish these people would stop ringing my number. If you know me or if it is an emergency, you will leave a message so I know what the call is about. Other than that it is harrassment.

Rob, you obviously don't get too many of these calls to call others wingers. Put yourself in their places or mine for example with 22 (03),
9 (07), 4 (02) a mess of overseas as well as all the private or blocked numbers. they don't bother me anymore, because they're identified on the display & voice IDs as who or what they are.
Your problem is apathy.

seriously you guys are whingers
just someone doing a survey
if you just bothered to answer and said could you please not call im sure they would oblige

I am getting call from this number as well
I dont want them!

I constantly receive phone calls, noone there, what can I do to stop this person? Complaint, complaint!

Scott is right to some degree about the Do Not Call register - it's definitely handy! - but keep in mind the DNC Register does only apply to sales calls, NOT market research calls (data collections/surveys etc) or fundraising calls (not-for-profit/asking for donations etc). I've found that all I needed to do was ask that they remove my number, and any other contact info they may have for me, from their database so you don't get called back by them. It worked for me - I called up NAB and verified it was done, and it was.

May 2012 they are still at it with the premptive dialer that drops out after a few rings.

This is SOOOO annoying! I've actually spoken to them once and demanded they remove my name from the list - I was told it WAS, only to receive another two missed calls! And again, the call rang maybe three or four times and they hung up!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

This number calls me at odd times but nobody answers when I pick up the phone. Very annoying. May the fleas of a thousand camels attack you every time you call someone!

they phoned me on saturday 14th may 2011. asked me general questions about how i reated the bank with customer service etc.

This number keeps calling me day and night and hangs up when i answer, getting really annoying

Incessant attempts continue. Don't these guys get it ? I AM NOT HOME DURING THE DAY.
I called the number back and a recorded message indicates it is a NAB service seeking customer feed back. Yes there are NAB customers in this household. BE WARY OF GIVING FEEDBACK ON A SERVICE OR PERSON OVER THE PHONE. In reality what you are doing is giving  information to help  position the company for their next sales proposition - you will be giving them a free sales lead on yourself. In other circumstances new business costs $1000's to get,  they will refund/reward you NIL !!!

Thanks Nick. Did follow your advice and called the 1800 number you listed. Spoke to a very helpful representative from the NAB Research Department. He simply asked me for the number that they had been calling me on. A quick couple of seconds later and he advised that I would no longer be receiving any further calls from their department. Problem solved I hope :-)

I have been getting MANY MANY telemarketing calls recently on my business line from 02 and 08 numbers. I am now getting calls from this 03 number. So far no info except for another site with people from Brisbane (as is me) getting calls from this number. Hopefully someone will be able to answer it and report who they are and we can take steps to stop the calls. Telemarketing calls are a particular problem for me because the numbers they call are business numbers which divert to my actual landlines and once answered by my answering machine (no msg left tho) it has cost me a call every time.

The "Do Not Call" register does not include genuine market research calls, only telemarketing and sales calls. It says this quite clearly on its website, and was emphasised during its rollout.

Since (03) 8327 6500 is a genuine market research department, they are still permitted to contact you to ask if you would like to take part in their research. However, if you just ask them to remove your number for research purposes, then they will and you will not be called back.

Simple. Just be nice about. The interviewer calling you has nothing to do with the bad day you may be having...

Bluey. You obviously have no clue as to how an outbound call centre works. Here's a rough guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_centre

Remember, these people are.. well, people. No one likes an occasionally abusive job but sometimes people have to do them in order to achieve something better for themselves.

Wikipedia defines market research:
"Market research is for discovering what people want, need, or believe", or how they feel. That is what the people behind this number are doing.

Market research is an old business method. It is likely to stay.

At the end of the day, if you don't want to do it, guess what! YOU DON'T HAVE TO!!! Just say one of the following options conveniently numbered 1 to 10:

1. No
2. No thank you
3. I would not like to participate
4. I do not want to continue
5. No thanks
6. Nah, nah thanks
7. No, and please take me off your list ..........(Crucial to say that if you don't want to be called again.)
8. No thanks
9. No thanks
10. No thanks

and remember:

IT'S ONLY AN PHONE CALL, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

And as for you, Miss/Mr 'prank call' ((clever name by the way, I see what you did there, I bet you're very smart) how old are you now, almost in big school?), a simple piece of advice:

Be kind unto others, and they will be kind unto you.

Putting your number on the do not call register will have NO effect on calls from this number. NAB's MRC is a genuine market research centre. The only way to stop getting calls is to communicate with this centre directly and ask them very clearly never to call you again. http://www.nab.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/nab/nab/home/About_Us/3/14/  has the following phone number you can use to request to be removed. 1800 100 335 There is no one "cottoning on" to your habits, they probably use an automatic dialler which just rolls through tens of thousands of numbers pretty much at random.