RA --  were the last four digits of their phone number - 0052?

They called me a couple of days ago

Double checking to ensure I had registered

I'm in middle of filling out their week-long radio survey

RadioActive wrote:

unclefester wrote:

RA --  were the last four digits of their phone number - 0052?

They called me a couple of days ago

Double checking to ensure I had registered

I'm in middle of filling out their week-long radio survey

No, none of those numbers were in the call display. Haven't heard from them in years. Hope they call back. Did they send you a diary or is this being done online?

It's online

They provide a username and password -- pretty easy -- just plug and play

Do they still use paper diaries?











 

 

Last edited by unclefester (June 17, 2026 10:20 pm)

RadioActive wrote:

It's been so long since I took part that they used to do a diary back then. (Along with a $5 bill as a thank you for guilting you into filling it out. Pretty sure they don't do that any more!)

Five dollars! Man, were you lucky.

When they sent me a diary back in the mid 80s, I got a whopping two quarters taped to the diary.

 

mace wrote:

I got a call from Numeris about two weeks ago. A rather lengthy session asking questions about my listening, viewing, internet habits. Not really about what, more about how long each day I watched, listened or read.

They finally called me back and I was looking forward to questions about what I watched and listened to. Instead, like Mace, I got bombarded by generic questions which - while I'm sure Numeris can use the data - were anything but interesting. 

The guy asking me those queries was, forgive me, none too bright. When I picked up the phone, he began explaining who Numeris was. I stopped him in mid-read and told him I know who they are and what they do. That seemed to throw him off quite badly, and he began to read the same spiel again from the beginning. 

He then asked very non-specific questions about the number of working TVs in the house, whether I had a modem or the Internet in my home, and how much time I spend online on a daily basis, etc. etc.

I was then queried about what TV and music services I subscribed to. When I interrupted to tell him I don't have any, again, he was completely thrown off track and had to go back and read the whole list again, knowing the answer would be "no" to each one. 

I was disappointed there was not one question about TV or radio programming in the entire 10 minutes it took for him to get through the list.

At the end, I wondered aloud if they were still using diaries or PPMs, and if they might be interested in sending me one. He was horribly confused and had no idea what I was talking about. 

I get it - it was just some guy they hired off the street to inquire generically about media use, who knows next to nothing about the media itself. and he would have been compeltely lost without his set list of questions. 

Overall, it was a pretty disappointing chat, but I hope one day, I'll be able to fill out something that reflects my viewing and listening interests. This was not that time.   

RadioActive wrote:

mace wrote:

I got a call from Numeris about two weeks ago. A rather lengthy session asking questions about my listening, viewing, internet habits. Not really about what, more about how long each day I watched, listened or read.

They finally called me back and I was looking forward to questions about what I watched and listened to. Instead, like Mace, I got bombarded by generic questions which - while I'm sure Numeris can use the data - were anything but interesting. 

The guy asking me those queries was, forgive me, none too bright. When I picked up the phone, he began explaining who Numeris was. I stopped him in mid-read and told him I know who they are and what they do. That seemed to throw him off quite badly, and he began to read the same spiel again from the beginning. 

He then asked very non-specific questions about the number of working TVs in the house, whether I had a modem or the Internet in my home, and how much time I spend online on a daily basis, etc. etc.

I was then queried about what TV and music services I subscribed to. When I interrupted to tell him I don't have any, again, he was completely thrown off track and had to go back and read the whole list again, knowing the answer would be "no" to each one. 

I was disappointed there was not one question about TV or radio programming in the entire 10 minutes it took for him to get through the list.

At the end, I wondered aloud if they were still using diaries or PPMs, and if they might be interested in sending me one. He was horribly confused and had no idea what I was talking about. 

I get it - it was just some guy they hired off the street to inquire generically about media use, who knows next to nothing about the media itself. and he would have been compeltely lost without his set list of questions. 

Overall, it was a pretty disappointing chat, but I hope one day, I'll be able to fill out something that reflects my viewing and listening interests. This was not that time.   

We might have been talking to the same person. He covered pretty much the same subjects. Not being an OTA guy, I didn't mess up his routine questions about paid services.