Jeff Johnson wrote: > I work for a major corporation and they ask for my DUNS number on > contracts & such. I applied for and received one. It was not required. > I received calls about once a month to update information that > required a fee for some reason. If I remember correctly it was to make > my financial information available to their subscribers and possibly > rate my company. The free application had very basic information. So > they charge me to list (like yellow pages) and charge their customers to > get the information. > > Please correct me if I am wrong. That was 15 years ago and the way I > remember it.
Sounds about right. I thought the same as Paul -- hustled/protection money. iow, a waste of money. I don't think they're relevant except for perhaps big dogs. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
