I hesitate to call the toll-free number, but I don't want to keep
> running to answer the phone for a company that intends to hang up on
> me. What should I do?
Report them to the FCC. The TSR (which includes the national "do not call" list) requires Telemarketers to have a low call abandonment rate, and to play a message stating who called if no agent is available. They also must allow the phone to ring for either (IIRC) four rings or fifteen seconds.
Choreboy
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: That telephone number 1-877-467-3277
> belongs to 'Sears Home Improvement Products'. PAT]