I too received such a call a couple weeks ago. They were quite up front in this case, mentioning that they had noticed I downloaded something-or-other, and making an inquiry into whether we needed any help. Can't blame them really, everyone is trying to make a living. Or Euro, Kroner, or whatever. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > anyone else getting these? It must be the bad economy. I got a call from > someone at oracle. I asked him what ticket the call was about and he gave me > a ticket that has been closed for a month. I took a good 5 minutes before he > basically admitted that this was a sales call from oracle consulting. > > At the rates that Oracle charges for consulting, I can't see this really > working much. >