To find the toll-free phone number for any US-based company, try calling 1-800-555-1212 or search Google for company name plus "phone numbers". Or maybe even searching for the company name and "president office" or "investor relations".
Tip: did you know that your phone company charges $1.49 or more each time you call 411? Instead, try using 1-800-FREE-411 or 1-800-GOOG-411 (Google's free 411 service).
For companies who try to hide their phone numbers, many times the Google search will find a page from a disgruntled customer who exposes the phone numbers for that company. For example, see these gripe pages about Amazon.com and PayPal and these for eBay and Walmart.
For a public company, you could also try searching
EDGAR.
The "10K" report includes information about corporate officers
and the official company mailing address.
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