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Most of the minutes I've used on my new cell phone since I've gotten it have been listening to voice-mails left for (apparently) whomever had this phone number before me. And calling those numbers back to say that said person is no longer at this number, and that they should stop calling it.
Debt and bill collectors, mostly. Actually, I've only gotten calls from 4 companies like that on my cell phone. And only 2 of those have continued to leave messages after they said they would stop.
A different company, actually, has been leaving messages on my house phone since last year, trying to reach a different person. And *they* claim to not even have my phone number in their system. But it all sort of jumbles together and adds to the irritation.
Is it reasonable to be insanely annoyed, when the same numbers continue leaving messages on my phone, trying to reach someone who I don't even know, after they had verbally told me that they would no longer do so?
Eh?????!!!!!
Recently, I was so annoyed at one of those companies that I filed a complaint against them.
Sample message that annoyed me today (these people had also told me that they wouldn't call my number anymore. LIARS):
"This is a message for ***. If you are not ***, please hang up or disconnect. If you are ***, please continue to listen to this message. There will now be a 3 second pause in this message. By continuing to listen to this message, you acknowledge that you are ***.
You should not listen to this message where other people can hear it, as it contains personal and private information. There will now be a 3 second pause in this message to let you listen to this message in private.
This call is from Medical Revenue Services. This communication is from a debt collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information provided will be used for that purpose.
Please contact us about an important business matter at 1 866 631 4680."
I am not **** changing my phone number. I like this **** phone number. I can remember it.
Debt and bill collectors, mostly. Actually, I've only gotten calls from 4 companies like that on my cell phone. And only 2 of those have continued to leave messages after they said they would stop.
A different company, actually, has been leaving messages on my house phone since last year, trying to reach a different person. And *they* claim to not even have my phone number in their system. But it all sort of jumbles together and adds to the irritation.
Is it reasonable to be insanely annoyed, when the same numbers continue leaving messages on my phone, trying to reach someone who I don't even know, after they had verbally told me that they would no longer do so?
Eh?????!!!!!
Recently, I was so annoyed at one of those companies that I filed a complaint against them.
Sample message that annoyed me today (these people had also told me that they wouldn't call my number anymore. LIARS):
"This is a message for ***. If you are not ***, please hang up or disconnect. If you are ***, please continue to listen to this message. There will now be a 3 second pause in this message. By continuing to listen to this message, you acknowledge that you are ***.
You should not listen to this message where other people can hear it, as it contains personal and private information. There will now be a 3 second pause in this message to let you listen to this message in private.
This call is from Medical Revenue Services. This communication is from a debt collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information provided will be used for that purpose.
Please contact us about an important business matter at 1 866 631 4680."
I am not **** changing my phone number. I like this **** phone number. I can remember it.