Ditching the Phone
My home phone has been ringing off the hook lately. Many calls each day from numbers I did not know. Since I didn’t recognize the numbers I didn’ t answer the phone. It is my philosophy that if they really need to talk to me, they will leave me a message. *shrug*
However, they left no messages. The frequency of the calls increased driving me crazy and increasing my resolve not to answer. I can be really stubborn when I want to be!! I ended up unplugging all the phones in the house except for my office phone and I turned the ringer on that one to low. I was standing firm in my belief that I do not NEED to answer the phone just because they are calling the house. Again, if they needed me, they need to LEAVE A FLIPPING MESSAGE!!
I caved yesterday and I answered the call.
It was a collection agency!!
They have been calling multiple times a day trying to collect a debt from someone who has my name. A very common name! They promised me they would remove my number from the account. We will see.
Then. I answered the next call. It was another collection agency! Apparently this Kelly has many unpaid debts and they are haunting me!
My phone has been quiet for 24 hours. I hope it stays that way!!
Now that I’ve de-phoned the house I am considering turning off the land line all together. Most people use my cell phone number anyway. At this point I think it would be a relatively easy transition. My main issue is that I love my number.
Have you ever had a really great phone number?? I have one and I just hate to give it up. Silly, I know.
I don’t use the land line, we have only because it was my mom’s. She is not ready to give it up, although she uses her cell far more! She has had the number since I still lived at home, 1980…. we got it. We get calls for the previous people who lived here. No similar name, nothing, they are obviously searching on the address, not just the name in attempt to contact them. Mom, Dad, son – all get collection calls, and we still get mail for them here – they have been gone almost 2 years! CRAZY!
My number growing up was 259-9492. Easy to remember…20 years later.
Many people are going for cell phones only nowadays. Did I just sound 80?
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I have had this collection agency problem for years–and my name is NOT common.
I answer, say I’m not that person, give the last 4 digits of my phone number and ask to be removed from the list. It’s a pain.
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Also, funny phone number story. When I started dating my future husband our phone numbers were one digit different. Weird, huh?
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I’m the same with the phone…I never answer it.
I don’t have a land line. It’s great not getting telemarketer calls. The only downside is when having to call a customer service call center, the sound is awful on a cell phone plus those dropped calls really suck when you’ve been on hold for 10 minutes and then lose the call when someone finally picks up.
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This is one of the reasons we no longer have a land-line phone. Too many calls for other people and telemarketers. It was insane!
Hugs and Mocha,
Stesha
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i dont think its silly at all..
and the same thing has happened to a cell number ive had.. finally just had to change it!
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Hi- I saw your post under my blogher ads. We gave up our land line years ago and almost never miss it. Except for what Kimberly said, when I have to call customer service somewhere the cell phone interprets a dropped call when I am on hold. Weird.
But if I had a great phone number I might have reconsidered, those are hard to come by!
I am seriously considering dropping my land line too!!!!
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