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| Main - General Chat - CRAP. PISS. KILL. (A topic about my cellphone) | New thread | New reply |
| Xauna |
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 Shyguy Level: 24 Posts: 89/95 EXP: 73399 Next: 4726 Since: 02-19-07 From: Florida Last post: 6114 days Last view: 6105 days |
Cellphones are nice, y'know? Yeah. Lovely little gadgets.
That is, they would be if some idiot wasn't handing out your cell number like it's going out of style down in Tampa. Guess how many "wrong numbers" I've been getting for this Chris dude? Go on, guess. Ready? 40. In the last month. All from different numbers. Isn't that just peachy? My latest call was, get this, at 1:30 in the morning on a night where I barely even had a chance to sleep anyway. The content of the call was this: (phone rings) Me: *wakes up, reaches over, and picks it up* ...Hello? Person: ... Me: ... Person: ... *click* Me: ... *BERSERKER MODE* I looked up the offending number. It would be forgivable if the call was from Squall Leonheart; that dude seems incapable of making a full sentence without using an ellipses. But it wasn't, and in fact, the number doesn't even have a name registered to it. I'm guessing it was a city tollbooth or something. My detective's instinct is starting to wonder if my phone number is not just being handed out, but perhaps that some retard scribbled it down on a bathroom wall somewhere. And if I track that person down, his life will be cut severely short for the least decent of reasons. Just out of curiosity, any of you have similar experiences? ____________________  |
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Level: 32 Posts: 22/178 EXP: 188153 Next: 18289 Since: 02-26-07 Last post: 2225 days Last view: 2150 days |
This is where you get your number changed. I was getting a lot of calls from a restricted number that were simply a few seconds of nothing, and it happened almost every day for a very long time (often at 8AM. God damn, I go to college; I need to sleep). Sometimes I'd get voicemails from the number asking me to call some 1-800 number for some business opportunity from some place I couldn't even find on Google. And sometimes I'd just get a few seconds of static before the call ended. Wasn't even always from a restricted number! Well, anyway, I called my service provider and got my number changed. It was really easy, and something I shoulda done a month prior. Do it. Do it now.  |
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Shyguy Level: 24 Posts: 90/95 EXP: 73399 Next: 4726 Since: 02-19-07 From: Florida Last post: 6114 days Last view: 6105 days |
I actually have been considering that for a while, but if I did that I would have to track down every person who has my number to update them. That's no easy feat, considering that I use my phone in lieu of a land line(my dad uses the land line all the time). So I'd also have to go around and alter any job applications that are still, for the sake of being there, considered "active".
Of course, I may just stop giving a damn altogether and change it anyway, since this has been a huge waste of my time and sleep cycle. I could also just start keeping my phone off during times when I don't want calls, but I leave it on with the strict reasoning that some of my friends are somewhat mentally unstable and do need a friend to talk to such as myself sometimes to keep from going over the edge. ____________________ |
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go away Level: 86 Posts: 36/1788 EXP: 5991227 Next: 150880 Since: 02-23-07 Last post: 4977 days Last view: 1546 days |
Yeah, I had this a while ago after someone wrote down my mobile number on a notice board in a city 34 miles away from where I live, next to something along the lines of "call for free blowjob".  |
| Drag |
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 Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 590/705 EXP: 1483935 Next: 1993 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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whocalled.us is where I usually turn when I don't recognize the number of who's calling my cell. There are a lot of illegal Spanish people in my area, and they usually don't get land lines, so they stick with cell phones. Thus, Spanish telemarketing appears on our cells.  Doesn't happen to me a whole lot, but it happened to a lot of people when I was in high school.____________________  |
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 Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 91/172 EXP: 178140 Next: 7223 Since: 04-08-07 From: Justus League 2 Last post: 6125 days Last view: 6093 days |
Something similar is happening to me. It's too bad my grandma calls from 800 numbers, or I'd ignore them entirely. As a solution, the next telemarketer to call gets an earful of cordless phone feedback. This is gonna be fun.  ____________________ "I'm sick of it and I'm out. See you around." ~Cpu's last post here |
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Shyguy Level: 22 Posts: 16/81 EXP: 57304 Next: 1046 Since: 06-04-07 Last post: 5911 days Last view: 2489 days |
Yeah some mexican guy called me 10 times in a row once. He didn't say anything, but I could hear whoever was with him speaking in Spanish. I called HIM and told him to stop calling me, and he claimed "oh I got the wrong number". Okay, but TEN TIMES? I got a few more calls from him. If the number didn't work the first time, why would it work the 12th time? ____________________ Pokemon Prism |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 968/1220 EXP: 3368981 Next: 116887 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6099 days Last view: 6083 days |
At one point this person I've never heard of with an unlisted number kept calling my cell phone, asking for me. When I told them it was me, they just insisted it wasn't and hung up.  I figure they managed to get my number mixed up with someone else's who had the same name, but I dunno where they'd have got it.
Posted by ArBeWhyLol, people actually fall for stupid things like that? |
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Done. Level: 79 Posts: 1014/1471 EXP: 4472459 Next: 107008 Since: 02-19-07 From: ??? Last post: 6094 days Last view: 6087 days |
The only people who are calling me are ones I know.
You aren't on my ID, it's straight to the voicemail. I screen calls all the time. |
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 Dry Bones Level: 55 Posts: 568/627 EXP: 1244571 Next: 69618 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5528 days Last view: 5274 days |
I'm so glad I don't have a cell yet. I'd hand it out to everyone. Then some idiot will start prank calling me... =/ ____________________ |
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 Boo Level: 68 Posts: 767/1036 EXP: 2643282 Next: 85518 Since: 02-19-07 From: It is a mystery. Last post: 5730 days Last view: 5730 days |
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 Buzzy Beetle Level: 44 Posts: 326/375 EXP: 575674 Next: 35611 Since: 02-19-07 From: [citation needed] Last post: 6094 days Last view: 6094 days |
I used to get a lot of collection calls for some idiot back when I first got my number. It really sucked because I could never get through to the company that was calling me, as they only left a number and an extension on my voice mail (EARLY in the morning), and the number used an automated menu system with no options to put in an extension...
Lately, though, I've been getting calls for "Frank"...lots of them. So many, in fact, that I was forced to add "if you're looking for Frank, YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!@#$%" to my voice mail greeting. It seems to be working.  ____________________ [citation needed] |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1868/1881 EXP: 6466384 Next: 184280 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6154 days Last view: 6145 days |
I have a mobile phone but I barely use it. I have it because it's way cheaper than a landline (which is like $62 a month around here). I rarely get wrong numbers, but once I got several at night and it woke my dad up (but not me). |
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 Metabble Level: 64 Posts: 667/904 EXP: 2154544 Next: 59553 Since: 02-19-07 From: Location? Last post: 5176 days Last view: 4790 days |
The screen on my phone is cracked, and the top 5/6 is unreadable (just blue and yello), and the bottom is glitchy.
Oddly, it works perfectly otherwise. |
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Level: 105 Posts: 2314/2846 EXP: 12036045 Next: 226215 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6068 days Last view: 2805 days |
Posted by XaunaYou could always try asking the telco to assign you a new number due to "excessive harassment"  ____________________ I dealt with it. |
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 Paragoomba Level: 22 Posts: 68/78 EXP: 54609 Next: 3741 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3267 days Last view: 3264 days |
I get a fair few calls from an aged nun who seems to think I'm Sister Catherine. |
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 Melon Bug Level: 58 Posts: 385/732 EXP: 1569876 Next: 7670 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 4261 days Last view: 3520 days |
That's what happens to my mom. She gets calls for some guy and faxes, too. |
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 Ropa Alcoholic Level: 59 Posts: 300/737 EXP: 1585886 Next: 87242 Since: 02-20-07 From: The North Side Last post: 5463 days Last view: 2598 days |
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 Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 363/480 EXP: 832023 Next: 51860 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 5776 days Last view: 5641 days |
Bleah this reminds me of this one guy I know saying that if I didn't do some crap for him he'd post something on myspace telling people to call my number for gay sex. No calls though, assuming it was an empty threat. And what is it with getting wrong numbers from spanish-speaking people? A friend of mine keeps getting spanish telemarketing calls, people trying to sell him clocks. ____________________ There are things I want to put here. Like a cool picture, my 8-bit theatre character test result, my MS and RO characters... But it's 12 AM, and I'm sleepy. |
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Shyguy Level: 23 Posts: -4925/88 EXP: 64840 Next: 2883 Since: 06-14-07 From: MY Last post: 6143 days Last view: 6143 days |
That sounds pretty bad, but I think you could try to activate the divert calls feature
Or, if your cellphone running on an OS, there are actually plenty of call blocking software around  ____________________  
I missed a lot of people... really a lot... I wish all the things remain the same.. Nothing I can do at this very moment.. Except browsing through all the past.. |
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