tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166852.post2537263904465322486..comments2024-02-08T10:01:26.782-07:00Comments on Yakko Warner: My Answering Machine has a Name -- and a DebtYakko Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12276550157896918123noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166852.post-85121973876614038002009-02-27T11:18:00.000-07:002009-02-27T11:18:00.000-07:00When we first moved here, we had that problem — co...When we first moved here, we had that problem — collection calls for the previous owner of the phone number. Those stopped, eventually. And at least those were from humans, so we could "attempt" to tell the caller they had the wrong number.<BR/><BR/>"Is Deborah there?"<BR/>"Sorry, there's no Deborah at this residence."<BR/>"(condescending) Are you <I>sure?</I>"<BR/><BR/>But those were calls for someone with a completely different name. These are calls that have the last name right, and they're completely automated, giving me no opportunity to dispute the call.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure debt collectors have a tough job. They have to call people who owe money and (as already demonstrated by the fact that the debt is in collections) can't or won't pay. I'm sure the people they attempt to contact make up all kinds of excuses and lies to avoid talking to them. If I was halfway sure I had the right phone number, I called and got a "There's no such person here" response, I probably wouldn't believe it, either.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't change the fact that I'm getting harassed by one or more machines that have the wrong number.Yakko Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276550157896918123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166852.post-30451970055344687992009-02-23T11:17:00.000-07:002009-02-23T11:17:00.000-07:00ack!! curse you!!! not 5 minutes after reading and...ack!! curse you!!! not 5 minutes after reading and commenting.. the phone rang... it's the exact same call for said nonexistant person!!! NOooooooobookladydavinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577736802778608276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166852.post-22514451999284784532009-02-23T11:07:00.000-07:002009-02-23T11:07:00.000-07:00we had much the same problem when we moved out her...we had much the same problem when we moved out here. we kept getting collection calls for the guy who had had our phone number before us.. we finally got tired and called the collection company that was calling us and informed them that there was no one by that name here, we had no idea who the guy was, etc.. they said they'd update their records, and the calls stopped.. for about a year.. then they started up again and we had to call, again.. we've done that every year so far.. am waiting to see if they're going to pop up again this year or not...bookladydavinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577736802778608276noreply@blogger.com