Phone terror

Feb 9, 2007 ~ filed under: English & USA ~ 1 comment »

…or how your credit fades without even talking to people on your phone. Grrr…I just got another of these ad calls…I saw the 800 number (another state) and interrupted the call by pressing my hang-up button. Then I heard a beep (alarm), which means I have a new voice mail. Weird. I was not sure, if a marketing company would even leave a voice mail. Most of the calls are made by computers and you listen to recorded voices. Very nice, that you cannot even interact with the person. Maybe it is better for them, because I can easily be furious about such things. For instance, I could do something with their number 800-742-6390, but it probably is just a fake number, too.
Out of curiosity I checked it and…GRRR, yes, it was “them”. Damn. This reminded me on the tip from Hannah, to register my phone on donotcall.gov. Yesterday the site was down, but today I can register. It only took a few minutes and I only needed to provide my email address for activating the service. It said that companies should stop calling me in the next 31 days. For the next five years, until 2012, my phone number is on the do-not-call-list. I hope this works. I will see and report.

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