Previous phone # owner

[NikkoBlues (Premo)]

Originally Posted by RoseRed

I got a call from Spring Ridge a couple of weeks ago. Ummm... I am out of that school district.

It was annoying, but I could live w/ the calls from the school. Then the phone rang this morning at 6:09 a.m. to tell me the schools would be opening two hours late. That was the last straw.

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Originally Posted by NikkoBlues

It was annoying, but I could live w/ the calls from the school. Then the phone rang this morning at 6:09 a.m. to tell me the schools would be opening two hours late. That was the last straw.

I got the call at 6:01am and had JUST wondered out of bed to get ready to go to work. Needless to say, I went back to bed.

Usually, I am already out of the house about that time.

[Rael (Premo)]

When we moved here, we kept getting calls for Frank and Diane, the owners of our number before us. It really became annoying after a while.

One day I called home with my best, deep voiced southern accent imitation and asked for "Frank or Diane, please". Wife kind of went off on me "THERE IS NO FRANK OR DIANE HERE"

Got her.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Cowgirl

We got a landline in December. We keep getting calls for the previous people who had this number. Apparently they're having trouble with their mortgage. Anyhoo, I noticed a $15 dollar charge on my phone bill that said "Voicemail Mo Fee" or something. I called to see what it was, and the lady signed up for this voicemail service in APRIL!!!! Meaning, she signed up for this service with OUR number after not having that number for the past 4 months!!! What a freaking idiot.

The weird thing is that BF is friends with her son. We're gonna have to call and set her straight.

I don't know, doesn't that mean she can actually call a number and get voicemail through a service that you had paid for her?

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Cowgirl

I called to see what it was, and the lady signed up for this voicemail service in APRIL!!!! Meaning, she signed up for this service with OUR number after not having that number for the past 4 months!!! What a freaking idiot.

You're paying for it and she's the idiot?

[Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by aps45819

You're paying for it and she's the idiot?

I got a credit, TYVM.

[Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by desertrat

I don't know, doesn't that mean she can actually call a number and get voicemail through a service that you had paid for her?

That's what I said to BF!! We have the regular Verizon voicemail for the home #, but if she paid for a special voicemail, what does that mean?! Do the messages get sent to both voicemails? If not, hasn't she realized that she signed up for a service a month and a half ago and can't use it?

But how is she getting the service for her current # if she signed up with OUR number?

[aps45819 (Premo)]

I find it hard to believe nobody plays with repeat wrong numbers.
Call me once and it's a mistake. The second time I'm a cop, your friend just got arrested for kiddie porn and I need your contact info because I'm coming to arrest you.

[goodolgirl]

I got a winner! the persons who had my number before me were on probation and there probation office was calling 6 times a day. That was fun to get cleared up.

[vegmom]

Originally Posted by Dymphna

I got you all beat...we've had this number for 6 years and still get collection calls for the prior number holder. We also get calls from a casino in Atlantic City. Apparently this guy was a regular customer.

7 years here! I can't believe anyone is still issuing credit to the folks who used to have my number. And they bounce checks at the most asinine places. I even had to call some 3rd party messaging service that had billed my number. They removed the charge n/p and I had Verizon put a block on all 3rd party billing to my number.