AARRGHHHHH! Wrong number, AGAIN!

[Pumbaa_]

I had just had a wrong number, again! I have caller ID so I know the number calling. This person keeps calling my house, usually late, and it is a wrong number. It is the same person each time. Last time (2 nights ago) I told the caller they need to get speed dial or a programmable phone. And they called again. As soon as I started to say something, they hung up. They knew they had me again. SO I called them back.

This is really starting to bother me. This person calls late. My DH goes to bed before 9:00 because he gets up real early for work. (LIke between 3:30 and 4:00 am)

What can I do next?? Any ideas?

 

[browneyes]

he gets up real early for work. (LIke between 3:30 and 4:00 am)

Perhaps that would be a good time to call and tell them to get programmable phone.

 

[JohnTBap]

I believe that you can block numbers. Call the phone company and ask.

Or buy an air horn.

 

[tater bug]

Or buy an air horn.

LOL! I like that suggestion. I bet they will stop calling...

 

[JasonLyons]

post ther enumber your dis freinds will call them thru out the country

 

[Towncrier]

We had that problem a few years back. I ended up buying a caller id unit from Radio Shack that has the added feature of automatically blocking up to 20 phone numbers. Of course, the phone still rang once or twice, but then the magic box took over and hung up the phone.

It turns out that our "random" caller was an elderly lady who was trying to call her daughter and she kept misdialing our number instead. We ended up getting a call from this lady's daughter and she apologized for her mom's continued misdialing. We suggested a phone with either speed dial or one of those phones with HUGE numbers.

Before the great area code splitup here in NE Ohio, there was a lot more problem with this. Seems like Euclid (Ohio) was on the 486 exchange and our town is 468. You wouldn't believe how many dyslexic people live in Euclid.

 

[Pumbaa_]

LOL! I love these ideas. Hopefully she will get the point now. Otherwise, I will have to take the next step, either air horn or calling the phone compnay and seeing how I can block her number from ever bothering me again!!!wd

Thanks everybody!

 

[Sal]

We have an 800 number so our kids could always call us from wherever they were (got it before they each had cell phones).
Our number is one digit away from an American Express number that apparently is printed on the back of some cards.

We need to get our number changed. It seems to go in cycles. We go a long time with hardly any and then a streak of calls each day. Since American Express advertises 24/7 help line, we can get these calls any time day or night. Some of them are memorable. We have been sworn at in several different languages. Some people swear that they are NOT dialing wrong, even when we tell them that they are one digit off. Some are mad that we have an 800 number for a private residence.

We have a generic message on the answering machine, so they do not know immediately that they have the wrong number. This results in some interesting messages! Many, many people leave their account number and other personal info on our machine. People can get very angry that there is no live person to help them.

My all time favorite happened while DH and I were gone. DD #2 (age 17) came home from school to find about 13 messages from a very upset American Express customer. He went on and on about "24 hour" service and said that it must really be "23" hour service and he would call back in one hour. He did that all day. Every hour he would leave a message that said, "Well, I guess we are down to 21 hour service now, I will try again at 20 hours" He finally got super mad and demanded to have a supervisor call him back. He even decided that he wanted the CEO to call him personally. He swore a few times. Now, we have caller ID, plus he left his phone number about 12 times, so DD decided to call him back!!! I can't believe she did it! She called him and told him she was the person he had been calling and leaving messages on her machine. He DENIED it! She told him he was dialing the wrong number and instead of being mad at American Express, he should have verified the number first. She also told him that she did not appreciate his use of profanity, which he tried to deny, but she offered to play them back for him. He then hung up on her!

 

[zurgswife]

LOL......