I'm assuming it's just a sign of the times; but the past few weeks I've gotten some different calls from companies and they are working my nerves!! I've been Googling the numbers to try to find info on them; and that has helped. But I'm still annoyed! I was wondering if anyone here has been getting these kinds of calls? Or if we're just the lucky ones.
The first one called almost incessantly. I never answer these calls but they got on my nerves enough after a few weeks. I had Googled the number and found it was some kind of collection company. I knew it wasn't for us so I finally did talk to someone. They were looking for a guy who lived at this address sometime before DH started living here! We only know that because we still get junk mail in this guys name! I explained that to the person there and they asked if we were at a particular address; which we are not. So she said we would be removed from the list. It's been a few days now and no calls, Thank the Lord!!
Today we got a new one. This company called and left a message looking for our neighbor they said. And could we please pass on this message to our neighbor if we knew them. I again Googled the number and found out it's a mortgage company and other people have been getting calls with messages like that. I'm assuming it was some kind of collection call because they haven't been able to get in touch with them directly. But why must the bother me!?!?! And why do they assume people know their neighbors?? I've been here for almost 6 years myself and I only know one neighbor by first name! How rude!! (Full House flashback!!
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I asked a friend who works in Business Card Collections if the first company was breaking the law by calling me (being on the Do Not Call Registry). She said that collection companies are pretty much immune to that law! Which I could completely understand if I had done business with these companies on some level; but I haven't! It's just them trying to get ahold of other people! If they aren't breaking the law; I guess there isn't much I can do but keep ignoring the calls. In the past I've tried telling collectors that people didn't live here and they just keep calling anyway.
The first one called almost incessantly. I never answer these calls but they got on my nerves enough after a few weeks. I had Googled the number and found it was some kind of collection company. I knew it wasn't for us so I finally did talk to someone. They were looking for a guy who lived at this address sometime before DH started living here! We only know that because we still get junk mail in this guys name! I explained that to the person there and they asked if we were at a particular address; which we are not. So she said we would be removed from the list. It's been a few days now and no calls, Thank the Lord!!
Today we got a new one. This company called and left a message looking for our neighbor they said. And could we please pass on this message to our neighbor if we knew them. I again Googled the number and found out it's a mortgage company and other people have been getting calls with messages like that. I'm assuming it was some kind of collection call because they haven't been able to get in touch with them directly. But why must the bother me!?!?! And why do they assume people know their neighbors?? I've been here for almost 6 years myself and I only know one neighbor by first name! How rude!! (Full House flashback!!
I asked a friend who works in Business Card Collections if the first company was breaking the law by calling me (being on the Do Not Call Registry). She said that collection companies are pretty much immune to that law! Which I could completely understand if I had done business with these companies on some level; but I haven't! It's just them trying to get ahold of other people! If they aren't breaking the law; I guess there isn't much I can do but keep ignoring the calls. In the past I've tried telling collectors that people didn't live here and they just keep calling anyway.