Changing phone number to stop collection calls?

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why doesn't everyone just use call display and not answer the phone? That's what I do for all telemarketers and stuff. I get the occassional collection call for my deadbeat cousin too, but if I see a number I don't know I just don't answer and they can leave amessage if it's important.

KT

It gets annoying because usually when I get home between 7-9pm we get about 6 calls from at least 2 collection agencies. They also usually don't leave a message, the calls just disconnects when the answering machine picks up.

There has also been some calls than when the answer machine picks up it actually has a message that goes like this :
?We are (collection agency) looking for "person's name", by continuing to listen to this message you acknowledge that you are "person's name", if you are not this person please hang up now.?

Yeah, I get these types of calls on my home line all the time. I just delete any messages (or pseudo-mesages) they happen to leave and move on with my life.

KT

 

[Spook]

I didn't get collections, but I got plenty of advertisement calls... I finally just disconnected the phone about 8 months ago, and i use my cell phone all the time now. Nice savings, and don't get these crappy calls anymore. When anyone(retail) asks for my number anymore, i just give them the old line that has been disconnected.

 

[Stuxnet]

We have a land line that we don't use. It's a line that my former employer set up for home office work, but never disconnected when I left. It gets collection calls all day, night, weekend, and holidays. Most of the time I leave it disconnected, but if I'm feeling frisky, I hook it up and just go to work on the first person that calls.

Great stress reliever.

 

[TheAdvocate]

My wife's grandfather uses the whistle technique...

Bigass referee's whistle right by the phone.

You get one warning based on caller ID. Exactly One. :evil:

 

[I4AT]

I used to get a shit ton of calls on my cell from random places saying "This is the second notice that the factory warranty on your vehicle has expired" blah blah press 1 to speak to a rep. press 2 to remove your number. I don't even have a factory warranty on my vehicle, never did, so I always ignored it for fear of being charged if I actually press a key, and just let it go to voicemail. It's the same recording, but done by a few different people, and coming from several different numbers. At one point I was getting 2 such calls a day, but finally they've stopped coming, or have at least slowed down. Really annoying.

 

[brtspears2]

I got so many calls on my old cell number that it forced me to get a new number. But until my contract ended, I picked up the phone and harassed them with horrible questions. It isn't harassment if they call you first.

 

[M0RPH]

Search for "collection cease desist form letter". You'll get examples of the letter that you need to send to the collection agency that is calling you. By law, when they receive one of these letters they have to stop calling you.

In your case, I'm not sure if you would want to write the letter as yourself and say that you are being called about this debt that is not yours, or just sign it as the person who they are trying to collect from. I'm guessing that either way would work, but maybe someone else can say for sure.

 

[JackBurton]

Oh man, I just have fun with them.

 

[silverpig]

Phone them back 3x a day offering to sell them all sorts of things you have laying around as though you were a telemarketer. Then call them up to do surveys. Make up the questions on the spot. Then call them and have phone sex with them (I put on my robe and wizard hat...). Put them on your speed dial and hit the button with the phone on the table every once in a while to let them try to have a conversation with your tabletop. If they block your number, use your work phone. Then random pay phones. They'll go freaking nuts.

 

[jaqie]

Originally posted by: M0RPH
sign it as the person who they are trying to collect from.

Fraud, as well as impersonating someone else, is a felony.

 

[AlienCraft]

#1. Call the 866 number back and demand they place your number on a "Do Not Call" list and remind them that the Fair Debt Collection Act regulates unwarranted phone calls.

#2. Compile a list of numbers and compare to incoming calls.

#3. profit.... no seriously, it's like $1000.00 / occurance in a small claims court action.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft
#1. Call the 866 number back and demand they place your number on a "Do Not Call" list and remind them that the Fair Debt Collection Act regulates unwarranted phone calls.

#2. Compile a list of numbers and compare to incoming calls.

#3. profit.... no seriously, it's like $1000.00 / occurance in a small claims court action.

yeah, thats what i want to do, but that bitch got defensive when I asked her to tell me which company was calling or which bank was asking for the collection.

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
There has also been some calls than when the answer machine picks up it actually has a message that goes like this :
?We are (collection agency) looking for "person's name", by continuing to listen to this message you acknowledge that you are "person's name", if you are not this person please hang up now.?

LMAO!! Yeah like that will hold up on court.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

who is your phone carrier? Phone companies have departments just for nuisance calls. If you happen to have a lawyer, believe it or not, you can take legal actions after more than 2 attempts after stating to not call your number anymore. Some companies using different collection agencies count as same person.

A lot of them use those automated machines to bypass call blockers. Depending on your state they any phone rep dealing with financial transactions are required to give you their legal first and last name and company they work for or collecting for.

and yes, I do work for the phone company.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: RelaxTheMind
who is your phone carrier? Phone companies have departments just for nuisance calls. If you happen to have a lawyer, believe it or not, you can take legal actions after more than 2 attempts after stating to not call your number anymore. Some companies using different collection agencies count as same person.

A lot of them use those automated machines to bypass call blockers. Depending on your state they any phone rep dealing with financial transactions are required to give you their legal first and last name and company they work for or collecting for.

and yes, I do work for the phone company.

I have optimum voice from Cablevision.

I'll have to keep investigating and keeping a log of phone calls.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
There has also been some calls than when the answer machine picks up it actually has a message that goes like this :
?We are (collection agency) looking for "person's name", by continuing to listen to this message you acknowledge that you are "person's name", if you are not this person please hang up now.?

LMAO!! Yeah like that will hold up on court.

It will and is entirely within FDCPA regulations.