How the f do you skip straight to voice mail when calling someone?

[Syringer]

Do phones offer this?

"Hi, you've reached the voice mail box of John blalhblalbhalh. I'm not in right now, blalhblahblabhab, so if you blalbhlablahbab leave your name, number, and message, blalbhalblahblabhlh I will get back to you blalbllablahblab."

Yes, I know how to leave a VM. Now how do I skip all that above and go straight to it? Is it different for each phone service?

 

[InverseOfNeo]

I think it is different from each phone service. I know Sprint you press 1, but not sure about the others.

 

[TheNinja]

yes, with most of them, you press "1" when the message starts.

 

[Platypus]

Sprint is '1'
Verizon is '4'

I don't know one for cingulair

 

[Winchester]

Alltel is '4' as well.

I have tried several #s for Cingular but I have not found one that works. I dont call people w/ Cingular very often.

 

[Journer]

tmobile is 1

 

[Rubycon]

Hit pound with hammer.

I don't know what it means, I just heard it come over the radio.

:laugh:

 

[skywhr]

usually it means they are ignoring you, hit end to stop ringing/vibrating and then again to ignore

 

[akshatp]

Cingular is "#" I think.

Whats mroe annoying is the computer voice telling you what you can do AFTER you leave your voicemail... Its like COME ON get to the beep already!!

"7325647271 is not available right now. To leave your mesage, wait for the beep. After the beep, to send your message press pound, or, for additional options, press 1."

JEEZ just get to the frikking beep without making me wait 60 seconds!

 

[Platypus]

Nice, I gotta try the # key next time..been looking for that one forever.

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: akshatp
Cingular is "#" I think.

Whats mroe annoying is the computer voice telling you what you can do AFTER you leave your voicemail... Its like COME ON get to the beep already!!

"7325647271 is not available right now. To leave your mesage, wait for the beep. After the beep, to send your message press pound, or, for additional options, press 1."

JEEZ just get to the frikking beep without making me wait 60 seconds!

I know its actually taken that long (i've looked at the call timer)

 

[Ninjja]

Originally posted by: Platypus
Sprint is '1'
Verizon is '4'

I don't know one for cingulair

I just tried, and 4 didn't work for verizon...

 

[spidey07]

Pound works on almost all phones within the first 5 seconds of the greeting.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: akshatp
Cingular is "#" I think.

Whats mroe annoying is the computer voice telling you what you can do AFTER you leave your voicemail... Its like COME ON get to the beep already!!

"7325647271 is not available right now. To leave your mesage, wait for the beep. After the beep, to send your message press pound, or, for additional options, press 1."

JEEZ just get to the frikking beep without making me wait 60 seconds!

I swear they figured out the average person's vmail is x seconds, they tacked on y seconds for the additional options crap just to get you over a minute so you get charged for 2 minutes instead of 1 for leaving a vmail.

In other news....whose # is 732-564-7271? I just happen to be in Central Jersey right now as well.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: akshatp
Cingular is "#" I think.

Whats mroe annoying is the computer voice telling you what you can do AFTER you leave your voicemail... Its like COME ON get to the beep already!!

"7325647271 is not available right now. To leave your mesage, wait for the beep. After the beep, to send your message press pound, or, for additional options, press 1."

JEEZ just get to the frikking beep without making me wait 60 seconds!

That drives me nuts. All of the employees I support have verizon phones and they all have it set to that long ass message. Pisses me off trying to leave a message.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: akshatp
Cingular is "#" I think.

Whats mroe annoying is the computer voice telling you what you can do AFTER you leave your voicemail... Its like COME ON get to the beep already!!

"7325647271 is not available right now. To leave your mesage, wait for the beep. After the beep, to send your message press pound, or, for additional options, press 1."

JEEZ just get to the frikking beep without making me wait 60 seconds!

I swear they figured out the average person's vmail is x seconds, they tacked on y seconds for the additional options crap just to get you over a minute so you get charged for 2 minutes instead of 1 for leaving a vmail.

In other news....whose # is 732-564-7271? I just happen to be in Central Jersey right now as well.

LOL.. Everything after the area code is a made up number. I used 732 since its the area code i use most often. Where in Central jersey are you?

Honest question: How many of you dialed that number prefixed by *67?

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Pound works on almost all phones within the first 5 seconds of the greeting.

I might be mistaken, but I think # on T-Mobile is used for the owner of the mailbox to retrieve messages... Like when you hit it during the greeting it asks for the mailbox password. Not sure if thats on T-Mo or Sprint though...

 

[GeekDrew]

Verizon is '4'? I *know* that's not what I've been told to use in the past... was either * or #. I wonder if it depends on what market you're in, or something... or maybe it has changed since I used it last (long, long, long ago).

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: spidey07
Pound works on almost all phones within the first 5 seconds of the greeting.

I might be mistaken, but I think # on T-Mobile is used for the owner of the mailbox to retrieve messages... Like when you hit it during the greeting it asks for the mailbox password. Not sure if thats on T-Mo or Sprint though...

Could be. If I have to listen to anything over 5 seconds to leave a message I just hang up.

*shakes fist* at anybody that doesn't allow a pound bypass of greeting!

 

[Ninjja]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Verizon is '4'? I *know* that's not what I've been told to use in the past... was either * or #. I wonder if it depends on what market you're in, or something... or maybe it has changed since I used it last (long, long, long ago).

woo hoo, you're the best, i just tried "*" and it works! thanks!!

 

[GeekDrew]

/me just experimented

For Verizon (in Columbus, at least):
4 = skip outgoing message
* = skip outgoing message
# = login

 

[TheGizmo]

Originally posted by: akshatp
Cingular is "#" I think.

Whats mroe annoying is the computer voice telling you what you can do AFTER you leave your voicemail... Its like COME ON get to the beep already!!

"7325647271 is not available right now. To leave your mesage, wait for the beep. After the beep, to send your message press pound, or, for additional options, press 1."

JEEZ just get to the frikking beep without making me wait 60 seconds!

seriously, i wish they'd just charge me for the 2 minutes anyway, and skip all the BS

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
/me just experimented

For Verizon (in Columbus, at least):
4 = skip outgoing message
* = skip outgoing message
# = login

4 didn't work for me.. but * did.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Cool... i was just thinking about this. Now i can bypass all that crap.

 

[MazerRackham]

Originally posted by: Ninjja

Originally posted by: Platypus
Sprint is '1'
Verizon is '4'

I don't know one for cingulair

I just tried, and 4 didn't work for verizon...

It's 1 for verizon as well.