Comments on: The Evil Cellphone Number

By: Joe W

Joe W — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:26:37 +0000

I have a landline number that Verizon gave me when I moved into my house almost 5 years ago. And I still to this day get calls from bill collectors looking for the previous “owner” of that phone number. The funny thing is he never lived at my location but 10 towns over (I found this out when I made a purchase at Sears and at the checkout I gave them my phone number and they asked me if I was that guy and I asked to look at the information on their screen). I don’t know how Verizon picks phone numbers for new customers but I wish they’d screen those numbers and not give out ones where a customer skipped out on his phone bill….

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:59:55 +0000

Good call getting it changed. It wouldn’t get better. My roommate had that problem and she had people calling her, harassing her, using her minutes. Sometimes she’d just cry because she was so frustrated. She got it changed too.

By: Fiscal Musings

Fiscal Musings — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:52:57 +0000

It’s good to hear that you got the number changed. That can be a real nightmare, especially with cell phones where they charge you for the air time no matter what the call is.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:21:14 +0000

A few years ago, a friend got an 800 number that was one didgit off from the AARP prescription line. He recieved many calls every day from hard of hearing seniors insisting that they had dialed right and that he fill their prescription! After a few months of high bills, he switched his number.