Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@mojave.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Wrong Number Nightmare Message-ID: <14536@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 9 Nov 90 19:18:30 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 31 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 805, Message 6 of 7 "Arun Baheti " writes: > We have complained to the phone company and to the dealership to fix > the problem, but everyone seems to think that we should pay to have > our line changed or simply wait for their or simply wait for their > cards, flyers, etc to cycle through in a year or so... sigh. I > consider myself polite, but after getting 15 wrong numbers and > messages asking "When can I pick up my truck?" (in Spanish and > English) a day, I am beginning to grow tired of the whole game. Any > ideas? I've already tried threatening the car dealer with the idea > that I would begin to be rude to the wrong numbers and not refer them > to the 714 area code. Someone? Anyone? Time to actually implement "the final solution". Tell the callers that the dealership has probably gone out of business (with the implication that maybe they have lost their money!) or any other smart-aleck comment that you may deem appropriate. If that doesn't seem to help, then you will have to convince GTE that it really would be in its best interests to give you a free number change. (I'm surprised that even GTE would insist that you pay for a number change to avoid harrassing calls, but then GTE never ceases to amaze and astound.) In any event, remember that you are the innocent victim here and under no circumstances should you have to pay for a car dealer's (especially a car dealer's!) negligence. John Higdon (hiding out in the desert)