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.....how often do you get wrong numbers, either one the home line or mobile.

We must have some sort of record, we must get on average about 7-10 wrong numbers a day on the home phone.

'Is that Dorcan school'

No it bloody isnt, you've got the wrong number....

Also, the number of people who ring up, I answer tell them they've got the wrong number....then ring us again 2 minutes later.....ffs  :x

I get an Indian chap phone me every week asking if Mr Summers is there.

I say no and then he asks if i had an accident at work.

I say no and then he asks what i do for a living!

You can't leave it hanging like that! What do you say?

i recently changed to x-directory and have had more wrong numbers than ever before.

I won't tell him my occupation.

He then says ''sorry, there must be some mistake'' and hangs up!

Week after, he rings again!

Call the telephone preference service - that legally makes you unavilable to cold calls - if anyone clals you tell them you're on this list and they shoudl apologise and hang-up.  My folks did this after getting 2+ call a day from cold calling sellers, and it worked a treat.

It's no wonder he keeps calling with conversation that good! make up an occupation and find out what happens next.

Perhaps i should.

Any suggestions?

Yes do it Ralphy

Tell him your'e a taxidermist, as you like stuffing dead things, then ask him what he does for a living

Youve got to do this then come and tell us how it goes

i like to keep a whistle by the phone.a sharp blast down the reciever makes the whole experience more enjoyable

We are on the preference list thing and now barely ever get any of those calls. If we do we just say we are on the list and they panic  :D

wahey call number 4 of the day.....is that dorcan school....no

Bit of a difference between unwanted sales calls and wrong numbers though.

My work phone number must be similar to one at Swindon Hospital. I get calls for them every now and again.

I used to get calls for Johnsons Controls at home about 10-15 times a day, i found answering them rather than ignoring them was the best action now 3 years down the line i barely get 3 a week.

Trust me, whether it's going ex-directory or by joining the Telephone Preference Service it'll make no difference whatsoever.

For example if you've given permission from companies (eg banks) to call you then they will continue to do so.

We are on the preference list, but just recently we have had a lot of calls from Capital One Credit, we have number recognition and it comes through on an 0800 number!  When it come up now I answer "Wing Hong Chinese Restaurant, you wantee 69" in my best oriental accent.  They tend to put the phone down!

At work I get calls with people asking "is that Yummies"

Thing is we have one of those automated switch boards that waffles on about what each extension is for.People are fucking thick.

At home I get asked if im Mrs Moulding about 5 times a day or did until I got super abusive.

 :o Mrs Moulding was the previous owner of my old place in Deburgh Street.

We got all sorts of letters for her about overdue loans and credit cards etc.

I always get the impression that the calls are debt collecters and think Im really Mr Moulding pretending to be someone else.

I get weird Irish people calling and texting me all the time - I think an Irish girl had my mobile number before me -someone left a message on my answerphone the other day saying I had left my pub in the Royal Oak - it wasnt me so the poor girl will probably never get her coat back!

Is it true that they only leave it 3 months before re-allocating a mobile number to someone else?

call number 5....no this isnt dorcan school

DV - Say "Yes this is Dorcan school, how can I help you?" - then say you are going to put them on hold and put the receiver next to some sort of music playing device, they will soon stop calling.

thing is, it isnt a cold call....people generally think our number is dorcan school....if I did that they would eventually hang up and re-ring again and again and again.

One of my mates used to always ring here and say is that dorcan school....'no it isnt you've dialled the wr...' yeah I know its me.... :x

Hmm, my nan and grandad had a similar problem as their number was so similar to Dominos Pizza - If I can remember how they sorted it I'll let you know.

In the meantime I'd just have some fun with the callers at their expense. Download "hanging on the telephone" and use it as the hold music.

Also, use 1471 to gather all their numbers and sign them up to various stuff that will get them loads of cold calls, and call them during the night (withold your number of course) and ask them random stuff.

01793 525231?

No, was years ago...they still have the same no but I think Dominos changed theirs

nah I meant 01793 525231? is the dorcan school number. I bet than DV's number is similar. I'm going to ring some numbers which are nearly the same and see if I can find him.

:oops: it's friday and my brian hurts

Dont you think its weird that whenever you dial a wrong number they are allways in :D

i've had a voicemail before from a man telling he he'd taken my money from behind the fence and the goods were in my garage hidden at the back!
Also i have text's some fridays asking if i want battered sausage and chips! Once i text back yes but i never got any!!   :P

Just thought of another!

My mum kept getting 2 old gits phoning her mobile saying that she owed them £10.

It turned out the dozy old bat had topped up my mum's mobile and not her own  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I keep getting phone calls for my works place.  They're not calling for me, But our phone number are very similar. One digit different.

wierd.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: I don't know why, but that's fucking brilliant!

I answered it for my mum once cos she was getting quite upset about it.

I just kept laughing cos the old biddy was really going mental!

How many times do you dial the wrong number to find they're not in ?

Get well soon Brian

525321 has got to be the best shout

As a kid mine was 525806 how odd!

I just had somebody call me and it was wrong number at home, odd I never get calls at home as no one has that number

01793 87999*

please edit sam, theres a good` lad

(how the hell did you get that)

Erm, the phonebook  :roll:

Just had a wrong number on my mobile:

Me - "Hello"
Randon Bloke - "Is that matt"
Me - "Yeah"
RB - "Sorry mate, i've got the worng number"  :-))(

thats a silly place to leave your pub!

Ash left me an answer phone message saying ''oh Ralphy is a cunt, oh Ralphy is a cunt''

 :evil:

We had a wrong number at fucking 8am this morning when I was in bed sound asleep. Cunts woke me up.  :twisted:

again, with ours getting mistaken for a school....we get some even before 7  :evil:

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