Is This Ever Going to Stop?

[kittytech]

I've written about this before, but it's still a big problem. The person who had my cell number previously apparently really got herself into some serious trouble. Today I received a call from a law firm requesting that she return the call. I'm still getting text messages from her friends, and even her own mother didn't know she'd changed her number. Okay, so I know I could change my number again, and I suppose that if things don't start getting better I just might be forced to do it, but I shouldn't have to do something like that because of someone else's situation. Granted, when I called the law firm back, the person I spoke with was very understanding and said that my number would be removed from their records, but I feel like I'm being left to pick up the pieces. Maybe I'm making too big a deal out of this, I don't know. But you'd think that in five months, people would start to get the hint but it's not happening.

Anyway, rant over. I just get so frustrated when I get these calls.

Comments

[dahlia-and-balu.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. Apparently a "Mr. Erikson" listed my cell phone number on a credit application, and now the bill collectors are after him. Of course they don't believe me when I tell them they have a wrong number, and they keep addressing me as "Mrs. Erikson." Sigh.

[shazza59.livejournal.com]

WE still get letters and bills from a couple of people who lived here fifteen years ago asking for payment on their student loans. Sadly, once a number or address is associated with someone, it's hard to make it stop WE've had our current landline number for I think 4 years, but I heard that people are stil calling our old landline looking for us.

[aurora-nebulosa.livejournal.com]

For the past, oh, ten days or so, I'd been getting calls from some bank. They would just call and, if I didn't pick up, not leave a message. So,w hen I tried to call the number back, I would get connected to that bank. So, decided to pick up last night and they asked for a Sue soneone-or-other. Told them they had the wrong number and said they would remove me from their list. A friend of mine has been having the same issue.