We have had our phone number the same for many years as it should be. Well, bout 4 or 5 years ago we " our town " was blessed by the choctaw nations with a casino and the smoke shops that go with em. Wouldn't you know it their phone no. is 1 no. off from our home no. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif and for years now they have expanded greatly in size and buisness. I dont think I can take another person callin at 2 A.M. wanting ta know how much pall mall ,ultra,super, long , slims are! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gifOr is joe or mary there. Im talkin 5 or more calls a day lots more on wkends. What can I do about this? Anything besides change my phone no. " cost me money" Reckin the chief might see my point and change their phone no,? " /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" Or should I start sellin cancer sticks to these knot heads who cant seem ta call the right place? Can you sell a phone no. ? This place is getting huge, roping arenas,motels,restarants, truck stop. I have been wondering how the choctaws afford ta build all this when purt near everyone that goes in there comes out a big ol winner, just ask em they will tell ya so. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I aint never spent a cent in any casino as money is hard ta come by and must be spent wisely. IMO. Anybody have any suggestions?
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While I feel your pain, I think the easy way is to change your number. Even if you somehow get the casino to change theirs, the "old" number is in hundreds of homes, so your bad calls will continue for years.
We've had to change our email about 6 times due to carriers going out of business, or their service being dropped, so I know what a pain it is to change info.
With luck, you might get the phone company to change you for free.
ron
We've had to change our email about 6 times due to carriers going out of business, or their service being dropped, so I know what a pain it is to change info.
With luck, you might get the phone company to change you for free.
ron
gotrocks
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See if your phone company has "Privacy director". /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif detector
Go to http://www.bellsouth.com/consumer/local/index.html and check the local options offered.
Looks like you would have to give all you family friends etc a pass word to make you phone ring.
Let me know if this helps. I don't have the service but had heard about it.
Back in the"good ole days" /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif (gone now) when the operator said "number please" she would probably have screened some calls for you.
Go to http://www.bellsouth.com/consumer/local/index.html and check the local options offered.
Looks like you would have to give all you family friends etc a pass word to make you phone ring.
Let me know if this helps. I don't have the service but had heard about it.
Back in the"good ole days" /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif (gone now) when the operator said "number please" she would probably have screened some calls for you.
I know as far as problems go this one dont amount to a hill of beans but is a big ol pain in the rear . I figure I am S.O.L. as far as the indians giving a hoot. I have never had caller I.D. or any of the other stuff out there.. Im gonna call mon. morning "phone co." and see what they say. Maybe its time to get a cell phone and super duper fast internet through the cable T.V. I dont know.
midlf
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You are missing out on the entertainment potential of your phone situation. Give the callers incorrect info. Tell them of the super low price on whatever they are looking for "but only for the next hour" and then run over to the smoke shop and watch the fun when they show up.
The clerk in our maintenance office had a phone number close to the bus terminal. She was always getting calls asking for "how much" or "what time". The callers would get mad or nasty when she told them "wrong number" or they would argue that they dialed the correct number. After a while she just gave up telling them "wrong number" and started making up information to give them. She said if they couldn't dial the number correctly they deserved what they got.
The clerk in our maintenance office had a phone number close to the bus terminal. She was always getting calls asking for "how much" or "what time". The callers would get mad or nasty when she told them "wrong number" or they would argue that they dialed the correct number. After a while she just gave up telling them "wrong number" and started making up information to give them. She said if they couldn't dial the number correctly they deserved what they got.
BillyP
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I feel your pain or I should say my wife does. She gets phone calls on her cell phone from people telling her their power is out. They don't believe her when she says this isn't Choctaw Electric. Just the other day some guy calls her and she told him he had the wrong number. He told her it was the number in the phone book. She said you better look again and he did. At least he apologized
We used to have a phone number (6101) that we were always getting calls for the Vet (9101), One Sunday this guy calls and tells me all about his horse and then asked me if I thought I could help him. I told him no but if you would call Dr Steele at 9101, I bet he could.
We used to have a phone number (6101) that we were always getting calls for the Vet (9101), One Sunday this guy calls and tells me all about his horse and then asked me if I thought I could help him. I told him no but if you would call Dr Steele at 9101, I bet he could.
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Use an answering machine to screen your calls. " this is ----- If I'm the one your after please leave amessage and I'll call back. If you want smokes, call===== and give them the number for and American Cancer Society.
tat2z1969
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when they built the new wal-mart here they got the same number as us, but the first 3 was different, ours is 385 and theirs is 386 the last 4 are the same or were.
WHen people called here I had all kinds of sales and told them things could not be returned since it is all made in China and they don't read english, what ever I thought up. One day I ran a sale on Remington model 700's in all cal's for $99.00, scopes with mounts for $29.99, shotgun shells for a buck a box. Eye glasses 2 pair for $19.95.
I tried for 2 weeks to talk to wal-mart and when they got nasty I got even.
Took 2 months but wal-mart changed their number
WHen people called here I had all kinds of sales and told them things could not be returned since it is all made in China and they don't read english, what ever I thought up. One day I ran a sale on Remington model 700's in all cal's for $99.00, scopes with mounts for $29.99, shotgun shells for a buck a box. Eye glasses 2 pair for $19.95.
I tried for 2 weeks to talk to wal-mart and when they got nasty I got even.
Took 2 months but wal-mart changed their number
/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I hear ya on the BIG sale. What the heck, if anyone is interested all smokes are HALF off! Its the chiefs birthday today! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif HA HA . /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif just ask the first 2 luckey callers this morning! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifI might be in the grease though, the second caller wanted to talk to my manager. I couldn't go through with it on the second caller and told them the right no. The next time high brass 8's are that cheap hid me a case in a ice chest on the top shelf. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Yall have a good one.
donaldprice
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I think the easy way is to change your number.
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