Same comments as everyone else, several calls a day, I haven't answered but have tried to call back; get the "all circuits are busy" message. Very irritating
Someone from this phone number calls here 2 or 3 times a day. I want them to stop. We have had a death of a nephew, a brother and a brother in law just had a maligant tumor removed and is not doing well. I don't need this calls on junk I am not interested it. These people are not even smart enought to leave a message on my machine. And I am not calling them back. I have better things to do.
I got a call from this number Saturday afternoon, and finally spoke to someone (they just hung up the previous 20 or so times they called).
I listened for a minute to understand who was calling me. The woman told me she was from Verizon checking to see if my plan was meeting my current needs. She knew what kind of plan I had AND how many minutes I had used for the last several months. So I knew that it was either Verizon or a company to which Verizon had given my records.
I then stopped her and said I wasn't interested. I told her that I had received 20 or more phone calls from that number and every other time I either missed the call and no message was left, or when I picked up I heard nothing. She explained to me that "of course" they were using auto dialers, so sometimes it didn't connect. I also told her that I had already reported their number to the FCC and I didn't understand why they were calling me. She said that it was because I had Verizon and ... (I cut her off.) I said I knew they had called people who didn't have Verizon, and I thought it was outrageous that they were using my plan minutes to call me for this. She said it didn't use my plan minutes. I said, well right now you're not using my minutes, because it's a Saturday, but I've had lots of calls during daytime hours, and I was pretty sure it was using minutes then. I then told her I wanted to speak to a supervisor.
After a minute or so (hey, I had some time to kill) I spoke to a supervisor named "Dean" (I think ...). He told me they were calling me because I had Verizon, to which I responded I knew they were also calling people that had other services (as I learned from this website).
I told the supervisor that I was not interested in them calling me, that I was perfectly happy with my plan and that if I wanted a change in my service, *I* would call Verizon, and didn't need them to call me. I told him I didn't want to be called again, and he told me I would be placed on their "Do Not Call List." I thanked him, told him I had already reported the number to the FCC, and would do so again, and then hung up. I did so pleasantly, of course, beccause, hey, he's just doing his job - no reason to scream at a guy for that.
But then this morning as I was on my way to work I get yet another call from 712-945-0163. Again, the call connected, and a "Molly" began the same speech as the woman who called on Saturday. I cut her off and said, hey look, I spoke to a supervisor on Saturday who said I would be put on the "Do Not Call List". She asked if the supervisor told me that it might take a few days to update my number on all of their phone numbers (but ... it's from the SAME Caller-ID 712-945-0163!!!). I said the supervisor didn't tell me that, but I asked her if she knew that I had already reported the number to the FCC, and would do so again today.
I then told her that I didn't think it was Verizon, and asked if they weren't a company that Verizon had hired, and she said, that yes, they were a 3rd party company that Verizon had hired to make these calls.
I asked her (very politely) to make sure my number was on the "Do Not Call" registry and do not call me again, because next time I would not answer so nicely. I then told her to have a nice day. She said she would do so and told me to have a nice day as well.
If you receive a call from 712-945-0163 I urge you to report it to the FCC - the procedure is explained here:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/truthaboutcellphones.html
It's bad enough when telemarketers call you on your landline, but atleast then you're not using minutes. I consider it extremely rude when I am called on my cell phone at all hours of the day (I've received calls from 9 am to about 8 pm, and even when I was on vacation!) from 712-945-0163, and this has to stop, NOW.
Need to stop these people from calling - I AM on the DO NOT CALL list. Calling the number back indicates the number has been disconnected and is no longer in service.