No, it's more of a pain in the ass thing. Three times so far this week, people have called (long distance, no less) to ask me to leave messages with other people in the building to call them back. (Two of them were today, within minutes of one another.)
Based on the tone of the conversation, I can only assume it's creditors trying to track down people who owe money. I can also safely assume that the since I first did this on Monday, that creditor has since shared the fact that I did this with other creditors, hence the two calls together that I bothered to answer. (There were also a couple of calls yesterday, but I didn't pick up the phone those times because I didn't recognize the number. A practice, it seems, I need to get back into the habit of following all the time.)
Simply put, while I understand and appreciate the desire of creditors to have past due accounts paid, I consider myself under no obligation to help them any further.
I'm guessing that they got my number through an address directory. Okay, look at a phone book. Listed alphabetically, right? Useful for everyday use by normal people, but it's tits on a bull for what these guys need.
An address directory, however, is ordered by address, obviously. So they know they so-and-so lives in Apartment whatever, so they keep calling numbers in that same building until they get someone who is willing to do this. Just my luck that I was the first person to finally say "fuck it" and answer his phone. (Also, they're calling during normal business hours, when pretty much everyone else is at work, and I happen to be at home. It was either going to be me or one of the retirees in the building that they would end up getting a hold of, and I don't think most of the retirees would be willing to do this once, much less three times.)
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Based on the tone of the conversation, I can only assume it's creditors trying to track down people who owe money. I can also safely assume that the since I first did this on Monday, that creditor has since shared the fact that I did this with other creditors, hence the two calls together that I bothered to answer. (There were also a couple of calls yesterday, but I didn't pick up the phone those times because I didn't recognize the number. A practice, it seems, I need to get back into the habit of following all the time.)
Simply put, while I understand and appreciate the desire of creditors to have past due accounts paid, I consider myself under no obligation to help them any further.
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And boy I hope this isn't on a cell phone. (Very glad I don't have a land line.)
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I'm guessing that they got my number through an address directory. Okay, look at a phone book. Listed alphabetically, right? Useful for everyday use by normal people, but it's tits on a bull for what these guys need.
An address directory, however, is ordered by address, obviously. So they know they so-and-so lives in Apartment whatever, so they keep calling numbers in that same building until they get someone who is willing to do this. Just my luck that I was the first person to finally say "fuck it" and answer his phone. (Also, they're calling during normal business hours, when pretty much everyone else is at work, and I happen to be at home. It was either going to be me or one of the retirees in the building that they would end up getting a hold of, and I don't think most of the retirees would be willing to do this once, much less three times.)
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Weak.