Dear Debra H.
I just wanted to send you a quick note and thank you for giving your creditors our phone number. It is truly a delight to get phone calls for you as early as 7am and as often as 3 and 4 times a day! I keep telling them that I am not you, nor do I know you, but they insist on calling again and again and again.
It really is a pleasure knowing that while I pay my bills on time, I still get to experience what it must be like to have creditors hounding you.
I’m starting to wonder if you gave them my address too, should I expect visits from them in the near future? Again, I just wanted to thank you for your thoughtful gesture. Feel free to use our number the next time you decide to take out a faulty loan, as it’s really been a pleasure!
Sincerely,
The Hales Family
September 21st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I hate when that happens. We don’t answer my parents’ home phone a lot because of that very reason, people looking for William.
You can let them know they are in violation of something (I will have to ask Bryan what exactly and let you know) if they keep calling because you have notified them that you are not Debra.
September 21st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Yep,
I am having that happen to. And it is always super late at night. I doubt they believe that I mean what I say but what else can I tell them? I hope the calls stop soon.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:30 am
that’s awful!!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:22 am
That’s terrible! I doubt the calls will stop anytime soon. Can you just change your phone number? It might be worth it!
October 6th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Even if it is you (not that it ever would be, or ever has been for us), you can ask them to stop harassing you and they have to stop.
Of course, the blood bank calls AJ about twice a week, so I guess not everybody is subject to whatever.
Also, sorry I’m so far behind on the Internets.
November 28th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Having a common last name we get calls often for others. I simply record their phone number, who called, the time they called. If they repeat a call after I’ve told them they have the wrong number, I mention they are violating the debt collecting practices laws, and that they are harrasing. I provide them with the information of the previous call and kindly request for them to stop before I contact the attorney I have already spoken with. I almost never get a call back after that.
Its a lot simpler than it sounds. My sister reposseses cars for a living, so she knows the tips. =)