Blocking a number

Is it possible to get a number blocked on a T-Mobile To Go prepaid account?

There is this "collection agency" for Macy's that call up to 5 times a day.

I do not even shop at Macy's much less have an unpaid credit card with them.
I told them so several times.

I registered with the National Do-Not Call Registry. And filed a complaint
with them regarding this caller.

Nothing helped. I get these robot calls daily.

Google has this as a recognized problem: 1-800-423-6373.

I am at my wits end.

Regards and thanks in anticipation.

Mobius
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In <h22fiq$kj0$1@news.eternal-september.org> "Mobius" <Mobius@do.not.respond> writes:

>Is it possible to get a number blocked on a T-Mobile To Go prepaid account?

>I registered with the National Do-Not Call Registry. And filed a complaint
>with them regarding this caller.

>Nothing helped. I get these robot calls daily.

I've gotten in the habit of sending a letter to my Congresscritter
pointing out that this is happening, giving hte details of
the caller, and emphasizing that I've contacted the FTC.

I then add in my note a request that he call the FTC and remind
them there's a new boss over in teh White House, and they're
actually supposed to do their job.

Sometime it's worked.



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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:39:51 -0700, "Mobius" <Mobius@do.not.respond>
wrote in <h22fiq$kj0$1@news.eternal-september.org>:

>Is it possible to get a number blocked on a T-Mobile To Go prepaid account?
>There is this "collection agency" for Macy's that call up to 5 times a day.
>I do not even shop at Macy's much less have an unpaid credit card with them.
>I told them so several times.
>I registered with the National Do-Not Call Registry. And filed a complaint
>with them regarding this caller.
>Nothing helped. I get these robot calls daily.
>Google has this as a recognized problem: 1-800-423-6373.

The collection calls may be to a prior user of your number.

Your best bet is probably to request a new number from T-Mobile, and ask
to have any change fees waived because of these collection calls.

Other possible options:
* Add this number to your contacts, and assign a silent ringtone
* Get a phone with number blocking; Nokia "call restrictions":

<http://knowledge.search.nokiausa.com/search/answer.jsp?channel=FAQS&guid=FA107644>
* Switch to FlexPay, giving you all account options

For your privacy rights, see
<http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htm#3>

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If the iPhone is really so impressive,
why do fans keep making excuses for it?

In article <45o945l52237i898pgnna1oja1u5qk43m5@4ax.com>, spamfilter1
@navasgroup.com says...


> Your best bet is probably to request a new number from T-Mobile, and ask
> to have any change fees waived because of these collection calls.

No.

Your best bet is to answer the call and explain that you're not the
person in question.

Been there, done that. At work, Verizon assigned to us a landline number
that had previously been used by some jacktard who never paid his bills.

I still get the occasional call for him or his wife.

Look at it this way: Collections agencies are paid to collect debts.
They don't want to call you if you're not the person who owes the money.
It's not just a violation of federal law; in many cases, it costs them
money to call you.

And in each case where I responded to the debt collector and explained
that the deadbeat no longer used the phone number they were calling, I
was told "ok" and never heard from them again.

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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:08:51 -0700, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
wrote in <MPG.24aeae90873dbd669896c0@news.justthe.net>:

>In article <45o945l52237i898pgnna1oja1u5qk43m5@4ax.com>, spamfilter1
>@navasgroup.com says...
>
>
>> Your best bet is probably to request a new number from T-Mobile, and ask
>> to have any change fees waived because of these collection calls.
>
>No.
>
>Your best bet is to answer the call and explain that you're not the
>person in question.

Your best bet is to actually read the thread before jumping in.
He's already done that, several times. This is a bad apple known to pay
no attention to objections.

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If the iPhone is really so impressive,
why do fans keep making excuses for it?

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:39:51 -0400, Mobius <Mobius@do.not.respond> wrote:

> Is it possible to get a number blocked on a T-Mobile To Go prepaid
> account?
>
> There is this "collection agency" for Macy's that call up to 5 times a
> day.
>
> I do not even shop at Macy's much less have an unpaid credit card with
> them.
> I told them so several times.
>
> I registered with the National Do-Not Call Registry. And filed a
> complaint
> with them regarding this caller.
>
> Nothing helped. I get these robot calls daily.
>
> Google has this as a recognized problem: 1-800-423-6373.
>
> I am at my wits end.
>
> Regards and thanks in anticipation.
>
> Mobius
> --------

No guarantees here, but have you tried asking T-Mobile
Customer Service if they can get calls from that one number
rerouted to their "busy"-tone generator?

Give it a try.

Or maybe your handset itself can be programmed to dump
calls originating at the offending number into voicemail.

Cheers, and good luck, -- tlvp

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:39:51 -0700, Mobius wrote:

> Is it possible to get a number blocked on a T-Mobile To Go prepaid
> account?

I don't see this suggestion yet, not great, but might be worth
considering...

If the phone can have different ringtones assigned to each phone book
entry then you just set a silent ringtone for that number.

Note that my experiment with this did not work out as well as I wanted
for my V195 as it would still vibrate for the test number if in vibrate
mode. But if you always use the non-vibrate mode then I guess it would
work. Still, they might just leave a voice mail and I guess that would
still alert.


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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:06:33 -0500, Doug Herr <nntp@wombatz.invalid>
wrote in <_d-dnfH-atekItrXnZ2dnUVZ_oti4p2d@posted.rawbandwidth>:

>On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:39:51 -0700, Mobius wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to get a number blocked on a T-Mobile To Go prepaid
>> account?
>
>I don't see this suggestion yet, not great, but might be worth
>considering...
>
>If the phone can have different ringtones assigned to each phone book
>entry then you just set a silent ringtone for that number.
>...

Already suggested.

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If the iPhone is really so impressive,
why do fans keep making excuses for it?