On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:11:31PM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 08/01/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mind you, that still doesn't get rid of the biggest source > > of unwanted calls (especially in the late evening) - our > > phone number is one simple digit transposition away from > > the local Blockbuster Video/DVD rental store. > > Oh the Joy. A friend of mine once had a number that was commonly > mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial a local radio stations > competition line. For some entertainment he put together a bogus > winners message on his answer machine which was quite rude, a lot of > people still left their details.
I've been tempted ... The pattern of Blockbuster misdials is quite interesting. A good number of them presumably simply mis-dialed the number; after they get our answering machine once that's it. But a significant number redial the same wrong number immediately after hanging up; my guess is that this is people correctly dialing a mis-remembered number. When they get our answering machine again they check the number (or perhaps simply give up). But there are a few persistent folks who call a third time (and even, occasionally, a fourth). It was sheer dumb luck that we chose the right line for our public number (rather than our unlisted number); I wouldn't want to get the Blockbuster calls on our unlisted number (which we answer). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
