telephonic love from phoenix.

...i thought it was over

06.22.05

Okay, starting in late April, I started receiving pairs of calls from a number in Phoenix, AZ.

Well, not necessarily from Phoenix, but definitely from the 602 area code, which contains: Anthem, Arizona State Lottery (duh, the state lottery), Carefree, CTC (a freight forwarding service), Desert Hills, Dial Corp (the soap people), Greyhound Dial Corp (a long-distance moving company), Laveen, & Phoenix.

I get one call at some variable time on one weekday, and then I receive another call either the next day, or the next business day, also at some variable time.

They never leave voicemail, and if I actually manage to answer the phone before they hang up, no one is there on the other end of the line.

The first six calls came within a 16 day period, and when I didn't get another one, I figured they had stopped. But no, 39 days later, they started again.

• Tuesday, 04/26/05 @ 04:50p, & Wednesday, 04/27/05 @ 09:24a.
• Friday, 05/06/05 @ 11:57a, & Monday, 05/09/05 @ 06:13p.
• Wednesday, 05/11/05 @ 05:57p, @ Thursday, 05/12/05 @ 03:23p
• Monday, 06/20/05 @ 04:46p, & Tuesday, 06/21/05 @ 07:42p

After the sixth call, the one I actually answered, I finally decided to call the number on my caller id, 602.973.9535, and see what was going on.

Of course, it was just a busy signal.

I know it's a telemarketing company of some sort, but why wouldn't they either leave a message, or actually just talk to me when I answered the phone?

If I called someone 8 times, and managed to never get ahold of them (to my knowledge), I might be inclined to, oh, I don't know, say... leave a fucking message?

Amusingly, I'm not the only one curious as to whom the number belongs.

So, I went and finally registered for the Do Not Call list, and even signed up the number for the salon.

I get tired of having to explain to telephone solicitors that the salon is part of a corporation, and that all decisions regarding whatever they are hawking is made at the corporate level, and that I have nothing to do with it.

And then sometimes they ask for the number to Corporate, which I won't give them. As far as I'm concerned, if they want to land a corporate account that large, let them do a little legwork of their own.