Shoulda kept your old phone. I did.
Just get an obozophone — they are free and all those problems belong to the DNC!
Must the replies contain both reason & rhyme?
Not sure I can supply both at the same time...
:)
You should be able to call Customer service and get the cell # changed due to the harassing calls. this should be a free service. it cant hurt to call.
Buy a Tracfone from Walmart. I’ve used one for years and have had little trouble from unwanted calls. No contract required and you can buy as many minutes as you think you will need. Serves my minimal communication needs just fine.
Telemarketers have gone crazy calling all of our cell phones. It appears they randomly call numbers via dialer software. The only thing you can really do is to block each number as you determine it is a telemarketer/scammer.
I’ve had AAT for years and been quite satisfied with them. However, reading their literature fees and service requirements is a must as is a willingness to call and politely but firmly complain. Their overseas packages are quite good if you just remember to turn off all the smart stuff on your phone - I know people who got hammered with two or three thousand dollar charges because daughter liked YouTube.
I am on an AT&T Go Phone service with a pre-SmartPhone Motorola RAZR. I switched to the $2.00/day plan which comes with a catch - it is $2.00 per day but only on the days you actually place or receive a call. Once you do make/receive a call, all the rest of the calls that day are free. For recluses, that’s a nice deal.
Since it has a caller ID, ignore any calls you don’t recognize. If they go to voice mail, choose to play them back on a day you were planning to use the phone anyway.
In my case, the $25 refill lasts me approx. one month which is considerably less than most calling plans. I stay away from texting and web access unless I absolutely need to.
I use Tracfone pre-paid and seldom have spam calls. I do occasionally get them, however.
I also signed my number up on the FED and state DO NOT CALL lists.
I’ve got Cricket ... and it’s my only phone. It works great and it’s flat rate with unlimited everything. I don’t care who calls and who texts, as it doesn’t matter. But, the fact of the matter is that no one calls that I don’t know and no one texts that I don’t know. So, it really doesn’t make any difference. And this is after having it for a long time (over a year, anyway, on one number).
AND ... if someone has the “Life Line” program (if you have even $1 of Food Stamps, you qualify) - you can get $35 credit back on the Cricket account. That should wipe out any payment every month.
www.donotcall.gov
You can list up to 3 phones. And it works but not forever like they claim. I need to re-list about every 90 days.
That's interesting. Did you give them the number?
I would suggest upgrading your plan to include unlimited texting and data. You should be able to do this for less than $200 a month. Then you won’t have to worry about getting whacked with all these piddling charges.
Sounds like you got a phone number that had been previously used, getting a new one might help, as may getting on the FTC do not call list.
About Tracfone: In my case, they’d bought a new set of numbers from ATT, and I got an unused one. I get very few bogus calls. When you buy time from them, there’s an expiration date, so you have to keep adding minutes to avoid losing the ones you have. However... at the time I bought the phone, they had something called the Lifeline Value Plan. With that plan, you pay a small monthly charge and your minutes never expire. I got the phone five years ago, bought 20 bucks worth of minutes, then went on the plan. I pay $5.11 a month for my cell phone. Since I make very few calls, I still have some of my original batch of minutes left. It’s been a good deal for me. You pay for both outgoing and incoming voice calls, but can avoid paying for text messages by not opening them.
Shoulda kept your old phone. I did.
Scrapping the GoPhone for a real cell phone would be fine
who knows? it might even save you a dime
of course it could cost you a lot more than you save
either way you’re screwed when callers misbehave
I keep getting pictures sent to my phone from some nice lady who forgot to put her clothes on before she took her own picture. I’ll work with AT&T to get these terrible pic’s stopped just as soon as their customer service number answers my call! I’m only 49,576 inline at this time.
Net 10 Wireless for me. You still pay by the minute, but it takes a lot of prank calls to hit your limit...and then only if you answer them. They don’t seem to play the games of Big Phone as I very, very, rarely get spammers and very rarely even get wrong numbers. I once had a Verizon phone and they charged me for each text message (from who knows who). I’m not into that stuff, so I told them to disable it. They said they couldn’t, so I went ahead and disabled them...well, disabled their service, and then moved to Net 10.
if you only want it for emergencies, don't turn it on unless there is one and you won't get the unwanted calls... yes?Ask for another phone number. I got a new phone number once that had belonged to pet babysitting service. You would not believe the amount of phone calls I received. I even found that this number was all over the internet. I asked for another phone number. Problem solved.
I have a tmobile cell with unlimited calling, and in two years have not received a single telemarketing call.