Feb 28, 2011
I received a call from this number today.....one of many over the last 3 months. I've tried dialing the number back and kept getting one automated response after the other. Each one led me deeper and
deeper into the system -- a run around. Finally I got a person and demanded they stop calling. That person identified himself by first name and a completely different company (debt solutions was on my
called ID) He told me he had no idea how I got to him, he just answered the phone. I said you answer
the phone whenever someone follows the prompts in the original call....just like I did. You know exactly
how calls get to you, but you have a script to follow. You'll get fired if you don't follow it. So I don't expect to ever get the truth from you, but you can deliver a message......DO NOT CALL MY NUMBER ANYMORE! My number is xxx-xxx-xxxx. It's your responsibility to take my number out of your system, That was my action about 3 weeks ago.
Since then, the calls from Debit Solutions stopped until today. (I used to get a call about every other day). Today, when I again received a call from that number, I answered the phone and immediately hung-up. Then I picked up my phone, hit the caller ID directory on my phone, and pressed the talk button which automatically calls the number back. This time a recorded message answered that said "You have reached the Debt Solutions removal line. Enter the 10-digit phone number that you want removed."
I thought to myself AHAA!!!! This is an entirely different response. I don't think for a minute that my demanding them to take my number off the list did any good. But the fact that when I call the number back this time, it provided a removal method....yippee, That means to me, that there's a legal action that has worked. Sooo, if you're still getting those calls, and they don't have a legitimate reason for contacting you, just try calling that number back again, like I did.
I entered my number. The message said "thank you". Now I'll just wait and see what happens.