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Craigslist, wrong calls and me

I have the worst luck when it comes to getting wrong calls on my phone. Why do I say that? It started a few weeks ago with a phone call - "I'm calling to ask about the Nissan altima you have on sale". I replied saying wrong number yada yada etc. After the third call like this, I finally asked them where they found the ad and it turned out to be Craigslist. One google search later I found the ad listing my number, probably a typo. Contacted them via Cragislist and asked them to correct it. End of story, right?

Two days later, I got ANOTHER call, here is how it went.
Caller: Maam, Im calling about the toyota four runner for sale
Me: You mean the Altima, that was a mistake in the ad. I am not the seller and it has been corrected in the ad online.
Caller: Is your number 602-*******? That's what's on there..
Me:ARGGH

Another google search, and I find a DIFFERENT Craigslist ad in another city, listing my number. What are the chances of this happening to the same person in one week?. This time I found the phone number of the poster, it was on an older ad for the same car. I called him,

Me:Hi, you have put my number in your car ad. Could you correct it please?
Poster: Oh I'm so sorry, how do I do that?
Me: You need to change the ad, only you can do that since you posted it.
Him: How do I correct it?
Me: I'll email you the URL, what's your email address?
Him:Whats URL?
Me: Sigh..never mind, I'll just tell people to call you when they call me.. Good luck selling your car!

I flagged the post and asked several friends to flag too but it took a while to disappear from the site. Meanwhile, I answered a lot of calls about his car and gave people the right number..

I just bought a new phone and am trying it out for a month, haven't changed my number yet but wanted to move to using Austin's area code. Yesterday I get this call on the new phone

Me: Hello?
Lady on phone: I'd like a Texas king burger with red onions, mayo, no lettuce.
Me:!!!Wrong number!

Comments

  1. Harini SridharanJuly 19, 2010 at 9:27 AM

    awww... :(

    you do have terrible luck with this number... maybe you should get it changed.

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  2. bubblesAugust 8, 2010 at 12:18 AM

    Sorry Pree.... this is so damn hilarious... I laughed so hard!

    You know... if I were with you, we could play it out... or maybe you can get enough goop for a short story/novel this way.... just think....

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