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| Topic: | Painfully long voice message....... This thread has 12 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 11:44 |
Mr. Brad Advanced Member |
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Ever get one of those painfully long voice messages requesting service, and then they whip through their phone number so fast you have replay the message five times to try and copy down the number?
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| Post 2 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 12:41 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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Yes. After establishing a bit of a relationship with them, I tell them that communication is paramount to my making a living and I've found that it's important to give a phone number slowly. I make up some mumbo-jumbo about numbers being harder to transcribe than letters or words. Nobody seems to be offended at that.
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| Post 3 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 12:55 |
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| Post 4 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 12:58 |
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I begin with my name and phone number because I'm not an inconsiderate prick. (At least not when voicemails are concerned)Besides, people should just hang up and text if it is important.
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| Post 5 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 13:26 |
andrewinboulder Select Member |
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On June 12, 2017 at 11:44, Mr. Brad said...
Ever get one of those painfully long voice messages requesting service, and then they whip through their phone number so fast you have replay the message five times to try and copy down the number? ha ha ha - yeah I hate that. I make a point of starting with my phone number, and then repeating my number twice at the end of a voicemail for this very reason.
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| Post 6 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 17:21 |
iimig Senior Member |
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First of all, if you have any kind of voice service handling your number such as Google Voice, Vonage, etc, or have an iPhone, this is a non issue because the number will show up on your visual voicemail (where it is probably also transcribed). But in the event you don't, most carriers provide "envelope information" that provide the number, date, time etc from the message. I know on AT&T you press 5 for this. Was this recorded on an old school tape message machine?
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| Post 7 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 18:14 |
faster48 Long Time Member |
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^ sure if they want you to call them at the same number they called you from. Have a client we're doing a theater for that a few weeks ago called from his work and left a voice mail asking for someone to call him back. That would have been easy if he left a phone number since he's an exec at Comcast and the number on CID wouldn't get me back to him. Thankfully he called back the next day when he realized all of this.
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| Post 8 made on Monday June 12, 2017 at 21:15 |
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On June 12, 2017 at 17:21, iimig said...
First of all, if you have any kind of voice service handling your number such as Google Voice, Vonage, etc, or have an iPhone, this is a non issue because the number will show up on your visual voicemail (where it is probably also transcribed). But in the event you don't, most carriers provide "envelope information" that provide the number, date, time etc from the message. I know on AT&T you press 5 for this. Was this recorded on an old school tape message machine? 90% of the voicemails I get, they leave callback number other than the one they called from
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| Post 9 made on Tuesday June 13, 2017 at 07:41 |
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On June 12, 2017 at 21:15, goldenzrule said...
90% of the voicemails I get, they leave callback number other than the one they called from True. They are calling from home but leave their mobile number for callback.
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| Post 10 made on Tuesday June 13, 2017 at 08:22 |
Mac Burks (39) Elite Member |
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Voicemail is like sending a fax. Only do it ten years (or more) ago.
Email or Text so we dont have to listen to you ramble on.
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| Post 11 made on Tuesday June 13, 2017 at 08:44 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
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On June 13, 2017 at 08:22, Mac Burks (39) said...
Voicemail is like sending a fax. Only do it ten years (or more) ago.
Email or Text so we dont have to listen to you ramble on. Email, yes. Text, hell no
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| Post 12 made on Tuesday June 13, 2017 at 09:52 |
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It has been slow around here.
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| Post 13 made on Wednesday June 14, 2017 at 07:25 |
Archibald "Harry" Tuttle Advanced Member |
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On June 12, 2017 at 12:41, Ernie Gilman said...
Yes. After establishing a bit of a relationship with them, I tell them that communication is paramount to my making a living... And they don't even know what they're getting into.
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