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I less than appreciated being woken at 3:30am to be given a voicemail message from a pimp who'd called around 5pm the day before. If the phone rings in the middle of the night I answer it, but it BETTER be an emergency. Can Vodafone be convinced to give two hoots about its prepaid customers? Do complaints go anywhere other than the circular file? Please advise.

New voicemail message: "David's phone. If you are calling with a job opportunity, or are a recruiter, I am currently employed and am not. Seeking. Work. Anyone else, please leave a message." Recruiters I know and like are, of course, excepted ;-)

whine, whine. Life is good otherwise. I will be attending one or both of Dorkbot and M:Alice this evening, though I'm still not sure precisely.

Update: He'd actually called around 5pm on the 11th. Nine days ago.

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Date: 2004-10-20 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adrasteah.livejournal.com
Vodafone used to do that to me all the time and it was very annoying, and that was a phone belonging to a large business account.

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Date: 2004-10-20 02:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minigoth.livejournal.com
aH YEAH, i ALWAYS HATED THAT ABOUT THEM!

That was caps lock, but I'm not sorry - hate them too much for that :) I'll ge rid of my SIM - it's FAR cheaper to use my Swedish mobile in the UK than to use my UK Vodafone mobile in the UK. Sucks, doesn't it?

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Date: 2004-10-20 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] mikewd
This is why I always have voicemail set to only do SMS alerts.

I've never understood why anyone would actually want to have a voicemail system randomly ring them up and try to playback messages. Surely the whole point of voicemail is you can listen to messages at your convenience.

[Also, with Vodafone at least, you can do *#147# to check the last number called, even if it went straight to voicemail, so you don't even have to bother with checking the voicemail if it's somebody you don't want to be bothered by.]

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Date: 2004-10-20 03:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valkyriekaren.livejournal.com
This is why it is never worthwhile leaving me voicemail. A couple of years on Vodaphone meant that I hated the technology so much I never learned to use it.

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Date: 2004-10-20 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fluffymormegil.livejournal.com
Voicemail is the mind destroyer.

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Date: 2004-10-20 04:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fluffymormegil.livejournal.com
Ah. Thing is, I hate telephones.

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Date: 2004-10-20 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rbarclay.livejournal.com
I've set my phone to auto-forward calls to my phone at 'ork after 10 rings. Which, after about 20 rings forwards it to central. Which, after another 20 rings, forwards it to the answer machine at 'ork. Since I can still see caller-id of missed calls, this is fine for me. People who don't send caller-id have little chance of me picking up the phone anyway when I'm not working.

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Date: 2004-10-20 04:06 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] hairyears.livejournal.com
Can't make DorkBot 'til about 8:30. It'll be over!

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Date: 2004-10-20 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baralier.livejournal.com
Your phone rings you to tell you you have voicemail? Ah those wacky Brits.

Surely a text would be simpler (and far less likely to wake you).

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Date: 2004-10-20 07:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arkady.livejournal.com
Shame you can't keep the number and transfer to T-Mobile. Contract I'm on at the moment, I get an SMS to alert me of voicemails, and calls to check my voicemail are free.

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Date: 2004-10-20 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grumpy-sysadmin.livejournal.com
Does T-Mobile actually have decent coverage on that side of the pond?

Because they don't, so much, over here...

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Date: 2004-10-20 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grumpy-sysadmin.livejournal.com
Less land to cover, I guess.

But even away from urban areas? (That's where T-Mobile sucks rocks through a hose here...)

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