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I once had an "800" number for my business. Almost immediately, I started receiving calls, mostly from senior citizens, inquiring as to parts for their appliances. They thought they were calling the J.C. Penney parts center in Atlanta, GA. At first I was polite and explained they must have dialed wrong. Then as the calls became relentless, I became nastier. Finally, I asked one old goat "What number are you dialing?" He replied "800-404-XXX-XXXX". My 800 # was 800-404-XXXX.
THE F'IN GEEZERS DIDN'T WANT TO PAY LONG-DISTANCE CHARGES WHEN CALLING TO ORDER THEIR PARTS, SO THEY ASSUMED BY DIALING "800" BEFORE THE NON-TOLL-FREE #, IT WOULD BECOME A FREE CALL!!!
This drove me so nuts...continuous calls, all hours of the day/night, weekends included, I had to eventually change the number.
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