tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post1597087087713573731..comments2023-07-19T04:05:34.796-04:00Comments on Of Cabbages and Kings: Still Not Melissa HornswagglerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-56710625392952491392010-04-24T10:15:48.961-04:002010-04-24T10:15:48.961-04:00A friend of mine moved into an apartment where a &...A friend of mine moved into an apartment where a "lady of the night" used to reside and sometimes entertain. After 6 weeks of her bell constantly ringing she was forced to move as some of the visitors were hard to get rid of!<br /><br />I had my purse stolen and my greatest fear is one day "another me" will start running things up with my ID.<br /><br />Can't wait for an update btw!Aussiehttp://www.australiansites.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-21531096511894517192010-04-23T13:05:53.348-04:002010-04-23T13:05:53.348-04:00When I'm really irritated with a company insis...When I'm really irritated with a company insisting that I'm some other person of Spanish heritage, I hand the phone to Wordtapestry and she talks to them in German. That usually fixes it.<br /><br />But we were getting health insurance billing for a previous owner of our house for years, and it took multiple calls to their fraud line [which was oddly, very rarely answered] to get them to stop sending the stuff to us.Rethorykehttp://rethoryke.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-35422138939078672082010-04-21T22:32:39.235-04:002010-04-21T22:32:39.235-04:00Wow, what a mystery. Very interesting.Wow, what a mystery. Very interesting.Respectfully Yourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018215635835723955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-9372321847733958342010-04-21T21:41:13.271-04:002010-04-21T21:41:13.271-04:00All I have is that a creditor kept calling my dad ...All I have is that a creditor kept calling my dad because a guy he graduated with had the same name as him. Only the other guy had an "E" for his middle name and dad's is a "G"...I answered the phone for him the one time and honestly, the guy wasn't buying that my dad wasn't the right guy. It went on like that for quite awhile.<br /><br />As for you...I think Melissa Dopplinger or whatever her name is, is a drug dealer and the mob is after her. Yes, I've watched too many movies...why?Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-41667835393288301712010-04-21T18:48:27.357-04:002010-04-21T18:48:27.357-04:00A few years ago I was given a number that once def...A few years ago I was given a number that once default to a guy who'd cheated his friends and family for their money.<br /><br />I used to get calls from one of those Spanish countries in central america. First they were all like cool with it - wrong number and all that. Then some of them started suspected that I was hiding something - I explained my take and they explained their woes. <br /><br />Made me feel so sorry for these poor people.<br /><br />After that I never got a call.Jaffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-71605197711042506372010-04-21T17:06:52.415-04:002010-04-21T17:06:52.415-04:00A few years ago we started getting calls from the ...A few years ago we started getting calls from the U.S. Army. Neither one of us who live in the house have ever been in the US Army and by this point we were probably both too old for them to be interested in us anyway.<br /><br />It turned out they thought our number was the recruiting center for the Southeast or something like that. It took TWO YEARS of them calling us anywhere from once a week to once a month and us telling them every time that they were calling our private residence and the number that "whoever" had (obviously) put on their "list" was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-74416181419342362282010-04-21T16:11:53.410-04:002010-04-21T16:11:53.410-04:00Melanie- Heh, you and Nancy got to be good old fri...Melanie- Heh, you and Nancy got to be good old friends over the years, I bet... except of course that she was probably too stoned to remember your interactions. :)Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-9722369079684027242010-04-21T15:24:50.188-04:002010-04-21T15:24:50.188-04:00Ok, you've got me on pins and needles waiting ...Ok, you've got me on pins and needles waiting for the next installment here. This is better than a soap opera. :) (ok, yes, I'm easily entertained)<br /><br />When I was first married and got I got badgered into having a telephone hooked up, against my better judgement. The phone number they gave me was the old number for the local bar! After about a year, most of the calls for the bar had stopped, but every summer for 14 years I'd get a call for a lady named Nancy. The woman on the other end of the line always sounded stoned out of her mind and she never remembered that Nancy is no longer at this number. I did get a call from an elderly woman one day asking if this was the XYZ cafe. Turns out she was using a 25 yr old phone book!!!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424489590437278846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-54857465558243633712010-04-21T13:33:43.149-04:002010-04-21T13:33:43.149-04:00Unfinished Dude- It's quite a coincidence, tho...Unfinished Dude- It's quite a coincidence, though, that a Kim and Bryan would have occupied the house TWICE, being two different couples-- that would actually be pretty cool if it weren't so inconvenient for you guys.<br /><br />Kim- Geez- it sounds like you narrowly avoided HUUUUUGE potential issues! Yipes!Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-81565668953890141052010-04-21T12:59:30.102-04:002010-04-21T12:59:30.102-04:00No, those calls started the week I got that phone ...No, those calls started the week I got that phone number turned on in the basement apartment I rented for 8 months before we got married, and persisted when we moved it to P.N. Drive.<br /><br />When I bought my Saturn the sales agent was kind enough to tip me off to the fact that another Kimberly Robinson's information and mine was crossed up on our credit reports. She said, "I thought you'd want to know because here's your credit report (snapping apart two pieces of computer paper) and here's hers (she released a ribbon of continuous paper that reached to the floor). Yeah, I called Transunion IMMEDIATELY.Shieldmaiden96https://www.blogger.com/profile/04673938377819957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-15081493319497103632010-04-21T10:42:49.029-04:002010-04-21T10:42:49.029-04:00Darnit, my wife got here first to tell the story I...Darnit, my wife got here first to tell the story I wanted to tell, although I thought it was after we were married. I'm so disappointed. Now what am I going to say? Oh, I'll get with the second-rate story: where we live now, we get mail for a former Kim and Bryan who once lived here, including bills. I know it's not as exciting, but it's the best I could come up with on short notice.Unfinished Ramblerhttp://unfinishedperson.com/category/unfinished-ramblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-79824394703534874882010-04-21T10:19:06.297-04:002010-04-21T10:19:06.297-04:00Cari- If they leave me another message, I'm re...Cari- If they leave me another message, I'm really going to have to call them like you did. I had so much going on, it wasn't high on my priorities, but that could certainly change if I get any more calls.<br /><br />I'm glad you were able to straighten it out (fingers-crossed). I feel lucky this woman's name is absolutely nothing like mine, and I've lived at this address and number for about ten years now.Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-47663792547469006932010-04-21T09:54:36.838-04:002010-04-21T09:54:36.838-04:00I had something similar happen to me and I finally...I had something similar happen to me and I finally got a real human on the phone at the creditor company. They were incredibly rude to me as they verified that I was, in fact, NOT the person they were looking for.<br /><br />They were looking for a Cari Lastname whose last name was my maiden name. I haven't been that person for almost 9 years. And I never lived at the address they listed.<br /><br />I haven't heard from them since so I hope they take their nasty attitude and shove it. I have really good credit and they better not muck it up.Carihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808278832117289063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-33980610116356348692010-04-21T09:30:16.776-04:002010-04-21T09:30:16.776-04:00Shieldmaiden- How did you ever convince them you w...Shieldmaiden- How did you ever convince them you weren't one of the Smiths? Because I got the feeling the Grandmother wasn't even buying that it wasn't Melissa they were talking to.<br /><br />These folks HAVE to give out wrong numbers all the time. And creditors can look up as easy as I can the reverse of a phone number and who it's registered to.<br /><br />I hope I won't be in Hornswaggler Territory for a year!Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-24972096625299081032010-04-21T09:21:16.577-04:002010-04-21T09:21:16.577-04:00When I moved into my first apartment I inherited a...When I moved into my first apartment I inherited a telephone number from 'The Smiths'. Apparently 'The Smiths' defaulted on just about everything they ever obtained, and I was left to talk not only to their creditors but to an aunt of Mr. Smith's who called after midnight one Friday to tell me how someone in the family was sick and was I sure I didn't know them or know where they could be reached. I felt bad for her and ended up on the phone with her for TWENTY MINUTES. She did let slip where the guy worked and I was sorely tempted to pay him a visit. The calls persisted for a year.Shieldmaiden96https://www.blogger.com/profile/04673938377819957295noreply@blogger.com