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07 March 2006

Call me! Inspired by sciurus's thread, I did some research...→[More:]
This free voice mail service was the best I could find. I did a little third-party investigating and it appears legit. It is a free service that provides an anonymous voice mail box; the owner of the box will hear advertisiting when retrieving messages, but the caller gets no ads. I did not have to give any personally identifiable information about myself during the setup. Pretty sweet deal.

My voice mail number is 206-312-1915. Call me! And set up yours!

post by: mike9322 at: 11:48 | 41 comments

Of course, if calls to the 206 area code normally cost you money, it won't be free for you...

posted by mike9322 07 March | 11:50

check your messages.

posted by jonmc 07 March | 12:08

This is too cool - thanks jon! Make with the numbers, people!

posted by mike9322 07 March | 12:14

Call me call me call me! I can't stay online, but I can check messages and make phone calls at lunch! I'm wearing my bunny pin because I love you all so much!

206.984.6996!

Oh yeah, it's got a 69 in it, baby.

posted by Specklet 07 March | 12:36

check your messages

*laughs devilishly*

posted by jonmc 07 March | 12:44

206.424.2790!

posted by Miko 07 March | 12:45

206.600.2709

posted by jonmc 07 March | 12:53

wiki

posted by mike9322 07 March | 13:00

I called and went through the whole setup, and it asked me to try calling my own number to test it. They repeated it 3 times so I made sure I wrote down the wrong number. When I called it, it said "I'm sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed." I am dialing from the 206 area code so I tried all variations on the number (1.206.xxx.xxxx, 206.xxx.xxxx, and xxx.xxxx) and got the same problem with each one. Anyone else have this?

posted by matildaben 07 March | 13:17

Awwww crap, tilda, that sucks! Mine worked perfectly the first time. Maybe try again? I know the setup takes a little while, but I want to call you!

FWIW, I'm dialing 206.xxx.xxxx from my cell phone, but I'm not coming from within the 206 area code.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 13:28

I am totally going to have to do this at home. Placing sexy anonymous phone calls from work would be kinda creepy.

posted by TrishaLynn 07 March | 13:36

I'm getting blank messages from y'all. not very flattering. :(

posted by jonmc 07 March | 14:02

Ooh, call me! 206.312.8787.

But, um, while checking it to make sure it worked, the system told me I had two new messages. One of them was me trying to get my password to work. The other was a message three weeks old that said, "Chris, this is Herb. Just trying to catch you."

So, um, don't leave any too identifiable info, because there's something screwy in the mix.

posted by mudpuppie 07 March | 14:10

Thanks, mudpuppie - good to know. I'm sure they recycle the numbers once a box expires. I'm a little surprised they don't clean it out first, but you get what you pay for, I guess.

I hereby promise to delete all your messages myself before allowing my box to expire.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 14:13

I'm getting a lot of hangups. and I left some of youse very sexxxay messages.

posted by jonmc 07 March | 14:18

206.279.9231

posted by matildaben 07 March | 14:40

No one's getting any calls from me until evening hours, US West Coast time. It'll give you something to look forward to.

posted by matildaben 07 March | 14:42

Yes, I may have to call you all after work or risk getting caught using yet another employer-provided resource for pure fun and games! But this is a fun idea.

posted by Miko 07 March | 14:48

No one's getting any calls from me until evening hours, US West Coast time. It'll give you something to look forward to.

Ditto.

posted by Specklet 07 March | 14:58

I hope everyone is waiting till after work, because otherwise I'm really disappointed with the turnout here! I'm normally not the pouty type, but if people are skipping this voluntarily, they don't know what they're missing. I giggle gleefully every time I get a new message. This is way fun, people! Join in! Please?

If you're worried about anonymity, don't be. The setup only asks you for age, gender, and zip code, and you could easily fake those if you want - they are only used to target which short ad you will hear when you check your messages. Mudpuppie noted that the messages may not be deleted when a box is transferred to a new user - so just don't leave a message for anyone identifying yourself by full name and credit card number.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 15:50

Holy crap, jonmc has a sexy voice. Like a late-night DJ that's all yours and nobody else's.

The other one of my 2 messages was a hangup, though. C'mon, people!

I'll be checking later to give you all time to get home from work.

posted by matildaben 07 March | 16:09

Holy crap, jonmc has a sexy voice. Like a late-night DJ that's all yours and nobody else's.

*blushes furiously*

Damn, along with my tune-spinnin' skills, maybe I should become a DJ.

posted by jonmc 07 March | 16:58

jon: I fully agree with matildaben. Don't be wasting that kind of talent. You even sound rock'n'roll.

Mike9322 has that "I could talk to this guy for hours" relaxed-voice thing going. Also very nice!

Thanks, Mike. You made the phone fun again!

posted by Miko 07 March | 17:12

Oh well. I'll always have Herb...

posted by mudpuppie 07 March | 17:50

pupp and tilda: I'll be calling you later. I had to leave work and now I'm hanging out with the kid. Stand by!

posted by mike9322 07 March | 18:01

You mean Mike9322 has Matthew McConaughey's voice too?

posted by matildaben 07 March | 18:22

I did get mike's message and he is workin' that laconic thing quite nicely. Thanks for the well-wishes, too, hoss.

(I've been calling everybody 'hoss' lately. Maybe I've watching too many Bonanza reruns)

posted by jonmc 07 March | 18:45

I just called y'all! LEt me know if you didn't get the message. For some reason, there are a lot of 'hang-ups'.

posted by Miko 07 March | 22:26

Got it miko! And one from specklet! This is a blast.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 22:30

(206) 312-7604

posted by mlis 07 March | 22:55

mine's in the wiki folks!

posted by richat 07 March | 23:00

Richat's voice is as soft and pretty as his hair! (And more Canadian!)

posted by matildaben 07 March | 23:16

It's catching on! My baby is growing up!

posted by mike9322 07 March | 23:19

206/208-6774

posted by mygothlaundry 07 March | 23:22

(206) 312-4498

posted by Triode 07 March | 23:23

Only one person has called me. I'm going to go pout and sulk in the corner.

posted by kmellis 08 March | 13:43

Was it me? I am pretty sure I've called everyone who has a number, but maybe I missed one?

posted by mike9322 08 March | 13:53

Yeah, it was you! Thanks!

posted by kmellis 08 March | 14:53

Hey! I called you before Mike!

posted by mlis 08 March | 19:21

Miles industries wants to talk to you..
503-914-7456

posted by miles 08 March | 20:05

I just got one! So somebody call me, eh? 206-312-9436. Or I'll feel quite sad.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 March | 22:45

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