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On this topic, I wish everyone would just leave a fucking voicemail if you don't pick up. Even spammers will leave a voicemail these days.

• loloquwowndueo 5y ago
  My crappy voice mail can only hold 3 messages and is a pain to use :(
  • tomrod 5y ago
    May I recommend you consider something like MetroPCS or similar MVNO-type service, which offers a pay-as-you-go no-contract plan for what I consider reasonable rates (cheap if only call/text). There is no reason voice mail should be limited to 3 messages.
• ghaff 5y ago
  Why? I assume if someone I know calls and doesn't leave a message, I figure they just wanted to chat if I was available but don't have anything urgent. Leaving a voicemail just wastes both of our time. And Caller ID tells me they called.
  • thomastjeffery 5y ago
    Why? Because that only works if you are absolutely certain that person has your number saved in their contacts. Otherwise, your call looks exactly like spam, so either you will get ignored, or that person has to answer all calls from unknown numbers.
    • ghaff 5y ago
      Anyone who would probably call me out of the blue that I might actually care about talking to is almost certainly in my contacts list. And I assume the converse is true. There are very few people who I'll just ring up to chat with. It's not really a big deal in that I can get the sense of a voice mail from the phone transcription pretty easily. But if I didn't catch someone and actually want to communicate something I'll probably follow up with a text.
      • thomastjeffery 5y ago
        > I assume the converse is true I've made the same assumption and been wrong. It might be a bigger assumption than you realize. Maybe they just got a new phone, and their contact list wasn't synced correctly.
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• hotpotamus 5y ago
  Agreed, but a text is better.