[Moose4]

Speaking as somebody who has had, uh, a bit of bad credit history, that really does sound like a collection agency or creditor of some kind. Except normally, when you pick up, there'll be several seconds of silence while they transfer you to a human drone. If you don't pick up, most of the time they don't leave a message, and if they do, they rarely identify who they are.

}:-)4

[The Brush]

Our company uses dialers which sometimes have a brief moment (or more) of silence before we answer. We are required to ask for the individual and verify SS# before continuing, that's usually when the call ends.

I understand that some collectors don't follow that rule to the letter...

[NerdDad]

"that really does sound like a collection agency or creditor of some kind. Except normally, when you pick up, there'll be several seconds of silence while they transfer you to a human drone."

We've fielded our share of those calls in the past as well. This is not one of those. After we answer the call hangs up. We couldn't get the collectors to hang up. We screamed and cussed. We even made lovemaking sounds. They just kept right on with their script. And if we hung up on them, they just called back.

So glad we are past that point in our lives.