[boyblue_77]

My cell service provider, Sprint, keeps deleting any old voicemail I have saved from a collector who is seriously violating the FDCPA by continuing to call me even though 1.) they haven't validated and 2.) I told them to do everything in writing. Sprint seems to be deleting any voicemail that is more than a month old. They are getting rid of my evidence! is there another way to save the voicemails?

[Hedwig]

I think most voice mail services do that. I don't know if there's a way to save it or not.

[roybean]

Can't you forward your voice mail? Most do.

[Qtip]

I never tried forwarding but what i have done in the past is call my voice mail from my house on speaker phone and then record with personal recorder.

[boyblue_77]

Originally Posted by roybean

Can't you forward your voice mail? Most do.

I could. But where would I forward to? i don't have a land line. I guess I can forward it to my work phone. But I prefer not to mix personal with business stuff.

Originally Posted by Qtip

I never tried forwarding but what i have done in the past is call my voice mail from my house on speaker phone and then record with personal recorder.

Now that's a thought! Again, I would probably have to use my work phone...after hours so that nobody will hear my bizness.

[roybean]

I think you can connect a digital recorder to your cell; Radio Shack has a kit ...I think!

[HighestAppeal]

Originally Posted by boyblue_77

My cell service provider, Sprint, keeps deleting any old voicemail I have saved from a collector who is seriously violating the FDCPA by continuing to call me even though 1.) they haven't validated and 2.) I told them to do everything in writing. Sprint seems to be deleting any voicemail that is more than a month old. They are getting rid of my evidence! is there another way to save the voicemails?

As a backup, as soon as you get the voicemails, write them down word-for-word. Note the date and time as well.

If you have to testify as to the content of the voicemails, you can tell the judge you how you wrote it down. It's not as persuasive as the actual voicemail, but it's still pretty good.

[drivel]

after you get the voicemail, freeze the cell phone in a block of ice.

[roybean]

Originally Posted by drivel

after you get the voicemail, freeze the cell phone in a block of ice.

The views and expressions of posters do not reflect IC.

[drivel]

Originally Posted by roybean

The views and expressions of posters do not reflect IC.

i said ice, not IC.

[HighestAppeal]

Originally Posted by drivel

after you get the voicemail, freeze the cell phone in a block of ice.

According to Chaudhry, presentation of a cell phone in a frozen block of ice would satisfy a collector's obligation to verify a disputed debt.

Or would that be a misapplication of Chaudhry? It's so hard to tell these days.

[drivel]

Originally Posted by HighestAppeal

According to Chaudhry, presentation of a cell phone in a frozen block of ice would satisfy a collector's obligation to verify a disputed debt.

Or would that be a misapplication of Chaudhry? It's so hard to tell these days.

see now you are just being silly.

[Lucy]

Dear Dr,

I think it is time for you to come in out of the cold and thaw a bit.

[drivel]

Dear Lucy:

Congratulations on your 200th post, it was a good one!

Sincerely, Dr. E.

[Hedwig]

Originally Posted by boyblue_77

I could. But where would I forward to? i don't have a land line. I guess I can forward it to my work phone. But I prefer not to mix personal with business stuff.



Now that's a thought! Again, I would probably have to use my work phone...after hours so that nobody will hear my bizness.

If you have a speaker on your cell phone, you don't even have to use your work phone. Have the digital recorder set up, call your voice mail from your cell phone, play it on speaker, and record it.

[roybean]

Good point Hed...if you want them bad enough, there is a way to get them!