Changed mobile number - who to tell?

The_Machine

Please help... suffering a mental block!

I recently changed my mobile number for the first time in years. I've informed my family, friends, employer, Facebook, bank and credit card companies, but can you think of anyone else I might need to inform?

fitshase

Doctor
Children's school
Dentist

Double glazing companies:D

parallax_20

Was there any particular reason why you didn't keep the old number?

In the past, I've kept the old sim active as a payg and just left a voicemail greeting to say "This number is no longer in use. You can contact me at new number xxxx" . Keep this running as long as you like and hopefully it'll catch anyone you've forgotten to informed. Plus my old sim was with Orange, so I keep it anyway for the occasional Orange Wednesday And I have a spare sim, in case I need to lend the phone to a visiting relative from overseas who needs a phone.

Everybody wins!

The_Machine

parallax_20 wrote: »

Was there any particular reason why you didn't keep the old number?

Yes, I've changed my number mid-contract as I've been receiving a lot of nuisance calls recently. I think someone has given his number out incorrectly and given mine out by mistake. I tried answering them and telling them they had the wrong number, but they were adamant they had the right number.

After a month or so of this and several calls to my network, I decided the easiest way to end it was just to change my number. The new one's easier to remember anyway!

geri1965_2

Why would you need to tell Facebook your mobile number? Maybe that's where your nuisance calls come from.

pompeyfaith

can think of no one you need to tell except family friends and doctor

macman

Why don't you just text everyone in your phone's address book?

chuckley

y did you tell facebook?!

The_Machine

chuckley wrote: »

y did you tell facebook?!

Only for alerts; it's not displayed on my profile. E.g. I get a text whenever someone logs into my account from an unknown machine.

The_Machine

macman wrote: »

Why don't you just text everyone in your phone's address book?

Yeah, did that (well those I want to know my number )I'm just trying to make sure I've covered all organisations such as the bank, doctors etc that I can't inform by text.