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Worst thing for a comper….

leaving what i call the 'bat line' at home (PAYG mobile just for incoming calls) and remembering when you are out and thinking - i bet the thing rings now. Get home and low and behold. missed call. unknown number. No message. Queue evening of torturing myself on what i might have been….

GAH :doh:

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  • mumto2boys
    mumto2boys Posts: 7,993 Forumite
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    Oh no!! Hopefully they will ring back in the morning, but oh no!!!
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  • Did you google the phone number?
  • Daphne01
    Daphne01 Posts: 22,145 Forumite
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    leaving what i call the 'bat line' at home (PAYG mobile just for incoming calls) and remembering when you are out and thinking - i bet the thing rings now. Get home and low and behold. missed call. unknown number. No message. Queue evening of torturing myself on what i might have been….

    GAH :doh:

    If it's any help I had one from an unknown number today and it was about blinds. About 2.40pm I think.

    Hope yours is a win and they call you back :)
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  • hunnycat
    hunnycat Posts: 1,538 Forumite
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    if it helps all my winning calls have came from numbers never a witheld :)

    I hate leaving my comping phone home, last year i left it to go out for the day and got back to a message saying to call capital radio asap. I had won £500 of vouchers and sports tickets which i had to claim by the close of business. made it by the skin of my teeth!

    2nd worse dilemma is when the battery dies when your at work and your thinking about the calls your gonna miss ( usually none!)
    would love to win an ipad!
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  • Daphne01 wrote: »
    If it's any help I had one from an unknown number today and it was about blinds. About 2.40pm I think.

    Hope yours is a win and they call you back :)

    I had the same!! :)
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  • I had the same!! :)

    Me too. Rather late at night too which I was very unimpressed with.
    A closed mouth gathers no feet.
  • I had a missed call on my bat phone yesterday. My heart leapt. But a quick google of the number revealed it to be a Grazia person, and more likely than not trying to sell a magazine subscription.

    Ah well. The heart leap was good while it lasted :D
  • Number was withheld - will just have to hope they call back! I have had a couple of wins from withheld numbers - it depends on the company sometimes. eeeek! fingers crossed if its a win they call back!
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