"I'm sorry you have the wrong number"

I actually just got off the phone a few minutes ago with a "scammer" who insisted so and so lived here. He was actually saying the name wrong...so yeah they DON'T live here. I tried to correct him but he insisted he had it right. ha! I looked up the number after hanging up the phone and yup, it's one of those "you've won a free trip" kinda deals.

The last time this happened to me I told the guy he had the wrong number and hes like your lying ... i just hung up.

Yeah it's annoying but I can understand why they do it too. They just want to see if they dialed the number wrong or if they've been misinformed/they actually have the wrong number. This way they don't call you right back again. I don't know for a fact that I've ever done it myself but if I have it was long before I got a cell phone. If get a "sorry wrong number" then I just look at the number I dialed to see where I went wrong. Usually in that case it's my error LOL.

It does not bother me when people ask it - because this way I am less likely to get the same person calling back again with the wrong number, it gives them information to know whether they copied their number wrongly, or just dialed it wrong.

I don't usually get annoyed by people asking if "this is 123-4567". It's actually an irrelevant question, but I'll just politely respond with "No, this is not" without giving my number. I don't get annoyed because there are times when people dialed the number correctly, but unfortunately, whoever gave them the number to call may have made a mistake giving them the wrong number, but the caller may not be aware of that. So by asking "is this 123-4567", they are actually verifying if they had dialed the number they had intended to dial. What I am annoyed with are callers who do not speak when I pick up my telephone and say "hello". Instead they put down the phone without saying anything the moment I pick it up. Some others just respond "sorry, wrong number" or just "wrong number", then immediately put down the phone, the moment I answered it. Rather rude, I would say of such behavior. Usually the people who do not say anything are the friends of my maid who prefer only to speak if my maid takes the call. The other possibility I can think of is suspicious people who are probably checking if someone is at home, and these people may be up to no good.

No, I don't hate it that people ask whether they reached the number they were trying to get. I don't want them dialing my number again, and so if they are under some mistaken idea that my number is somebody else's number I want them to know ASAP that it isn't.

Oh yes, I have phone call like your many times. One person called me to ask me for how long I have my number. What happened, I dialed wrong number day before and wrong number was her husband number. Innocent man, I don't even know him....lol

I usually only dial numbers that are pre programmed into my phone, it holds many many numbers. But i live in a small town, and i've gotten some pretty weird wrong numbers.. People call and think that they have reached the right person even though they haven't. HEY MAN, (first of all i'm a girl and dont sound like a man) Are we still on for tonight man!? i'm like i dunno what do we have planned.. lol sometimes i like to play along with people. .

Woo hoo, you are funny! It annoys me as well. When I call for The Gingerbread Man, and they tell me I have the wrong number, I DO NOT repeat the number to check and see if it is the right one. I believe them, I don't need it confirmed again. But you'd think the unfamiliar voice speaking to Fiona would be their first clue.

yes it is annoying specially when the person on the other line is saying that your kidding or saying Ohhh come'on.

This is a huge annoyance for me too, but you know what really gets me? When people leave a message on your answering machine for who they're looking for, and you say your flippin' name ni your greeting!!! We get that all the time and it drives me nuts. We say 'Blah ,blah, blah. This is Jessica nad Michael...' and people will still leave messages for said mystery person. Grrrr! I hate wrong number callers though. I hate it even more when they act like you're lying to them after they tell you your own number but still swear so and so lives there or gave you that number. Gah...idiots everywhere.

lol...I love that you used Fiona and Shrek! This is the reason I love my caller ID! If a number or the name doesn't look familiar I don't answer the phone. Actually even when it does look familiar sometimes I don't answer but that's a different discussion...lol. I remember those days though and you are right after saying you have a wrong number and they say is this whatever I would get nuts and usually say something rude to them. If I dial a wrong number I apologize and hang up...end of call!

I would hate that too. If in the rare occasion I call the wrong number I usually can tell by the voice I have the wrong number and will say sorry I think I dialed the wrong number. But if I can't tell I will ask for the person I am looking for. If they say I have the wrong number, I say sorry and hang up. I wouldn't ask about the number or anything. I think that is rude. I don't like it if someone does that to me either. However there was this one time when a VERY friendly guy with a sexy voice called and it was the wrong number, we ended up doing some chatting and I didn't mind at all. LOL

Sometimes I ask the number I dialed,and I don't hate when people asked that.

If I am the one that made the erroneous call, I usually do ask if the number I was trying to dial is the number I actually dialed. That way I know if I just made a mistake, or if the number written down is wrong. What gets on my nerves is people who ask me who is this? What do you mean who is this?!? You called here who is this?!? It gets on my nerves whether its a wrong number, or its someone who just dialed in. You have no right to ask who answered the phone before you identify yourself. And if you're not family, you still have no right to ask!!!

it's kind of annoying..but even worse i had wrong number one night that decided to argue with me about the person not living there. must have been drunk..least i hope that was their excuse.

I hardly ever get joke calls, but when I do I like to play along, and put the joke on the caller, lol.