If I called your phone and got your answering service ,what would I hear ?

@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
February 28, 2009 3:10pm CST
I have heard some really unique introductions on the answering service of some of my friends phone .I have never been able to come up with a catchy introduction for my phone so I just let the default introduction remain so it goes something liek this"You have reached the number of 880 6298 ,you may leave a name and a number at the end of a beep " Oh and by the way that is not my real number and I dont encourage you to leave your number here either but I am curious as to what you haveas your introductions so indulge me please if you can
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
1 Mar 09
Hi ronnyb! "Hi! sorry can't take your call right now..just leave a message after the end of my screaming!..ready? here it goes...AAAAAAAAAAAhhhh!" just joking! My land phone has no answering service. I am home most of the time..so if anyone calls my home, I will surely be the one answering at the and of the line. Take care and have a wonderful day! lovelots..faith
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
1 Mar 09
The first one would have made an interesting intro ,maybe you should try it .I though that all land phone had the service by default .I also thought that it would chip in if the phone rang a certain amountof times without and answer .Thank you for your answer
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
2 Mar 09
Hi there my friend! Oh no, here in our country we don't have that service by default. Most of the phones here don't have any answering machines unless they are business phones. And residential phones can also have that feature if the residential phone subscribers will upgrade their phones to the costly ones that are being sold by the phone company in my area. I just settled for the ordinary phone. And yes, after probably ten rings, the ringing will stop and you will hear a busy tone afterwards prompting you to hang up. haha.. lovelots..faith
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
28 Feb 09
I am a no-nonsense kind of gal. I think that it is so silly for me to go through the whole "we can't come to the phone right now but if you leave your name....blah, blah, blah." We all know what to do on an answering machine, right? My machine simply says "Hi! You have reached (phone number), here comes the beep!" Short and sweet. Instead of "here comes the beep!", I used to say "you know what to do". This would only give some of my wittier friends an opportunity to leave the message "I don't know what to do!" LOL So I dropped that. Also my kids are in the background laughing at the end of the message. People love that part!
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@Amberina (1541)
• United States
1 Mar 09
Hello you have reached the Inman's, leave a message....BEEEEEEEEEP That's what you would hear if you called me not very exciting. I did have a message on there that was pretty funny I got it off the internet it was a man's voice saying you have reached the mental health clinic and then it goes on with saying if you have OCD press 3 5 times and someone will get back to you. It went on with other funny things but I can't remember what now lol. I had a lot of people fall for it my mom kept falling for it even after I told her it was just a joke I would come home and she would have left a message saying "Amber did you change your number?" It was hilarious if I did change my number mom how would I get the message you just left me lol?! lol she's a funny lady, anyway I think if you wanted to get a funny message they have them on the internet.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
2 Mar 09
At least your mom doesn't call your voicemail knowing full well it is not an answering machine and saying "Pick up... Are there? Pick up, pick up!"
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
1 Mar 09
mine says, hey, this is jo. can't catch the phone right now, leave me a message & i'll get back to you. thanks.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
2 Mar 09
i'm a fun person. lol
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
9 Jul 09
I know Antique ,I know and that is why i am so happy that you are my friend
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
1 Mar 09
lol sounds like a fun message.Thank you Antique for your response
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
1 Mar 09
"Hello, Hello, Heloo ............(silent)..................... Hello, Hello, Helloo............Mate I can't hear you, raise your voice volume. Ooops, How can I hear you? I am not at home. Please record your message after the beep sound." I don't have any answering machine installed at my home phone but in future, If I would have it then I would realy like this idea.
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@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
1 Mar 09
My voice mail says..."Hello you have reached 555-5555, Leave a message and if this is your lucky day I'll call you back, if it isn't then you can try again later" I'v had a lot of fun with it. Maybe offended a few but they got over it!
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
1 Mar 09
Confindence. Yep, this is the best one I have for this discussion.
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• United States
2 Mar 09
Thanks for the BR!
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
1 Mar 09
Lol wow I would never call you back ever lol
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• United States
1 Mar 09
My answering message is just the usual leave name, number and a message but as I was recording it something set my three dogs in full bark mode, When I played it back first my Scottish accent seemed strong (even to me) and it sounded like a pack of vicious dogs in the background. I intended to delete it and make a better recording but forgot. As some of my friends think it is a really good determent for any evil doers who are just "casing" my home I have left it as it is.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
2 Mar 09
A friend of mine once had a dog named Cooper and her message said "Mr. Cooper and I aren't here right now..." I knew she didn;t live with a guy hadn't met the dog yet so when I heard it my message included "Who is Mr. Cooper?!!!"
@tash01 (2030)
• Jamaica
17 Sep 11
If someone call my mobile phone,and don't get me their will hear.You will hear sorry i can take your call now ,but please leave your name and number an i will get back at you. But some people use music which i hate to hear when i call a person,because you will have listen the music till it's finish before you can leave a message. And my then my card would be finish,and no message leave.
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@regal_aeros (2605)
• Singapore
1 Mar 09
i used to have a Garfield one. my pals all rolled their eyes at it. because it was corny. so i changed to me reciting a love poem in mandarin. and i can't be bothered to change it anymore.
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@suzzy3 (8341)
1 Mar 09
We have an answering service and a computers electronic voice says we are not available and to leave a message or something like that.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
2 Mar 09
My cell phone just says something like "I'm sorry I can't take your call, please leave a brief message..." I used to do them with music but I don't bother with all that anymore. Stuff will happen from time to time and then you have to change the greeting so now I keep it simple.
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• United States
1 Mar 09
My voicemail used to have Bender saying "Bite my shiny metal ***". Then I changed it to "This is so and so, I can't come to the phone right now, but please leave your name, number, and a message and I hope to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks and have a nice day." I need to change my voicemail message again to something funny.
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• United States
1 Mar 09
Mine goes like this; hey there hi there were as happy as can be for if you dont leave a msg we cant get back to you you see.. wait for the beeps have a gr8t day byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I myself found it kinda catchy and its a gr8t conversations piece let me tell ya.. Just be creative and have fun.. Make it a part of your personality.. Good Luck
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
2 Mar 09
That is too funny!
• United States
1 Mar 09
i would rather not tell
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@xbrendax (2662)
• United States
1 Mar 09
I am a woman but I have a very low voice and can sound just like Elvis, so I made a recording on my answering machine that says: Sorry folks I couldn't come to the phone, I was in the middle of a song, but please leave a message at the beep and I'll get back with ya, thank you, thank you very much! (And then another man's voice says: Elvis has left the building)! In the background, I have a soft playing Elvis song going. This recording has really shocked many of my friends when they learn it was (ME) on the answering machine!
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
2 Mar 09
That is hilarious!
@shaggin (72234)
• United States
14 Dec 12
I've heard some neat ones in the past as well. My mother taught me though to make ours as short as possible for people who are calling long distance so it wont charge them just listening to a long message. My machine when it was working said "This is Shannon I'm not able to get to the phone right now please leave a message." See simple and to the point haha.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
15 Sep 10
Hi, ronnyb. You would hear the message of, Your message has been automated to a call back service. I think that it says something like this. I do have an message center. I just don't have my own personal voice set up on it just yet.
@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
2 Mar 09
Well it's either you won't hear a thing or just a busy tone. My network provider has no service for this kind of feature. They don't even have call barring feature activated. Call divert is not included too. Yo basically, the answering machine is pretty useless here.
@jd107nette (1454)
• Philippines
27 Mar 10
Just the default too.. "no one is available to take your call, please leave a message after the tone.."
@Archie0 (5652)
1 Mar 09
well you will hear something like this hehehe ' well i am not into talking much so you cn leave a message, oops i am not even into hearing voice mails so you can drop in and text.....oops i am really making it a habit to read my sms inbox atleast in a weeks time take care' ;) well i was kidding i dont have a voice mail service by purpose because i hardly receive anyone cals and do call only people with whom i am concerned with on my public cell phone work phones are diffrent