Do you give miss calls?
By meapas
@meapas (2436)
India
August 15, 2009 12:18pm CST
I have seen most of the time people prefer giving miss calls rather than calling. I prefer calling directly. But I tell my older relatives and some of my friends to give me miss calls when ever they feel like talking to me, I call them back. But I never like to give miss calls. Mine is post-paid account so I don't have to bother about the balance getting over. What about you? Do you prefer giving miss calls? or call directly?
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24 responses
@shankarbaddi (785)
• India
15 Aug 09
Ya i do give miscalls to my friends if they have some good offers that is if they have free calls then i give miss calls to them and they call me back. this is a kind of saving i feel. Isn't it! I also give miscalls if i am running short of currency.
@shankarbaddi (785)
• India
16 Aug 09
Ya you are right when there is no balance we got to give miss calls. As i have mentioned i give miss calls to those who has free calls.
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
16 Aug 09
ethically it might be considered as a bad habit to give missed calls. no i do not give missed calls and i also try to avoid calling those who give me missed calls. such people are generally very talkative. however in some cases where there is prior understanding somewhat similar thing is acceptable. in such cases i give a ring and let the called person decide to take the call or reject it and call back.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
17 Aug 09
I am not quite sure what you mean. I guess you mean do you answer your cellphone whenever it rings, or do you let it go to voice mail and call them back? My fiance and I don't use our phone unless we're on the road, and only three people have our cell phone number, though some of his older friends and mine may still have the number. We have our phone turned off unless we are on the road, as I said a moment ago, but also we have turned it on if the power has gone out and our one corded phone either isn't working, or my fiance's mom is trying to sleep and therefore we have the phone so that if his father calls we can talk to him, or if we need to call power on.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
17 Aug 09
Oh it's letting it ring only long enough for the call to register, but then hanging up so that the person can't answer it. I'm sure some people don't do that just to make a person call back but rather just so that the person knows, especially in cases like you said where people are busy, like your example of meetings. They don't want to disturb, just let you know they called.
Here, the cell phone company we use, our friend does too! So we can call and not worry about being charged. IN FACT we have to use this company, we live in a rural area, so not many companies have good signal, the fact we don't use the phone much makes it easier to just not care about the cell company.
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@simonelee (2715)
• China
2 Sep 09
before, no, I don't. I prefer calling them because it's a waste of time If I wait for them to call me back or wait for their SMS. Actually none of my friends knows my phone numbers, not even my family.
@simonelee (2715)
• China
3 Sep 09
They thought the Mobile numbers that i'm usuing is mine. My friend forwarded all their SMS but never accept any calls from them. I just don't want any of them know my mobile number because they giving it away to anyone whos ask for it.
@suparnodatta (362)
• India
15 Aug 09
I don't like missed calls actually.I prefer smsing much more.I only give missed calls when i have very little balance or something like that.Missed calls actually doesn't makes any sense.It can mean that please call me back.But i have seen people giving missed call just as a habit.When i call them back they say that it was just for fun.I find it very annoying.
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@yourbetteroffasian (178)
• United States
16 Aug 09
I give missed calls from time to time. I also prefer calling directly but sometimes, it depends. But calling directly is my kind of thing
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
15 Aug 09
hello there!
yes i do!
well i am using pre paid...hehehe and i am not always calling my friends just a text will do for us...i just call if i have something very important to tell...i give missed calls just to ensure that their phone is on and so i will be sure that my text message will reach them...
well i am using pre paid...hehehe and i am not always calling my friends just a text will do for us...i just call if i have something very important to tell...i give missed calls just to ensure that their phone is on and so i will be sure that my text message will reach them...
@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
19 Aug 09
Dear meapas,
To save cost on calling my husband just to tell him,
I am reaching the LRT (train) station so that he can
come and pick me, we have this mutual understanding
whereby when about to reach the station, I will give
him a 'miss call'. To confirm that he got the signal,
he too will give me a 'miss call' to confirm that he
is coming to pick me. Some savings there, and imagined
how much can it save for 20 days in a month...
All the best, do keep in touch!
@indyoke (79)
• Indonesia
16 Aug 09
I do misscalls whenever i pulse just a little bit. Now i rarely make calls, I prefer send short messages, so the receiver can't read it again whenever he/she forgot.
@jaggiking2001 (119)
• India
16 Aug 09
I have seen lot of my frinds giving miss calls rather than calling. This is to just avoid the billing payment. Many female youngsters are using this method, preferably college students, where they use prepaid systems. They do not much money to get charged, instead their boy friend make them happy by giving call responsed.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Aug 09
meapas where are you from? I do not know just what miss calls
are unless you mean leaving a message on the answering machine'if so why not say that as a lot of aMericans might not understand miss calls and frankly I dont either. sometimes if it is not really'important I will leave a message on my friends answering
machine but I usually love taLking to my friends directly.
@meapas (2436)
• India
16 Aug 09
I am from Mumbai, India. In my part of the world, telephone service providers don't charge incoming calls and so people have this habit of making calls and disconnecting before you pick up. They expect us to call them back on that number. We call this "missed call". They are trying to save money on their calls and expect us to pay for talking to them. Their money is money and our money is just paper. So this was put on discussion to know does this happen in your part of the world? Thanks for your response.
@yogesh0505 (112)
•
15 Aug 09
i dont give miss calls but i dont even give any response to any miss calls,i hate people who give miss calls,sometimes they continusly send miss calls to you and even dont pick up the phone when you call back
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
16 Aug 09
hi meapas,
i do not give missed calls mostly ,but some times i may give,but i do not reply for missed calls from a stranger,if it is known number i will call back,have a nice day
@yogambal_64 (1014)
• India
16 Aug 09
Yes I do give missed calls to my husband who instructs me to do so, in case I am traveling and reached a particular place or so. The reason for the missed call is decided between us,beforehand and we know what it is for. So when there is a missed call we understand.
