A salon is using my cell number as their business number

[AllisonElm]

Start answering your phone "city morgue".

 

[basketcase]

If the owner has invested in advertising.... and he's not getting the calls.... he will want it rectified too. talk to him. When he realizes there has been a mistake he will take steps to correct it fast. Likely correct the advertising with the actual salon #.

This. Why fuck with small business owners who likely just made a typo?

 

[thesandman]

Is it your number at their location?.....I have a situation where one of my numbers has been recycled by the telco and I get calls for someone who had it a few years ago...he is elderly and hasn't updated his number with various people, including his doctor - I asked they question him on it when he next comes in and haven't had a call form them for a while - perhaps your provider can provide part of the answer?

Happens. The phone company recycles the numbers all the time. I get automated calls from collecting agencies all the time because the last guy with the number did not pay his bill. Good thing it is only a hobby phone and I don't need to have it on most of the time.

 

[fuji]

Port out to a discount voip service, get a new mobile number, forward the old one to a recorded message that explains the situation then forwards the calls on to your new number if callers press 1.

Should cost a buck a month plus a penny a minute for the forwarded calls if you use a service like voip.ms or other discount voip, which for the purpose of screening inbound calls will be adequate.

Only downside is you will probably lose your current mobile plan when you port out, which if you are on contract might be pricey.