(210) 424-2397

They called me & left VMX message.

I received a VMX message from Mike, a seemingly nice guy stating he was calling from Verus Healthcare (it was hard to make out what he was saying because he kinda mumbled the name of the company) [from a San Antonio, TX area code & #: (210) 424-2397], & asking me to call him back at: (800) 937-2779. He also mentioned twice in his short message that "All calls are recorded." WTF!!!, who cares about that???
I Googled the (210) phone #, which seems to be marked "Safe" on all sites & then Googled Verus Healthcare. They are a company based in Franklin, TN that sells respiratory, CPAP & blood glucose supplies. Seems like a legit company, but doesn't mention satellite offices, so I was beginning to feel kinda leery about this call. I had, however, contacted my Pulmonologist/Sleep Doctor's office earlier this week about CPAP supplies & even where to rent a CPAP machine for a month until my 5 years is up on the machine I already have (insurance will replace the machine only every 5 years) that's not working at all, apparently because of a power surge after power going off & a long time later coming back on again during a rain/electrical storm (even though my CPAP machine is on a surge protector. I'm so confused as to why it doesn't work now). So I thought maybe this call was a referral from my doctor's office (the office had already given me 4 company referrals & this company wasn't one of them).
But from reading the remarks about the (800) 937-2779 #, how rude Nick is & how pushy Dave is, & the varying promotions directly related to this #, I'm now convinced it's a SCAM call & I was surprised to see that the # was already BLOCKED on my phone from a previous phone call to me. I had apparently blocked the # on my phone, but hadn't done any searches on the #. Siince the (210) # showed up on a particular street I get tons of SPAM calls from in San Antonio, I BLOCKED it then & there. Another numerical phone contact to add to my already existing very long list of SPAM/SCAM #.
I have signed numerous petitions through Consumers Union to Stop Robocalls that were to be presented to the "Powers That Be" in Washington, DC, but after signing petitions for over 2 years now, the only thing they've achieved is to make cellular, wifi & landline providers supply "Call Blocking Tools" to their customers. It's a real pain in the butt to have to go through creating a Contact & then use the Block This Number option. If I just hit Block This Number & then delete the call, my phone sees the # the next time as a new call coming in because without an actual Contact tied to the Block This Number, it's not really blocked.
& All the Reverse Phone Number searches, & then Googling the # to read comments on about 15 sites takes up a lot of time, too, & especially if I take the time to leave a message on a site, like now.
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