2,436,099
I usually do call back if there's a number. It could be the owner of Publishers Clearinghouse telling me that they are giving me billions of dollars!
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Lise Howe
Washington, DC
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Damon Botticelli
Las Vegas, NV
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Peter Mohylsky, Beach ...
Miramar Beach, FL
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Chris Lima
Port St Lucie, FL
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
4,800,082
I will Google the number and usually it will let me know if it's a reported telemarketer. If not, I will call back.
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Derrick Guevremont
Rochester, MN
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debra Leisek
Homer, AK
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
921,504
If a Washington, Ca, UT, NV area code I ignore.
Others I do call back.
Why? Those who are 'seeking' will actually leave a message. Those who are sending will not.
Most real estate agents engaged in the "dialing for dollars' plans are all senders.
Why do agents get upset when sales-folk call them yet they besiege homeowner without hesitation?
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Joan Dickie
La Crosse, WI
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Bob Betel
Sweetwater, TN
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
3,986,258
I return all local calls. I have returned other calls with out of my area codes but they have always been a bust
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Joan Dickie
La Crosse, WI
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
108,016
Always unless it's an 800 number. Area codes that are out of area are often people who have just relocated to my area and are in the process of preparing to buy.
If you don't pick up or call back right away, it just may be a solid prospect that will just call the next agent in whatever directory they're looking in and that's simply a lost opportunity that didn't have to be that way.
A call back takes 10 seconds of your time to find out why they called. The expected return on an investment like that is off the charts (for you financial geeks).
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Dave Werth
Fargo, ND
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Margaret Rome Baltimor...
Pikesville, MD
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Virginia Hepp - Mesqui...
Mesquite, NV
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Bob Betel
Sweetwater, TN
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
637,434
Yes, and, when it turns out to be a sales call, I block that number on my cell phone. Has cut way down on sales calls and makes it worth my call back. It is seldom a "real" call.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Chris Lima
Port St Lucie, FL
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Liz and Bill Spear
Mason, OH
168,004
I call back everytime :-)
When a new person walks into an open house, and says hi and keeps moving along, do you try to reconnect with them in the house? The phone is the open house and the new number is the person, so why let that potential lead go away? It could even be a foreclosure company looking for an agent to list one of there properties from out of the area? What have we become so scared of now days? This isn’t the era of unsolicited calls, and for the simple reason why not….. its called technology and caller ID. Do you think people are going to solicit as much as they used to when they know you have there number??? Don’t hide your head in the sand! Get with the times.
What have we become so afraid of in todays society. Of course I don't call back the 800 or 888 numbers, but everything else is a potential start to a new relationship! Remember, soliciting calls are not as frequent anymore, due to caller ID on your phone, so get into the new age and out of the 90's and call them back! Not everyone likes to leave a message, so don't try to analyze or pre think the situation. It only takes 20 seconds out of your so important facebook time, to find out what was behind that new number or new lead!
Increase your everything by calling back. &
Stop listening to your tv and all the brain washing they do on NBC, MSNBC, CBS, FOX, etc… Use your brain, and start listening online to places that are less likely to make you drink the cool aid! We are being dumbed down America, lets get back to our roots and start to be pro active and quit being afraid of a friggin phone call !!!
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Dave Werth
Fargo, ND
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Virginia Hepp - Mesqui...
Mesquite, NV
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Margaret Rome Baltimor...
Pikesville, MD
3,854,786
Yes!
I always return every call. If it is a telemarketer, I log it into my phone as "SPAM" never to answer that number again. It takes less time to return the call than listening to a message or googling the number.
Have been lucky in getting some good clients who were happy that I returned their call when others did not.
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Lesley Wilson-VanGoethem
Winter Springs, FL
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Dave Werth
Fargo, ND
2,781,143
No call backs. Anyone who wants me gets me. Those that play fish..sink
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
5,772,575
No, we don't. If they are not willing to leave a message, then why should we call back? A
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
3,988,007
I do not. Many of them are telemarketers and I subscribe to the theory if it is important they will leave a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
6,392,929
No, if it is important they will leave a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,771,867
No if they want me, try calling again.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,224,473
I usually do. Most sales calls are blocked on my phone. Although I think if the person calling really wanted to talk with me they would have left a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Dave Werth
Fargo, ND
3,345,056
Sometimes I do ... but not always. If I know the number and the caller - I always do. Like you, most of the time, it is a sales call.
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Derrick Guevremont
Rochester, MN
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,052,186
If I don't recognize the number and it Googles to 'telemarketer', never.
If it Googles to 'who knows', probably not. I'm not chasing you.
If I know the person, I will call or text to make sure it was not a 'butt dial'.
If the person is notorious for thinking 'missed call' = 'leaving a message' I will NOT. Leave a message or text me!
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Derrick Guevremont
Rochester, MN
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,622,432
Most spammers have specific numbers or simply show as ''anonimous''. I do call back unless I know for sure it is a sales pitch i do not care about.
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,209,215
No. If somebody really wanted to get ahold of me they would leave a message.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,466,207
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin If the person does not leave a voice mail, it can't be important and is probably a salesperson.
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
5,583,278
I do not.....if it were something beyond trying to sell me a product or service, they'd leave a name number and message.....and I'd call back immediately.....no message, name or number LEFT BY THE CALLER, no returned call....
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
5,048,758
It depends. It seems more that don't leave messages are robocalls and telemarketers. Not too many without messages but I check the # online
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
3,169,502
Yes I do, although I usually check it against known spammers if it's an out of state call.
My rationale, they're calling agent to agent and the first one that answers just MIGHT get the business. I want to be that first one. It doesn't always work out, but sometimes it does.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bruce Brockmeier
Yorba Linda, CA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
55,606
I don't I'll be honest and don't stress about calling back. I think leaving a voice mail shows initiative that they really wanted to talk to me and it weeds out all these Google upgrade calls :)
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Derrick Guevremont
Rochester, MN
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
146,555
Sometimes if I just missed the call and I'm not busy I'll call right back, but that's rarely the case.
What really gets me is when someone calls a bunch of times and hangs up and then I answer one of their calls later in the day and they're annoyed..."I called you like 5 times, why don't you return my call!" ---it's usually crazy agent, who wants to know if that listing is still available...the one in the mls in pending status. --you know that agent, I'm sure there's one or two in every market! Leave a message and I'll call you back!
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Tamara Liggins
Florissant, MO
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
786,080
If they don't leave a message and I don't recognize the #, then <delete> missed call and move on.
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Tamara Liggins
Florissant, MO
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,231,853
Hardly ever. If they don't have time to leave a message so be it. As you said 9 of 10 times it is a telemarketer.
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Tamara Liggins
Florissant, MO
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,562,386
I used to, but not anymore. If they don't leave a voice message they're not serious about talking to me. They are either spam or someone calling about my listing . . . which is weird because I am an Exclusive Buyers Agent, and have none. And that's clear on my website AND in my phone message.
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Tamara Liggins
Florissant, MO
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
5,868,472
Usually not. If they do not leave a message, it usually is a sales call.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Derrick Guevremont
Rochester, MN
655,940
no. If there isn't a message I don't bother. I used to worry about missing sign calls, but now my system automatically texts any unanswered calls with a message and a link to our website. So I know that if it was business they got the info imediately.
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Derrick Guevremont
Rochester, MN
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
4,882,355
Sure. Why take a chance you missed out on a possibility.
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Dave Werth
Fargo, ND
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
5,104,931
I don't, because my experience is just like yours. Or then it's a wrong number! If someone really wants to speak with me, they'll leave a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
1,197,072
I call back. Typically it is during the work day and it is work related.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,538,633
Good morning Wanda. I call back if they left a message, otherwise I don't.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,502,998
No. If it isn't important enough to leave a message, it's probably a sales call.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,164,119
Only if it was my daughter or my mom. Otherwise, leave a message if you want me to call you.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
883,565
Depends on the number and if it is a real number...I google it and see if it is a real person. Lots of scams out there right now... if you call back you might pay big charges to a scammer! If people dont leave a message how serious are they about wanting to talk to you?
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
321,564
Sometimes I return the call. If it's 800 # I don't.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,443,250
If it is an 800 type call, no.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,727,873
No. Virtually all of them are telemarketers.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
67,369
I do if it is a local area code. Why, I want to make sure this was not a buyer or seller.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
223,831
Sometimes most of the time it's a telemarketer
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
2,061,632
If I don't recognize the number, I don't call back.
There are too many scams out there... some of them purposely call and hang up... and when you call back, you're billed at $3.95 per minute.
Unless I know the number... I don't return "hang ups".
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
2,220,323
I do, because it could be a client wanting to sell their home.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
1,712,676
If I don't recognize the number and no message it is not important or a spam call.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
864,658
If it wasn't enough for them to leave a msg, it is not worth my time to pursue the phone call.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,239,801
Yes, I think it is a computer generated call....
Want to sell my house?
Sam
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
386,342
No. If they don't leave a message, they probably aren't someone I want to speak with. Because I'm the curious type, I sometimes check the number on Google when I'm bored. I usually find that other people have been getting calls from the same number. If they call a second time, I block them.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,249,338
No I don't and I'm not curious! I don't like it when someone calls me back when I haven't left a message - so I won't do it in return.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
474,392
I do not return those types of calls, because if they did not leave a message, I trust they will call me back.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
750,057
Nope! No message, no call back.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
716,049
Nope, unless they leave a message, I don't call back. Too busy. Why bother, could not have been important as they would have asked for a call back. Lets move on to the next one.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
473,837
Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Depoends on the number. If it is a local number, I will usually call back. I just called one back today from a local number and it was someone trying to give me free tickets to a real estate training seminar.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
851,242
Honestly depends on my mood.... You just never know who it might be which could be a blessing or a curse. ;)
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,076,551
I call back if it's within a few minutes. If I miss it by more than that and they haven't left a voicemail, I suppose it wasn't that important.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
14,463
Depends on my mood and the number. If it'ss a local number for sure. Even if they leave a voice mail I call right back without checking the voice mail. I like to say "I called right back and didn't have a chance to check my voice mail, I wanted to get back to you right away." Don't be afraid to dial that number!
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
400,356
I occasionally call back, but mostly not. I do always put the phone number into a search engine. If comes up as a junk call, I add the number to the call reject list in my phone.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,513,143
If it is a known number yes to the call back; all other's if they do not have the courtesy to leave a message they are not deserving of a call back!
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
4,935,567
I still call them back, I am like a pit bull sometimes
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
516,337
You are right, most of the time it is a sales person. Sometimes I do return the call, it depends on how busy I am. If I am not that busy, then I will probably google the number. If it's not a sales person, then I'll return the call.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
98,823
Nope, not me! I have a hard enough time convincing myself to call back those who leave do messages (I hate phones; prefer written communication) so I definitely ignore those who do not leave messages.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
84,578
What I do is put the number in my phone each time and when they ring back the caller Id tells me its a sales call.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
2,362,601
I am obsessive about returning phone calls
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
32,208
No - if they want/need to connect with me they will call back or leave a message or send me a text message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
506,530
Yes, I do, you never know it could be a buyer just looking for someone to answer and your call back will show you were busy but took the time to see they called.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
457,437
I do, it just shows I recognized someone was trying to get me. People won't remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel. When I call back it makes them feel important.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
2,194,668
I send the calls to my team members to call back. Every so often, one of them will be a seller who wants to list, and then the team redirects the caller back to me. It's silly not to call them back because yes, they could be a telemarketer, but they could also be that poor soul who is calling a bunch of agents who never answer phones, looking for the one who does. If you want to know if the caller is spam, use the Truecaller app.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,027,602
I will not call back but I will google it to see if anything pops up...if someone is randomly calling agents to see who picks up the phone, I have found they are not really solid prospects. If someone is calling me as a result of online research or a referral, I find them to be far more likely to leave a message.
I have enough business not to worry about people who cannot be bothered to leave a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
406,760
I just got a call from Texas (I'm in Minnesota) WHILE I was reading this blog and its comments. I ignored the call. I get about 3-5 per day and they are almost always telemarketers. I do have out-of-state buyers that call sometimes but they usually leave a message if it's worth their or my time. In the past year or so I have noticed they are getting local numbers that will show up on my phone no matter where they are calling from and I still take sales calls from those, unfortunately.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
331,698
I do not call back any unrecognized numbers that do not leave a message. If the caller were serious, or thought I wanted to talk with them they would have left a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
900,128
Generally not, unless I recognize the number (to some extent). A legitimate caller normally leaves messages.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,725,996
Yes, but before I do, I GOOGLE the number to make sure it is not a telemarketer or scammer.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
3,071,489
4,571,967
Typically not. I assume if there is no message left, it's a sales call or a mis-dial.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
4,434,127
Sometimes if it is local call.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
516,983
No, most times they are just spam calls. If the phone rings it is because they want to talk to me, not that I want to talk to them. If it is a client they will leave a message.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
358,136
I do for the most part. There was one time when it was an agent sending out a referral and he was just about to call another agent.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,157,785
It depends on who is calling.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
568,722
Yep! Unless it is an 800 or 888. It is quicker to call back than look up the #. More than 3/4 of my business is out of towners, actually out of state.
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
428,933
I never used to, but more and more I am finding that it is a potential customer from the younger than me generation. The issue with not leaving me a message is, if my phone is on airplane modeI will never see that call. I am surprised when someone says "I called you and you didn't return the call."
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
225,526
Yes if it is in my area code, and no if it is a 800 or out of state number,
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
1,617,916
533,993
just checking on which questions have the most answers here at Activerain, this was one which sure got a good response from everyone.