It's actually a good reason to set a budget
[QUOTE=UptoItToday;7346899]Gents. Today I did a bad thing. I added up the cost of the hobby over the past four years. Wow! Don't ever do that foolishness.[/QUOTE]It's amazing how seeing averaging out a visit once a week can get you into used car territory pretty quick.
Generally I use an app number.
[QUOTE=PimpinFamily;7349467]Ok, so let me first start out by recognizing what you are all going to say. Don't use your real phone number, but I have for 10 years, and haven't had an issue until now. First, I searched for nuru massage Huntsville, and got directed to 2 backpage. I clicked on the first ad and simply asked rates and availability for that night. I got a weird response, like that was illegal or something, so I started to look for others. I found that all the ads looked very similar, and thought, well, I didn't think backpage was back up, so I moved on. The next day, I got a message from the 'cartel' with a head cut off and all of my personal info, that basically they could have looked up online with a paid search. He also said that I owed his 'girl' money, and I stiffed her, and if I didn't pay right away, they'd come after me. It was vey scary. Listed were my sister, Mom, previous addresses, etc. I was freaking out. I got a call from an 'unknown' number about 10 days straight, and didn't answer. There were also several sketchy voicemails sent, but I kept blocking numbers. I searched the forums (nothing on Huntsville BTW) and found this to be a scam that was going on a few years ago. So just a word to the wise about this. It happened in Huntsville.
My question to this group is, if you are not using your real number, are you using a burner phone? I think there's also a way to sign up for another number your phone, but not sure how that works.
Thanks community. Appreciate the input.[/QUOTE]I don't share my real number. And if a pro requires it I move on. Because it is a slippery slope I have gotten one of those fake cartel messages and voicemails to my app number. They couldn't find anything on me because the number is fake but they said I owe a scort money for wasting her time and we can settle it one of two ways. I ignored them and moved on with my life.