Calls lessened for about a month.

I have received fewer calls in the past month.  Does that mean anything?  Doubtful!!

Recently, I received a robo call from someone - not Rachel.  Have there been so many complaints that she retired? ;)

With the holidays, I haven't felt like talking to the credit card scammers but since it's the last day of the year, I did today. It was from "Card Services"  according to caller ID, phone # 417-800-2333 (SW Missouri area code).  The message was pretty much the usual - ... this is their 2nd and final attempt ... to take advantage of the financial stimulus ...

I had a couple of minutes and pressed 1 to be connected to a service representative.  The rep asked if I wanted to lower my interest rate.  I told him I wasn't sure - the message was about the financial stimulus.  He said, there were different messages that go out so he didn't know what the message was that I heard.   He asked if I had debt over $4000 on my credit card and if the interest was 12% or higher.  I asked if he would be asking for my credit card #.  He went into a big song and dance about legal digital receipts - WHAT? - it would be completely confidential, blah, blah, blah.  When he finally figured out that I wouldn't be providing him with my information, he hung up.  Classy bunch, they are!

My New Year's resolution is to file a report with the Do Not Call Registry every time I get a call.  There's a Do Not Call Registry for my state too.