| Lawsuit anyone? I smelll a lawsuit cooking against Sprint from this poor guy. |
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| What a master thief. Stealing everyone's sprint phones across the US. Now THAT is good work! |
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 gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
 ·Bright House
| How does this even happen? I just don't understand how this even happens? This poor man's life is in danger as someone could very easily show up with a gun (or our "right to bear arms AR-15") and not even give him a chance to talk.
I hope Sprint resolves this quickly for the sake of this man and his family. |
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| lol He should put a letter or a sign on his door explaining the glitch and that he does not have their stolen devices.
That would probably turn away at least half of the angry people. |
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| You didn't read the article in the link above did you. |
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| Post Security Sprint should post security at his house to deal with the issue... Seems very easy to take the heat off the poor guy... Who won't be poor after the law suit as long as a gun toting vigilante doesn't visit him first. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | 2 Waynes in North Las Vegas I looked up the name mentioned in the article. There are two that go by this name. I geocoded both addresses. There doesn't appear to be anything special about the LAT/LON numbers. One of the addresses is:
LAT: 36.250866 LON: -115.163670
When I first read the article, I thought the LAT/LON of North Las Vegas was at whole number coordinates and a truncation issue was causing loss of precision. However, there doesn't appear to be anything significant about the coordinates of either address or, for that matter, any address in North Las Vegas.
I hope we get a technical explanation for this so if if ever happens to me, I'll know whether or not I have to move. It's ridiculous this guy has had to put up with this since 2011. |
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| Landline (quote from the article)
quote:
"Coon said Dobson's example is a good reason why people should have land lines in their homes."
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Re: How does this even happen? said by gigahurtz:...someone could very easily show up with a gun (or our "right to bear arms AR-15") and not even give him a chance to talk.
It would be his right to defend himself with an AR-15 of his own. Perhaps he owns one legally.  |
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 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
join:2003-07-06
Hampton Bays, NY
kudos:7 | sounds similar to a slightly different situation i have been dealing with since windows 8 was released.
my telephone number is similar to the microsoft activation/help number 1-855-469-9468 in that if the person who calls it does not dial 1 first, i get their phone call if the area code they are dialing from is the same as mine.
it is extremely annoying to get phone calls all hours of the day and night from a variety of people (even kids!) asking for help with their windows installation.
even after explaining to many of them that they are dialing the wrong number, that this is a private residence number and that they should dial 1 first and then the rest of the microsoft number, they still ask me windows related questions as if what i just told them went through a hole in their head. 
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to gigahurtz
Re: How does this even happen? probably a default location if the gps doesn't get a lock. |
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AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to IllIlIlllIll
Re: sounds similar said by IllIlIlllIll:to a slightly different situation i have been dealing with since windows 8 was released.
my telephone number is similar to the microsoft activation/help number 1-855-469-9468 in that if the person who calls it does not dial 1 first, i get their phone call if the area code they are dialing from is the same as mine.
it is extremely annoying to get phone calls all hours of the day and night from a variety of people (even kids!) asking for help with their windows installation.
even after explaining to many of them that they are dialing the wrong number, that this is a private residence number and that they should dial 1 first and then the rest of the microsoft number, they still ask me windows related questions as if what i just told them went through a hole in their head.
ask for their credit card number, then sell them tech support. If they are hard to answer, sell them a new computer.
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| James Bondian... I wonder if Mr Gupta is there, snickering....
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Re: sounds similar This guy had a number that was one off from Papa John's and he had a lot of fun with it.
»www.youtube.com/user/JackStratif···s?view=0 |
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tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | reply to markf
Re: Post Security That is exactly what I was thinking. Sprint should have no problem spending a few thousand dollars while they figure out what is happening. Even if its not their fault, hiring security would be _good_ PR for them.
It would also help their defense when the person pursues damages from them. It's not a question of "if" he will, only a question of when. Perhaps that claim will end up beign against someone other then Sprint... who knows. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
·KCH Cable
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Re: sounds similar Ouch, that sucks.
Verizon somehow had one of our toll free business #'s on FIOS literature. We must've had hundreds of calls over the span of about a year. Had to tell folks to call the 800-Verizon #
Never did get anyone to help, even though I tried calling Verizon numerous times.
Have to wonder how much business they lost due to this one simple and incredibly stupid mistake of not even checking their own # before printing it on some mailer. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America | reply to steve1515
Re: How does this even happen? Did anyone read the article?
Dobson said he is grateful that he didn't confront the officers with a weapon.
"I would have been on the losing end, and it would have been because of that issue," he said. |
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