Comments on: Skipping voicemail greetings http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/ Not actually all that shocking. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:26:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: madr http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-74559 madr Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:01:06 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/#comment-74559 Don't mind me. I just came across your site because I was looking for a way to skip the automated instructions that my mobile phone service providers insert between my personal greeting and the beep. It appears it can't be taken out so I've taken people's suggestions (like yours) to just tell callers how to skip everything. Don’t mind me. I just came across your site because I was looking for a way to skip the automated instructions that my mobile phone service providers insert between my personal greeting and the beep. It appears it can’t be taken out so I’ve taken people’s suggestions (like yours) to just tell callers how to skip everything.

]]> By: Brock Tice http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-74558 Brock Tice Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:57:42 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/#comment-74558 Madr, You have a valid point. Honestly this is post is rather old, and I don't even know what my voicemail greeting is anymore. I should probably check on it and update it. I might implement your suggestion if I do. Thanks! Madr,
You have a valid point. Honestly this is post is rather old, and I don’t even know what my voicemail greeting is anymore. I should probably check on it and update it. I might implement your suggestion if I do.

Thanks!

]]> By: madr http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-74557 madr Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:54:31 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/#comment-74557 If that's what you want and what you think your callers (new and old) want, that's fine then. I personally don't like having to listen to people's greetings. I find "Hi, you've reached the voicemail of xyz" or "I'm not here at the moment" pretty pointless. I already know who I'm calling and I already know you're not there if I reach your voicemail. An argument could be made about "what if the caller dialed the wrong number, how would he know it?" Well, if the caller dialed the wrong number, that's his problem. I expect basic intelligence from my callers. (I sound so bitchy. he he. Comes from getting wrong numbers every so often and getting the annoying "Is xyx there?" question. I prefer people asking "This is abc, may I speak with xyz?") My voicemail greeting is just "Press # to skip the rest of the voicemail greeting. Leave your message after the beep." The second sentence is for the benefit of people who have never (unlikely but still possible) heard a voicemail beep. If that’s what you want and what you think your callers (new and old) want, that’s fine then.

I personally don’t like having to listen to people’s greetings. I find “Hi, you’ve reached the voicemail of xyz” or “I’m not here at the moment” pretty pointless. I already know who I’m calling and I already know you’re not there if I reach your voicemail. An argument could be made about “what if the caller dialed the wrong number, how would he know it?” Well, if the caller dialed the wrong number, that’s his problem. I expect basic intelligence from my callers. (I sound so bitchy. he he. Comes from getting wrong numbers every so often and getting the annoying “Is xyx there?” question. I prefer people asking “This is abc, may I speak with xyz?”)

My voicemail greeting is just “Press # to skip the rest of the voicemail greeting. Leave your message after the beep.” The second sentence is for the benefit of people who have never (unlikely but still possible) heard a voicemail beep.

]]> By: Brock Tice http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-74556 Brock Tice Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:44:35 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/#comment-74556 Madr, I had considered that, but my thought was that I wanted people who hadn't called me before/much to hear the greeting first. This mimics the Sprint system, which automatically tells you <i>after</i> the message what the other options are. Madr, I had considered that, but my thought was that I wanted people who hadn’t called me before/much to hear the greeting first.

This mimics the Sprint system, which automatically tells you after the message what the other options are.

]]> By: Madr http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-74555 Madr Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:38:14 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2007/10/21/skipping-voicemail-greetings/#comment-74555 Why don't you leave the skip note at the BEGINNING of your greeting instead of at the end? Why don’t you leave the skip note at the BEGINNING of your greeting instead of at the end?

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