Ever have one of those moments where you read or hear something and go “hey – that JUST happened to me!” I did, last week. I had two different meetings on the same day to hand off items I was selling on Craigslist as part of my decluttering effort. I was trying to do everything via email for safety reasons, but it would have been a lot easier if I could use the cell phone to find people at the meeting point. I thought to myself “I wish there was a way to get a temporary alias phone number to give out, the way ShopSafe** let’s me create a temporary credit card number for online purchases.”
Low and behold, I cracked open my January issue of Real Simple magazine and see the following:
INUMBR.com If you would rather not hand over your phone number to a potentially creepy Criagslist seller…but you do want that crazy-cheap armoire, log on to this site which creates a free, automatically expiring number that will forward calls to your phone.
Jackpot!! I know from my days in the telecom industry that this type of thing is technologically possible, but didn’t know anyone had made it available to the public. Frankly, it’s something I would pay for. And something I’m surprised the major wireless carriers don’t offer.
I still have a bunch of stuff to post on Craigslist, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I’m going to give this service a try.
** ShopSafe is a feature of some Bank Of America credit cards.
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