Noticing a pattern.

[Deleted]

The pattern I'm noticing is you being really paranoid. You think people on this board are stalking when you post or when you don't. What on earth would prank calls accomplish?

[Deleted]

That is scary and weird.  I don't like to think I has to do with board, though , but in the age of technology you just don't know.

[Angel!]

Next time they call use his name and mention random shit about him. Bet you scare the crap out of him!

[Deleted]

Out the caller and FB account here. I am sad that you have trouble with these people here. Jerks everywhere.

[Peace Of Mind]

I was hoping this was about you discussing closing your store only to get the best sales ever since you opened.  Which I hope happens this Christmas/Holiday season.

Sorry you are getting prank calls though.  I don't live in Chicago nor do I have a cell phone but did they ask if Seymour Butts works there? 

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Dec 20, 2014 15:25:17 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

The pattern I'm noticing is you being really paranoid.

Maybe.  Just seems weird that I've only ever gotten out of state prank calls at the store twice, and both times it happened to coincide with my not posting on this board for a week or two.  That's especially odd since I've only taken two breaks from the board.  Could be a coincidence.  Probably is.  Just throwing this out there in case it's a posters kid.  I'd want somebody to tell me if they thought my daughter was doing something this stupid.

The scenario just doesn't make sense. And I seem to remember you thinking someone on the board had something to do with some marketing you ordered or something. That turned out to have nothing to do with the board either.

[Deleted]

Well, you have his number.  Call him all the time.

I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to prank call these days with caller ID one everyone's phones.  LOL 

[weltschmerz]

Dec 20, 2014 15:09:45 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Every time I go a little while without posting in here I start getting weird prank calls at the store.  Could be a coincidence.  Probably is.  Then again, this is twice now, and why is a teen from Chicago prank calling a tiny little store in northern California?  Doesn't make any sense right?  I don't know anyone in Chicago, except for people who post here.  I seriously doubt my store gets enough press that some random kid in Chicago has heard about it.

Whatever.  On the off chance it does tie back to this board, if one of you have a high school sophomore at New Trier High School in Chicago, tell them to stop calling my store.  You might want to also tell them it's not real bright to prank call anyone from their cell phone anyway.  Everybody has caller ID these days.  It's especially stupid to prank call people from the same cell they used to sign up for Facebook.  Took me 30 seconds to figure out who it was.  The junior prom photo on his Facebook page is cute.  Took it right in front of the house before they left, like people do, shows your address in the background.  Props to the kid for rocking a pink bow tie!  However, a person with some time on their hands, a name, a phone number, and an address could do some really obnoxious stuff.  I'm too busy for shenanigans like that, but the Christmas season is ending soon, just saying.

It's human nature to look for patterns in things we can't explain.

If you think hard enough, you can probably link these occurrences to full moons or sales on hamburger at your local supermarket..

[Peace Of Mind]

Dec 20, 2014 16:02:19 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Normally we ignore prank calls.  If they're repetitive enough, we put an ad on craigslist or freecycle saying we're giving away an Xbox 360 with a couple controllers and a few games, and list the prank callers number.  Sometimes mix it up, and put up a help wanted ad with their number.  If they call 20-30 times over a day or two, and I can look up their address on Facebook, I put something on Craigslist about how I'm a battered housewife, sick of my husbands shit, put some pictures up of a woman with black eyes and stuff, mention how he hurts my son, and that I'm selling pretty much everything in the house to get my kids out of there, then list the offenders home address.

Normally I would have already done that, but this kid is only 14 or 15, and on the off chance he's a kid of one of the posters here, I thought I'd give you some warning before a bunch of angry and deranged Chicagoland natives show up at your house looking to beat the crap out of your husband and take off with all the stuff in your house.  Just seemed like the right thing to do.  If it doesn't tie back to this board, no harm, no foul, just ignore the thread.

Ha!  That is genius! 

ETA:  And since you are here how are sales so far and how did you weather that storm? 

[Deleted]

It seems like you must get a lot of prank calls... Since you have such a detailed plan for what you do in response. 

What constitutes a prank call? 

[Works4me]

Lol - remind me not to annoy you!

[Deleted]

I'm still interested in what constitutes a prank call...

Do they ask if your refrigerator is running? 

[Deleted]

Personally I also find it a bit funny that Dark is admitting to 'cyber stalking' in much the same manner that outraged everyone when someone else suggested the same Info would be easy enough to find on Dark...

[Deleted]

A person with time on his hands could also design a website for his business...

[Peace Of Mind]

Ha!  I was going to use the Prince Albert and refrigerator running ones but then decided a Bart Simpson's prank call would fit here/Dark better.  When we were kids we used to go through the phone book and look for funny names.  I remember calling and asking the wife if her husband's dick was really gold.  Golddick <<snicker>>  D'oh!  I've already said too much! 

Hey Rukh, you are sounding awfully defensive.  And you live in the Chicago area you say and have kids?  I'm noticing a pattern!     

[Peace Of Mind]

Dec 20, 2014 18:05:14 GMT -5 @tbird said:

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LMAO!!!  Ok, it's obviously not you. 

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Dec 20, 2014 18:45:38 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Turns out we were both right.  The kid called back after I posted this thread and said good guess, but not quite.  So, he's reading these boards as well, but they got the store number originally some other way.  He ended up talking to me for like an hour.  His friends thought the free Xbox gag was hilarious.

The original calls were him doing a horrible Hispanic accent and asking about Disney plush dolls large enough to spoon with at night.  They were kind of funny, but I'm into creepy.  They might have found the store first, and then found these boards after we started messing with them.  I thought I was keeping the two separate, but Google is pretty much all knowing at this point so it's hard to say.

He sent me a friend request on FB, but I don't normally friend underage kids that I don't know.  Just seems like a bad idea.

(B, if you're lurking still, thank you for the store review, yes my staff is hilarious, but I'm not accepting your friend request.  Nothing personal)

This is really bizarre, Dark.  I would honestly contact his parents.  Underaged kids shouldn't be trying to friend adults your age.  With your Hardy Boy skills, I am sure you can figure out who his parents are.

[moon/Laura]

Dec 20, 2014 18:12:46 GMT -5 @tbird said:

I just can't post photos.

How are you trying to do it?

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

um...weird....

...and makes me not want to post even quasi-personal info anymore. 

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Dec 20, 2014 20:28:29 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

um...weird....

...and makes me not want to post even quasi-personal info anymore. 

Me, too. I knew there was always a possibility of someone working hard to connect the dots, but a teen finding the connection between Dark and this site and his personal info is really bizarre.

For what it is worth, Dark, I would STILL contact the parents. You identify too much with the prankster. I think like a teacher, I know.

[Opti]

The business is on FB and the kid is on FB, but it makes more sense

the kid found his store here?

[Deleted]

But apparently the kid said he was reading the thread... 

Maybe Paul really is a teenage boy....

[Deleted]

There are no long distance charges. Not in country anyway. Or on a cell phone. It makes sense to try to distance oneself fom the 'crime'.

My son and his friends were prank calling dominos in other states I found out ... a year or so ago? 

Of course they used Skype premium, no trace, or some * thing... They explained when I found out and strongly discouraged the action. 

[CCL]

Dec 20, 2014 18:45:38 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Turns out we were both right.  The kid called back after I posted this thread and said good guess, but not quite.  So, he's reading these boards as well, but they got the store number originally some other way.  He ended up talking to me for like an hour.  His friends thought the free Xbox gag was hilarious.

The original calls were him doing a horrible Hispanic accent and asking about Disney plush dolls large enough to spoon with at night.  They were kind of funny, but I'm into creepy.  They might have found the store first, and then found these boards after we started messing with them.  I thought I was keeping the two separate, but Google is pretty much all knowing at this point so it's hard to say.

He sent me a friend request on FB, but I don't normally friend underage kids that I don't know.  Just seems like a bad idea.

(B, if you're lurking still, thank you for the store review, yes my staff is hilarious, but I'm not accepting your friend request.  Nothing personal)

So this kid has nothing to do on a Saturday night other than hang out on an Internet finance message board frequented by (mostly) old people? Hmmm...

[Malarky]

I'm not sure how the kid found this site, but I was able to find Dark's store from info gleaned from the threads.  Don't worry Dark, I liked your FB page but I don't stalk.  

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Another person who lives in the Chicago area is the Muscle-Up. Think about it. This sounds like some prank he might do.

[moon/Laura]

I think it was the Koreans. Not MU.

[Artemis Windsong]

Since you think it's a pattern linked to this board, give it a test to see.  Don't post for a couple of weeks and see if you get called.

You already know a lot about this person so you can carry on a creepy conversation.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

And why not just ignore the whole thing?

Unless there's a direct threat or an "I Know Where You Live" statement made, it's just prank calls.

If you have caller ID or call display, you can also see the number of the incoming call to know where it's coming from before picking up and then write that number down and do a search of where/who it belongs to.

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Dec 20, 2014 21:07:32 GMT -5 CCL said:

Dec 20, 2014 18:45:38 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Turns out we were both right.  The kid called back after I posted this thread and said good guess, but not quite.  So, he's reading these boards as well, but they got the store number originally some other way.  He ended up talking to me for like an hour.  His friends thought the free Xbox gag was hilarious.

The original calls were him doing a horrible Hispanic accent and asking about Disney plush dolls large enough to spoon with at night.  They were kind of funny, but I'm into creepy.  They might have found the store first, and then found these boards after we started messing with them.  I thought I was keeping the two separate, but Google is pretty much all knowing at this point so it's hard to say.

He sent me a friend request on FB, but I don't normally friend underage kids that I don't know.  Just seems like a bad idea.

(B, if you're lurking still, thank you for the store review, yes my staff is hilarious, but I'm not accepting your friend request.  Nothing personal)

So this kid has nothing to do on a Saturday night other than hang out on an Internet finance message board frequented by (mostly) old people? Hmmm...

Him AND his friends!