u/simtechonline

I tried posting this question several times on the Google Community forum, but it got nowhere.

I've had my GV number for over 10 years. It's my home number that I still use with my cordless phones via Obitalk - or at least the little box that used to be assigned to them.

I like my number, and it's been registered on donotcall(dot)gov since 2016. This does not stop the scummier telemarketers who call me now up to 15 times a day, usually using spoofed numbers.

When I filed complaints, I'm usually told by the various carriers that cater to telemarketers (*cough*sinchonvoy*cough*) that the number does not show in their system that they called me, and that I need to talk to my carrier to do a traceback.

With the paid Google Voice, they advertise 24/7 support. Has anyone ever been able to use this support and get them to do a traceback on an incoming call, to see the actual number that was used to call me at friggin' 5:30am?

With the free service, there is no way to do a traceback. I'm hoping someone here has tried to see if Google provides this service.

Telemarketer note: A practice these cornholios do now is lease a number, then use another number and spoof their own number. That way they feel they can't be tracked for a Truth in Caller ID Act violation. It allows then to make telemarketer cold calls and ignore the TCPA, as the number on the caller ID will be shown as theirs, but when complaints are filed they can say they did not make the call as per the carrier log.

We recently bought a house in Corvallis and there was a lot of problems that were not disclosed, and not found by the inspector. Long story, lots of headaches.

Anyway, there is an underground water line in the backyard that has a slow leak. We are on a well so there is no way to monitor just how much and to make things more complicated the ground here is not very porous, meaning the water never makes it to the surface but instead spreads underground about 1-2 feet down and is now covering an area roughly 50'x70'.

I dig down and hit water with no easy way to trace which direction it is coming from. I tried several tricks like hooking air to the line but since the ground is so dense it never comes up anywhere.

I shut off the water and the level goes down. I hooked a pressure gauge to the line and shut off the water and it drops a few pounds a minute. There is an underground sprinkler system back there and the box that holds the solenoids is always full of water, even when the valve is shut off for the sprinkler system - so it is not the sprinkler system.

It looks like it is a 1.25" PVC main water line and whomever installed it did lay in a tracer wire. This is not a typical plumber situation as they need to be a company who specializes in finding underground water leaks. Does anyone know of anyone who can do this that services the Corvallis area? I've been looking on Google but have not had much luck. Thanks.

I keep getting spam calls and texts from various shady businesses who don't seem to care about the TCPA or stop calling/texting demands.

Lately, the numbers have been assigned to RingCentral. What is your policy on people who use your services to harass senior citizens while they ignore my complaints about their calls and texts?

All the calls get blacklisted and reported to donotcall.gov but as far as the texts I can only mark them as spam and forward them to 7726.

Here's a string of texts showing a RingCentral number. They have been told to stop. The 888 number listed in all these spam texts is the Ring Central number:

• Premier Auto Protect 1 Day Sale !!Only $95.00 Down (Eligible Plans)+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/vQsL2Y Reply STOP to end
• ‪56482‬ • Aug 27, 9:03 AM Message from 5 6 4 8 2, Premier Auto & Home Protect-Sale!-$0.00 Down Just Pay1st Month+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/TiCfCg Reply STOP to end, Thursday, August 27 2026, 9:03 AM. Premier Auto & Home Protect-Sale!-$0.00 Down Just Pay1st Month+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/TiCfCg Reply STOP to end
• ‪56482‬ • Sep 3, 9:37 AM Message from 5 6 4 8 2, Premier Auto Protect -Sale !!Only $88.00 Down (Eligible Plans)+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/7vninh Reply STOP to end, Thursday, September 3 2026, 9:37 AM. Premier Auto Protect -Sale !!Only $88.00 Down (Eligible Plans)+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/7vninh Reply STOP to end
• ‪56482‬ • Mon 9:35 AM Message from 5 6 4 8 2, Premier Auto Protect Sale!!-2YRSFREE+20%Off+Incentives-(EligiblePlans)-PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/35ndI2 Reply STOP to end, Monday, September 7 2026, 9:35 AM. Premier Auto Protect Sale!!-2YRSFREE+20%Off+Incentives-(EligiblePlans)-PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/35ndI2 Reply STOP to end
• ‪56482‬ • Thu 9:41 AM Message from 5 6 4 8 2, Premier Auto Protect -Sale !!Only $88.00 Down (Eligible Plans)+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/wU7GZ5 Reply STOP to end, Thursday, September 10 2026, 9:41 AM. Premier Auto Protect -Sale !!Only $88.00 Down (Eligible Plans)+Additional Incentives-Call 1-888-519-2082 https://56482.biztxt.io/wU7GZ5 Reply STOP to end

I'm selling a few things on the typical places - Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor, etc., but I do not want people coming to my house.

I checked with Corvallis PD and they really didn't know of a spot, although they casually suggested the transaction can probably be done outside of the building.

Does Corvallis have any designated safe spots to meet with a buyer for a cash sale, other than just meeting at a generic place such as McDonalds?

I have a friend who loves walleye, but I've not been able to find any restaurants that carries it on the menu.

Does anyone know of a place that has it?

No mini-donut vendors.

I had to pay a lot of deposits when I rented a house in Corvallis. It was a private party who was renting their house. I did sign a lease that said the deposits were refundable if there were no problems.

I was a great renter and left the place in better shape than when I moved in, she also asked if we could hire a cleaning crew so I did and even had the carpets cleaned as they were in bad shape when we moved in. I do have videos of the place before we moved in and the day we moved out.

This is the complicated part. We were month-to-month as the landlord let us stay while we continued to look for a house. I had paid the rent of $4200 to cover May 15 thru June 15th, but we moved out on May 29th and returned the keys. She promptly had it rented and even though I was technically the renter thru 06/15 she had the new renters move in on June 1st, so she collected rent twice for the fist 15 days of June.

My lease states the deposits were refundable, but how long should I wait before things get complicated?  We are talking about a lot of money!

Damage deposit was $2100 - there was no damage.
Pet deposit was $5000 - also no damage at all.
We also had to pay for the first and last months rent at the beginning of the lease back in 07/2025. That check was for $8350.  That means $4175 was never used because I had paid the final month where we were only there 2 weeks.
That part adds up to $11275.00 in deposits and unused rent.

Seeing that I paid rent to cover 05/15/2026 to 06/15/2026 but I ended up moving out the end of May, she was able to double-dip on the rent as I had officially paid until 06/15 but she had already had a new renter move in on June 1st or 2nd.  I’m not sure if this qualifies for a partial refund or if this is technically a sub-lease matter, or if I am just out of luck on that part.

Not a peep from the landlord regarding any of this money. There was absolutly no damage and she knows we moved just a few miles away. I'm not sure if the 31 day rule starts the day we moved out (05/29) or the day I had paid the rent thru (06/15) as she had a new tenant in there on June 1st.

This amount is over the limit for small claims court, which is why I'm thinking I will need an attorney. Any recommendations of one local? Thanks for any info.

Anyone ever seen any around Corvallis? I understand they are supposed to be east of the Rockies but I was sure I saw some in a field off of Soap Creek Road Tuesday night.

I'm currently hosting 8 websites, all have low traffic and are more informational and vanity sites. No databases, no ecommerce, not a lot of disk space needed.

What I do need is the ability for lots of email addresses. I've always run Plesk, which allows me to make a main email address and then create hundreds of alias email addresses that I can send and receive from, but I would only need to set up the main email address in my Outlook.

I like doing this because I track where spam and viruses come from. When one of my alias addresses starts getting junk emails I can complain to whatever company or person leaked my address out.

If I had a netflix account I would create a netflix@domain.com which would be used solely on that account. Same with my credit cards, stores, family and friends.

20ish years ago when I first started leasing, I was running things like forums and sites with shopping card software, but not anymore. I do really like the flexibility of a VPS... adding websites when i want and gobs of custom email addresses that can all go to one inbox.

But is a VPS really needed for me now, or am I renting way too much server for what i really am doing? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.