Let your scheduler know what happened.
cirmi2000 Wrote:
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> My husband and I went to tour an apartment
> community. It was a tax credit community, so the
> leasing agent asked us what our combined annual
> income was. As per the instructions, we gave her a
> number that would not disqualify us from renting
> at that particular community. During the meeting,
> I gave the agent my cell phone number, my address
> and my email for follow up.
> As we ended the tour, the agent asked us if we
> wanted to fill out an application and we replied
> that we were still looking around.
> With that being said, we left.
>
> This morning, an agent from the apartment
> community left me a voice mail asking if we were
> still interested. I didn't return her call. Then,
> in the afternoon, my husband got a call on his
> cell phone from the apartment community's phone
> number. No voice mail was left at this time.
>
> We were both very surprised that the agent had my
> hubby's cell number, as we never gave it to her.
> In case they called up his work, wouldn't it be
> illegal for his employer to give out his number
> without his approval? Even if they did give out
> his number, what right does the apartment
> community have to track down numbers that weren't
> willingly given to them?! Or call his workplace,
> for that matter? We didn't fill out the rental
> application, nor give permission for a background
> check.
>
> What would you guys do in this situation? I'd like
> to call the apartment community and ask how they
> got my husband's number and then take it from
> there.
>
> Any advice? Thanks!