Are they human? Or a machine that dials your number?

For about three weeks now I've been getting a phone call everyday at around the same time (+/- 11:00 A.M.) from some 1-800 number that belongs to some debt collector agency. The thing is my cell phone, which these people or the machine have been calling, is one of those pre-paid ones and the number is recycled.

I don't bother to answer as whether I make a call or receive one on my cell phone I get charged 25 cents per minute and toll free numbers aren't exempted. If I don't pick up or don't answer them due to not having my cell phone around me I'll get a voicemail message. I don't answer those either as answering voicemail costs +/- $1.35. This process repeats every day since I've been getting a call from this number.

So here's my two cents: When will these guys give up? I mean if there's no answer from the number you're trying to reach then stop calling. With a recycled phone number one never know who it came from (maybe a name or two if you answer calls for these people) or where it will end up. Heck it could end up on one of those firefly phones for kids. I mean how is an 8-year-old owing money to some company? Even if the number doesn't get recycled the person the debt collector is calling could be dead.

Every time I receive I missed call from these people I keep thinking the next time they call I'll tell them to f--k off. Yet again, is it worth it if it's a machine on the other end.

and now for some Weird Al