Used this for awhile, but occurred to me that others may not be aware.

www.inumbr.com



Free, no sign up, just a quick couple of checkboxes get you a disposable phone number that will forward to your actual phone. Really helpful with newspaper ads, craigslist postings or picking up random chicks who you don't want to know your real number.  


You set the expiration date of the number 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month etc., and can set specific hours when it will NOT forward to you, e.g. 9p - 8a or something like that. Callers record a short intro message and on the ring through, you can decide whether to take the call or let it go to voicemail.

It's so great because it's literally walk-away...no account registration needed.  You don't really give them any information that you cannot fake, except your phone number, and I've read the privacy policy and they don't sell, lease or rent your information.  Experientially, I can tell you I've used the service since 2005 whenever I've sold on Craigslist or elsewhere...I haven't had a telemarketing call in 4 years.


Most metro areas can get a number in their area code.


Pretty cool little thing, initially started by Craigslist, and it was called CraigsNumber, but now it's spun off on its own.

Check it out, or post your experiences here.

Wow, that would be a great idea for dating.

Interesting.

tag.

Sweetness.

Tag so I don't forget.

cool

I wonder how the company makes money?

Now that is a great idea.  I was thinking of buying a disposable cell.  I have a couple of high end watches I want to sell and I don't want my cellphone inundated with calls after the sale.  Thanks for posting this.

Thank you for that little gem.  Never heard of it before but I will definitely be using it.

ETA:  I tried it and it works great.  It plays music in the background while the call is being made and will not foward to your voice mail if you do not want.  It also has its own voice mail that will alert you via email if you choose.  You do not have to give it an email address though if you dont want.  Awesome!

That's freakin sweet.

This.

I probably won't use it but like the idea.  Thanks for the heads up!

Selling your info that they said they won't sell. How are you going to know anyway?

Interesting. Do you work for them in any capacity?

They could also make money playing commercials over the phone prior to forwarding the number.

Nope.  

I found out about it a couple of years ago.

Used to be called Craigsnumber.com  (part of craigslist)

Now it's spun off on its own, but is part of numbr.com which is how they make their money.

I've used this 80 times at least, and I have not experienced even a blip in sales or marketing calls.