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I’ve only buying buying, fixing, selling for quite a while, no customer repair work. As I’ve sold gear I only work via emails which not everyone cares for. Those people are probably the ones I do not want to give my phone number to so it works fine.

However, I’m considering doing repair work for customers again. If I know the person, not a problem, they either have or can have my number. People I don’t know, reaching out to me through my website or worse, Craigslist (from gear I’m selling) can’t have my number. Again, if they get pissy that confirms they shouldn’t have my phone number.

I know this came up on the previous forum but I would appreciate knowing how people handle this especially if your shop is at your home. The last thing I want is a customer texting or calling my on a Sunday or any other day outside of reasonable business hours.

Add to all this, it’s 2023 and I can’t stand talking on the phone so I try to do that as little as possible.