Man receives non-stop calls from gamers after mistakenly being given Nintendo’s old support line when moving to Washington, trolls callers until his number is eventually switched for free, due to many caller complaints: 'I'm not proud of it'

Most people might brag about the hilarious mistake of being assigned Nintendo's old support line as their home phone number, it certainly makes for a great story. But this new Redmond resident didn't see the humor in it. With his phone ringing non-stop, the ringtone became a constant hum in the background of his thoughts, day and night! Furious at being stuck with Nintendo's old number, he found himself answering countless calls at all hours from kids and parents desperate for help with their games.

After countless failed attempts to explain it was a wrong number, he decided to take matters into his own hands. So, he started trolling the callers, harmlessly, of course. He'd ask kids for credit card details, pretend they were being scammed, and pull prank after prank just to entertain himself and prevent returning callers. Eventually, the complaints escalated, piling up in to a tower of 'bad behavior'. Parents contacted Nintendo, after realizing he wasn't an employee, and soon after, the phone company, suddenly very eager to help, offered to change his number, free of charge. A very different response from the 1889999 ignored requests he'd made previously.

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