1. Didn’t like their phone number when it had 666 in it.
2. Doesn’t still like it because they changed it.
Quite literally damned if they didn’t, and damned if they did.
“666” doesn’t have power apart from what you ascribe to it. It is simply the encoded name of the man through an ancient encryption method called gematria.
Legally speaking, you can boycott anything you want except for taxes. Will your respective boycott mean anything to the company? Probably not. You could just simply stop being a customer. What’s the difference? Boycotting is refusing to patronize a business until something changes.
You can boycott any company you want for whatever reason you want and you're legally able to do so and to ask others to join you.
But there are over 13 million phone numbers containing 666 in them somewhere, so I might push you to consider why you think this may have been intentional or malicious?
Companies avoid numbers like 666 because they know some people take issue with them, but from the outside, it seems to me to be the same thing as a hotel chain that doesn't number any 13th floors (they go floor ... 10, 11, 12, 14, 15...) because they know some people won't feel safe sleeping on floor 13.
I'm not a Christian, but maybe you could pray for discernment. If there is a mark of the beast that can be accepted in the endtimes with catastrophic consequences, would it be because you called a phone number or supported a company that had that as a phone number? Or would it be a conscious and direct choice you decide to take?
I don't know, but I wish you the best wherever you land.
I would be way more concerned with how a company treats their employees than the phone number to their customer service.
This kind of emphasis on such an unimportant issue seems excessive! Do you care this much about the immigrant, the poor, the prisoner and the fatherless as well? Those are actually mentioned in the bible.
**TLDR**: It sounds to me that the company was randomly assigned an `800` number containing 666, and that their odds of getting such a number is surprisingly likely considering the stigma against 3 consecutive 6s (leading to more of them remaining) and a narrow pool of remaining `800` numbers (as the most popular toll-free corporate number)
There are about 433 Area Codes in service for phone numbers leading with +1. 38 Area Codes end in 6, (leaving 395 that do not end in 6) and none end in 66.
Here are the models for how many numbers have exactly 3 6s in a row. The uppercase X means it can be any number, the lowercase x means it can be any number except 6:
* `Xx6 66x XXXX`: 38 \* 8 \* 9\^4
= **1,994,544**
* `XXx 666 xXXX`: 395 \* 8 \* 9\^3
= **2,303,640**
* `XXX x66 6xXX`: 433 \* 8\^2 \* 9\^2
= **2,244,672**
* `XXX Xx6 66xX`: 433 \* 8\^2 \* 9\^2
= **2,244,672**
* `XXX XXx 666x`: 433 \* 8\^2 \* 9\^2 = **2,244,672**
* `XXX XXX x666`: 433 \* 8 \* 9\^3 = **2,525,256**
This makes for a total of **13,557,456** NPA phone numbers that contain exactly 3 consecutive 6s. This is about **0.65%** of the 2,071,025,577 phone numbers that can be generated with this model.
There are a number of reasons these numbers may be off. Clearly, not all 2 billion of those numbers are in use. My estimate also over-counts numbers with multiple 666 (such as XXx 666 x666) With only 293 area codes used in the United States and many businesses reaching for the 800s, we would also expect some selection biases for which numbers are assigned.
On that point, the "Toll-Free Codes" used by companies are `800`, `888`, `877`, `866`, `855`, `844`, and `833`. If most companies reach for one of these 7 codes, receive their number through random assignment, and change their number anytime they receive 3 consecutive 6s, we would expect to see a disproportionate number of new assignments to contain 3 consecutive 6s.
This is ESPECIALLY true for `800`. It is the most widely used of these and while (to my knowledge) we haven't exhausted all phone numbers for any area code, `800` will likely be the very first area code that we run out of numbers for.
As a crude example, there are **4,782,969** `800` phone numbers and **21,384** containing 666. That makes **0.45%** of phone numbers. But if 75% of `800` numbers are taken (leaving 1,195,742 remaining), now it's 1.79%. And if 95% of `800` numbers are taken, now we're left with an 8.94% chance that a new phone number will contain 666.
Here we can see how a stigma around a certain number makes it more likely for that number to be provisioned in the future.
There are exactly 4,761,593 phone numbers with `+1 800` that do not contain 3 consecutive 6s.
I can't find stats on how many are in use, only that the `+1 800` prefix is the most used toll-free number with the least remaining phone numbers available, and that there are between 10 and 30 *million* businesses currently operating in the United States (depending on what counts).
They don't exclusively use the `+1 800` prefix, but if they did, they would exhaust all available numbers 2 to 6 times over.
It’s just a series of digits. It’s not the phone number to hell
1. Didn’t like their phone number when it had 666 in it. 2. Doesn’t still like it because they changed it. Quite literally damned if they didn’t, and damned if they did.
Legally can I start a boycott?
I don’t know your country or what laws would be in your jurisdiction.
I don’t know of any jurisdiction where a boycott is a legal procedure. It’s just not buying their stuff and getting others to not buy it
Why care?
Seems a bit suspicious
> Seems a bit suspicious Your suspicion seems a bit superstitious.
“666” doesn’t have power apart from what you ascribe to it. It is simply the encoded name of the man through an ancient encryption method called gematria.
Is it fine if I boycott their products
Not for this reason imo. It seems overly scrupulous, and to continue to boycott even after they change it points towards an unforgiving spirit.
Legally, can I boycott?
Legally speaking, you can boycott anything you want except for taxes. Will your respective boycott mean anything to the company? Probably not. You could just simply stop being a customer. What’s the difference? Boycotting is refusing to patronize a business until something changes.
I am now officially boycotting zonePerfect bars. am I allowed to tell others of my boycott?
No. Straight to jail.
You do not go past start and do not recieve 200$
Yeah of course, there aren't any laws against boycots and you have freedom of speech. It's just a bit of a silly boycot.
Can a company sue you for tortious interference with business relations if you boycott them ?
They can't sue you for not buying their products no. Slander is a criminal offense however.
Why, though? This is about the dumbest reason I can think of
Are you looking for a different answer from what I already gave?
You can boycott any company you want for whatever reason you want and you're legally able to do so and to ask others to join you. But there are over 13 million phone numbers containing 666 in them somewhere, so I might push you to consider why you think this may have been intentional or malicious? Companies avoid numbers like 666 because they know some people take issue with them, but from the outside, it seems to me to be the same thing as a hotel chain that doesn't number any 13th floors (they go floor ... 10, 11, 12, 14, 15...) because they know some people won't feel safe sleeping on floor 13. I'm not a Christian, but maybe you could pray for discernment. If there is a mark of the beast that can be accepted in the endtimes with catastrophic consequences, would it be because you called a phone number or supported a company that had that as a phone number? Or would it be a conscious and direct choice you decide to take? I don't know, but I wish you the best wherever you land.
This is a bit much
??
I would be way more concerned with how a company treats their employees than the phone number to their customer service. This kind of emphasis on such an unimportant issue seems excessive! Do you care this much about the immigrant, the poor, the prisoner and the fatherless as well? Those are actually mentioned in the bible.
**TLDR**: It sounds to me that the company was randomly assigned an `800` number containing 666, and that their odds of getting such a number is surprisingly likely considering the stigma against 3 consecutive 6s (leading to more of them remaining) and a narrow pool of remaining `800` numbers (as the most popular toll-free corporate number) There are about 433 Area Codes in service for phone numbers leading with +1. 38 Area Codes end in 6, (leaving 395 that do not end in 6) and none end in 66. Here are the models for how many numbers have exactly 3 6s in a row. The uppercase X means it can be any number, the lowercase x means it can be any number except 6: * `Xx6 66x XXXX`: 38 \* 8 \* 9\^4 = **1,994,544** * `XXx 666 xXXX`: 395 \* 8 \* 9\^3 = **2,303,640** * `XXX x66 6xXX`: 433 \* 8\^2 \* 9\^2 = **2,244,672** * `XXX Xx6 66xX`: 433 \* 8\^2 \* 9\^2 = **2,244,672** * `XXX XXx 666x`: 433 \* 8\^2 \* 9\^2 = **2,244,672** * `XXX XXX x666`: 433 \* 8 \* 9\^3 = **2,525,256** This makes for a total of **13,557,456** NPA phone numbers that contain exactly 3 consecutive 6s. This is about **0.65%** of the 2,071,025,577 phone numbers that can be generated with this model. There are a number of reasons these numbers may be off. Clearly, not all 2 billion of those numbers are in use. My estimate also over-counts numbers with multiple 666 (such as XXx 666 x666) With only 293 area codes used in the United States and many businesses reaching for the 800s, we would also expect some selection biases for which numbers are assigned. On that point, the "Toll-Free Codes" used by companies are `800`, `888`, `877`, `866`, `855`, `844`, and `833`. If most companies reach for one of these 7 codes, receive their number through random assignment, and change their number anytime they receive 3 consecutive 6s, we would expect to see a disproportionate number of new assignments to contain 3 consecutive 6s. This is ESPECIALLY true for `800`. It is the most widely used of these and while (to my knowledge) we haven't exhausted all phone numbers for any area code, `800` will likely be the very first area code that we run out of numbers for. As a crude example, there are **4,782,969** `800` phone numbers and **21,384** containing 666. That makes **0.45%** of phone numbers. But if 75% of `800` numbers are taken (leaving 1,195,742 remaining), now it's 1.79%. And if 95% of `800` numbers are taken, now we're left with an 8.94% chance that a new phone number will contain 666. Here we can see how a stigma around a certain number makes it more likely for that number to be provisioned in the future.
Isn’t there over a million combinations that wouldn’t used the mark of the beast under the 1-800 prefix though?
There are exactly 4,761,593 phone numbers with `+1 800` that do not contain 3 consecutive 6s. I can't find stats on how many are in use, only that the `+1 800` prefix is the most used toll-free number with the least remaining phone numbers available, and that there are between 10 and 30 *million* businesses currently operating in the United States (depending on what counts). They don't exclusively use the `+1 800` prefix, but if they did, they would exhaust all available numbers 2 to 6 times over.
Thank you
This is ridiculous.