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Nia Davis
I've been lurking here reading everyone's strategies and finally got through yesterday! I combined the early morning calling (8:01 AM) with the 856 number approach and it worked. What I want to add is that I kept a spreadsheet tracking my attempts - times, numbers tried, and outcomes. After 2 weeks of data, I noticed Wednesdays between 8:00-8:15 AM had my highest success rate for getting past the busy signal. Also, once you're in the callback queue, don't hang up and try again thinking you can get through faster - I made that mistake twice and lost my place. The callback system actually works if you're patient. Stay strong everyone, this community's shared knowledge is what got me through when the official system failed me completely!
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Yuki Ito
•Wow, keeping a spreadsheet is brilliant! I wish I had thought of tracking my attempts like that - it would have saved me so much frustration trying to figure out the best times. Your data on Wednesday mornings between 8:00-8:15 AM is really helpful, and I'm definitely going to avoid the mistake of hanging up once I'm in the callback queue. It's incredible that we've had to become data analysts just to unemployment, but your systematic approach clearly works! Thanks for sharing those hard-earned insights - this kind of detailed tracking is exactly what others need to see to stay motivated through this broken system.
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Kaylee Cook
I've been following all the advice here and want to share what worked for me after 4 weeks of trying! I used Nia's spreadsheet idea and tracked my calls for a week - turns out Thursday mornings around 8:05 AM with the 856 number was my sweet spot. The key breakthrough was when I realized that if you get the busy signal, wait exactly 30 seconds before redialing instead of immediately hitting redial. This seems to help you get into the queue system rather than just hitting the busy circuit over and over. Once I got through to the callback system, it took about 55 minutes for them to me back, but the actual was super quick since I had all my documents ready. The representative was actually really helpful once I got connected - it's just getting through that initial phone maze that's the nightmare. Don't lose hope everyone, the persistence really does pay off and this community's shared strategies are what made the difference for me!
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