COUME  +  197059 Wed, 15 Feb 06 01:39 PM Hello, I need to change my answering machine message to record a more professional one as I will be looking for a new job pretty soon. Could someone tell me if the following message is grammatically correct and sounds professional enough? Hello, you are through to ***, I am not available at the moment but please leave me a message with your name and number and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you. Thanks in advance for your comments/tips/... Regards, Ludovic COUME Joined on Thu, Apr 8 2004 French in the UK Full Member 121 Regards

	Mister Micawber  +  197061 Wed, 15 Feb 06 01:41 PM I would just change the beginning a little, Ludovic: Hello, this is ***.   I am not available at the moment, but please leave me a message with your name and number, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.  Thank you. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,760 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	rishonly  +  197164 Wed, 15 Feb 06 06:34 PM  Mister Micawber wrote: I would just change the beginning a little, Ludovic: Hello, this is ***.   I am not available at the moment, but please leave me a message with your name and number, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.  Thank you. One change that I would prefer is "at this" instead of "at the". My attempt: Hi, This is ..... Sorry, I am currently unavailable. Please leave your name, number, and message. I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank You. rishonly Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005 KUMBAKONAM,INDIA Contributing Member 1,782 Regards, Krishna

	Goodman  +  197192 Wed, 15 Feb 06 07:56 PM  Making a recorded message is a simple task that most people don’t give much thought to.  I used to leave my name on the recording but only learned that “bad” people can tie the name and phone numbers together and turn you into a potential crime victim. So changed my recording as follows: “ Hello, I am not available to answer you call at this time. Please leave a detailed message and the time you called after the beep. I will return your call promptly. Thank you “ However, if you are waiting for a call potentially with employment potential, you may want to include you name. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all!

	COUME  +  198640 Sun, 19 Feb 06 03:51 PM Thank you all. Once I recorded the new message, I will let you know what I recorded Cheers, Ludo COUME

	rishonly  +  198648 Sun, 19 Feb 06 04:20 PM  COUME wrote: Thank you all. Once I recorded the new message, I will let you know what I recorded Cheers, Ludo Great! Just in case, make sure you say "get back to you" instead of "get you back".  A friend of mine did that, in fact. rishonly

	COUME  +  198653 Sun, 19 Feb 06 04:41 PM  Rishonly wrote:  COUME wrote: Thank you all. Once I recorded the new message, I will let you know what I recorded Cheers, Ludo Great! Just in case, make sure you say "get back to you" instead of "get you back".  A friend of mine did that, in fact. I did this mistake back in 2001-2002 when I was studying in England, and someone told me the error after almost 10 months... so now, I'm quite careful with this one COUME