USA skype number not working

Question

Have a toll free number purchased elsewhere and then purchased a skype USA number to have the calls forwarded to that.
Skype number doesn't work.  Spent 3 hours with skype instant chat support 10 days ago and problem could not be resolved so it was "esacalated to a higher leverl" with NO time frame given for a resolution.
A week later no resolution and no contact from skype so again spent another 2 hours on skype instant chat support and asked for a refund.  Was passed to another support person to get the refund but this person only wanted to go through the whole thing again until after an hour later I finally had to demand several times for a refund. 
Was then told I could not have a refund but instead I could have a voucher to obtain another skype USA number for free.  Went through all the steps to obtain this number with the voucher but it didn't work.  Received an email to say here is your skype number (no number shown) and enjoy with family and friends.  Got back to skype support who was waiting and told her what happened. 
Spent another hour on instant chat support and had to send screen shots to show that I was now being asked for another payment even though the voucher had been verified and accepted.
Problem still could not be resolved and again I was told that my issue would be escalated to a higher level but NO time frame could be given.
SKYPE!!!  You have got to be joking with me right?  Wrong!  Still no resolution and my customers have no way to contact me because the phone number doesn't work.  Losing money every day in lost sales to my business.
Is there any skype support person out there who cares and can do something about this shoddy non-service?
Not happy

Answer 1

megasuccess wrote:
I have had many people try to call the number from many different phones in the USA.  It has never worked and they get the message that the number is disconnected or not in service. 
Even when Skype technical support called my number it did not ring on my skype.
I did hear your call however this is the first time I ever heard the call ringing on my skype.
What number did you call?  Can you please reply and let me know?
Thank you
Hi,
I an having the same issue. I have had my number for years and ported it out to a prepaid plan. After I forgot to reload the prepaid phone, it quickly canceled my plan and number.  When I searched Skype for a similar number, I was surprised to see my number back in the Skype Number Pool.  So I repurchased it and I didn't notice the problem until when I tried to port it back to Tmobile and after days of waiting and troubleshooting by Tmobile, they told me they couldn't get the number transferred because it's not my number and they said that the landline company who holds or owns or carries the number can't be reached. This has been going on for almost a year now. 
After further research, I read that those phone number carriers who sell phone numbers in wholesale are called CLEC. There are only a handful of those companies.  I am don't know what to do and Skype can't help me either.  I really need to get this resolved. 
If you were able to get your number working, please let me know.  The message that callers of my number get is this "you have reached THE non working number, announcement 1 4 switch 2 0 - 4".