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The Telephone is a piece of equipment that allows players to check store hours and inventory. It can be purchased from the Carpenter's Shop for 
2,000g. It may be placed anywhere in Stardew Valley, indoors or out.
After completing the Monster Eradication Goal for Magma Sprites and Sparklers, Marlon's number is added so you can use the Item Recovery Service from home.
You can receive a scam phone call, a call from the bear from Bear's Knowledge, Vincent, Lewis, Pierre, the hat mouse, a call in a foreign language that you can't understand, and possibly others.
Calling a shop does not affect friendship points and does not count as talking to that villager for the day.
Answering Machine
Calling someone who isn't available will result in an answering machine message being played, which gives current stock and store hours for shops.
The Answering Machine
Secrets
- For individuals who have turned their children into doves, you may get a mysterious phone call that starts with rolling static and finishes with a voice saying "you have forsaken us."