Send SMS to *82 mobile contact

[Beerz]

My Caller ID (CID) is blocked through sprint and there are some contacts that I have *82 before their mobile# so they know it's me calling.

When I get a text message from one of these contacts I'm unable to reply to the person in text message. The phone will send the text message to example(*821115551212) but a minute later I'll get a reply back saying that Sprint could not deliver the message. Same issue when just selecting one of these contacts from the list.

These phones just aren't smart enough to remove the *82 prefix from the mobile number for a text message.. are there any fixes or work arounds for this issue?

Thanks