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British man turns the tables on telemarketers by charging them to call him - haikuman - 08-30-2013
Now we just need to find a way to use this on spammers and email accounts *(:>*
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-british-man-turns-the-table-on-telemarketers-by-charging-companies-to-call-him--163601948.html
These days, Lee Beaumont is perfectly happy to get a call from a telemarketer. In fact, he’s the one making a profit from the unsolicited sales calls.
The BBC reports that Beaumont became so sick of getting calls from marketing companies that he changed his phone number settings so that incoming callers have to pay him a small fee to connect.
Since changing his number in November 2011, Beaumont says he’s made about 300 pounds ($464) from the calls. Using a service called PhonepayPlus, Beaumont charges incoming callers 10 pence to connect and additional charges for the longer he stays on the line.
"Because I'm getting annoyed with PPI phone calls when I'm trying to watch Coronation Street so I'd rather make 10p a minute," he told the BBC. “I want cold calls.”
Beaumont receives 70 percent of the take from such calls, adding that he now goes out of his way to keep telemarketers on the line for longer periods of time.
Re: British man turns the tables on telemarketers by charging them to call him - space-time - 08-30-2013
what is the minimum wage in Britain?
Re: British man turns the tables on telemarketers by charging them to call him - haikuman - 08-30-2013
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Minimu+Wage+in+Britain&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22153007
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=£6.31=+USD&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=£6.31%3D+USD&rls=en
6.31 British Pound Sterling equals
9.77 US Dollar
Re: British man turns the tables on telemarketers by charging them to call him - deckeda - 08-30-2013
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1605785
Re: British man turns the tables on telemarketers by charging them to call him - NewtonMP2100 - 08-30-2013
so......CALL me.....Irresponsible........???
Re: British man turns the tables on telemarketers by charging them to call him - RAMd®d - 08-31-2013
I like the guy's style.
It's far less labor-intensive than suing the senders of unsolicited faxes.