Hi Everyone,

I am new here. I see everyone is fighting so hard to get rid off telemarketers. Some of you have been very successful and others are not that lucky. Anyway, the reason I am here is to share with you my experience in making $$$ from telemarketer calls. If you notice from my signature, I have purposely and openly listed my UK phone # here for anyone (particularly telemarketers) to pick up. You must be thinking that I am so stupid to do such a thing; however, I guarantee that after you finish reading my post, you will understand.

If anyone who reads this post is from UK, s/he will understand that my # is a non-geo UK phone number and it costs about 50pence/minute for callers to call me from any UK phone, let alone the if calls originated from outside UK. Anyway, here is the best part to receive incoming calls: Out of 50pence/minute revenues from any incoming calls, half of the revenues go directly to my phone account. In this case, a volition and verbiage in conversation will defintely generate more $$$ to credit my phone account. Then, I can use this money to call anyone in UK/US @ a rate of about 2pence/minute. Sometimes, I even use my phone to call and bother the telemarketers, sort of retaliation...

This is why I don't curse any telemarketers when they call me; however, I sure will take up some of their time and make money to fund my phone. I don't get mad, I just get even ...

[quote=Diana,Jun 7 2006, 01:42 PM]
] Sounds like a little passive-agressive behavior on your part. So...you are taking from them...not them trying to take you? Sounds like you've had telemarketing training.

Not really mainly because telemarketers know it will cost them $$$ to call me. So, if they decide to spend their $$$ to call me, be my guest. I don't force them to call me.

I don't have any background in any field of marketing, let alone a telemarketing training.

either way, you've created your own deception on a portion of society. This is all about deceptive practices.

My appology if you feel my creation is a deception; however, personally, I believe you just don't know what a deception is, in this matter. My UK non-geo DID # is a legal and valid UK number, i.e. the UK Gov (Telcom) approved this number. If you think calling my my UK non-geo DID # is a deception, then you have indirectly accused the UK Gov (Telcom) of deceiving the whole world by providing services to UK non-geo DID #s. Besides that, I never ask anyone to call my UK non-geo DID #, let alone to delude anyone by providing my UK non-geo DID # in my signature. The provision of my UK non-geo DID # here is merely for people who want to call me. If you are from UK and/or familiar with the UK non-geo DID #s or smart enough or unless have any urge to speak directly to the concerned individual, you shouldn't be making any calls to any UK non-geo DID #s mainly because you know such a call is going to be expensive. Besides that, if you place any international calls to any country, including my UK non-geo DID #, it is going to cost you a lot more. So, where is the deception that you mentioned above?

Sorry for getting your ire up! Maybe it was your smiley faces and the glory you find in what you're doing. Smart enough? Hmm. Your method of thinking is questionable. Smacks of personal retaliation..which of course does not solve the problem at hand. Especially if one does not have a UK non-geo DID# If you welcome those types of calls maybe you should post the number and really rake in the profits! Ooops! You did post the #. Hope you like being in the racketts as well. May you make alot of money for your efforts!

Also, maybe your creative thinking could lead you to gather about you LIKE thinking people with UK non-geo DID#'s and start a room of your own. Wouldn't be a surprise. How do you think those rooms get started? Yes you don't get mad...you get even..that makes you one of their peers.

I will be honest with you that I don't know much about you, let alone your background and/or bringing up. However, from what I see through your post, I can conclude that you have a very obnoxious behaviour, i.e. judging/accusing people from their posts. You accused me of having been trained in a telemarketing field, of being deceiving, of being ire up, of being retaliation, etc. To tell you the truth, I am none of those. So, please kindly stop this kind of obnoxious behaviour to waste the resources.

As I already said in my very first post, I divert all telemarketing calls to fund my outgoing international calls. If telemarketers are so eager to bother me with their sweet offerings, that's their business and none of your business. Instead of bitching those telemarketers like most others have done, I welcome them and I even told them about how I fund my telephone bills through their calls with the answering announcement. Ironically, 100% of them said that they didn't care mainly because their systems are the ones who made the decision to call me and they have contracts with certain telephone companies who handle the calls with some flat rate fees. Some of them even thanked me for such a nice conversation mainly because a lot of people they call always bitch them. You just don't have to take my words and can prove it yourself by calling my UK non-geo DID # listed on my signature, i.e. if you are willing to shed some of your $$$ to fund my outgoing calls, too.

BTW, I don't even like to think to get even with others, but prefer to divert the resources to something that benefit others and/or me. Why waste the effort to get even if you can divert the resources to achieve something that benefits everyone?

Gosh..you are the one who said you get even. My but you do get upset with others opinions. You are right I should not waste this prcious resource...won't hear from me again. P.S. Watch that blood pressure Lovie!!!