How To Profit From Telemarketing

jsprat writes: "From the Seattle PI: A man gets an automated message from a telemarketer. He complains. Two weeks later, he gets a check and an apology! In the article, another man is mentioned who claims to have collected $2650 dollars over the last year for illegal spam, faxes and automated calls. Another weapon to fight these clowns?" What's your personal cash-won record?

Comments

I�m gonna be rich

[fabiolrs]

If a get 1 buck from ever spammer that sends me unwanted messages Im gonna get rich soon! :))

Is there a law in US that obligates spammers to give people money or that makes spam a crime? Here in Brazil we have no such law neither any law that makes spam a crime. I believe obligating these stupid people to pay some money to people they send spam would descrease A LOT the amount of unwanted messages we get everday...

stat 101.

[QualityWithAKei]

Schroeter, who already works at home and consequently hates telemarketing calls more than the average person...

right...
he hates telemarketers more on average then i do, just like i'm smarter then the average person and drive better then the average driver.

Re:How about $10000?

[dirk]

The hard part is proving you requested to be taken off their list. You usually need to at the least send a letter before it is "official" that you requested to be removed. You can request it when they call, and a lot of them will remove you, but if they don't there is no way for you to prove you requested it. It comes down to your word against theirs, and the burden of proof is on you. So yes, by law they have to remove you if you request it, but if they don't it's up to you to prove you requested it.

Re:Do that and we'll call back.

[1010011010]

I think I speak for all the people just trying to spend a pleasant evening at home when I say,

We don't care how telemarketers feel.

They don't mind interupting our evenings, we don't mind being rude in return.

Especially the auto-dialers!

Re:Do that and we'll call back.

[1010011010]

One more this. This statement: "behave like an adult, and you'll curtail the calls you get" is absolutely not true.

I've had much better success being unfriendly and threatening than I have when I've tried to be engaging and nice about it.

Also, Mr. Offended Telemarketer, telling your target market to "act like adults" is pretty arrogant. Perhaps your industry should try acting like adults, rather that making crank calls for a living.

Irony (their website was featured in the article)

[Frank T. Lofaro Jr.]

You know, the company might actually be happy about the whole thing.

Many people read their website name in that article.

Sometimes even negative publicity is good publicity. Unfortunate but true, they are likely to get some sales as a result of that.