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How One Man Turns Annoying Cold Calls Into Cash

Posted by samzenpus on from the hoisting-with-his-own-petard dept.

First time accepted submitter georgeaperkins writes "A man targeted by marketing companies is making money from cold calls with his own premium-rate phone number. So far he's made £300 profit following a £10+VAT initial investment. The premium rate regulator has 'strongly discouraged' the practice, as it violates the code of practice. Nevertheless, the novel idea is sure to resonate with everyone worn down by mindless cold calling!"

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  1. Code of practice? by korbulon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well I guess even whores have a code of practice.

    1. Re:Code of practice? by voss · · Score: 5, Funny

      Comparing regulators to prostitutes is really unfair to prostitutes.

    2. Re:Code of practice? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      taking pot-shots at the monumentally, epically difficult jobs of regulators is lazy comedy.

      / no, i am not a regulator, but I know what they do.

    3. Re: Code of practice? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm a 7805, so I know what it's like. It's easy to become envious of the regulators that have more interesting jobs, like the LM317s, but the added responsibility wouldn't be worth it.

  2. Conversation by StripedCow · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm calling because I'm selling this great new product that can save you time and money."

    "Now that sounds very interesting! Could you hang on for a moment, I'll be back in a minute."

    ** leaves phone off hook **

    --
    If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.
    1. Re:Conversation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I send back an email to confirm to the spammers that this is an active email account

      FTFY

    2. Re:Conversation by marcansoft · · Score: 5, Funny

      I started doing this after getting a dozen Vodafone marketing calls. Except instead of just leaving the phone off-hook, I said "please hold while I transfer you" and then treated them to an endless random shuffle of Never Gonna Give you Up, Friday, Trololo, Caramelldansen, and Nyan Cat, played via a voice modem.

      They stopped calling after they got that a couple of times.