How One Man Turns Annoying Cold Calls Into Cash 227
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!"
Code of practice? (Score:5, Funny)
Conversation (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 **
Re:Conversation (Score:5, Funny)
I send back an email to confirm to the spammers that this is an active email account
FTFY
Re:Conversation (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.
Re:Code of practice? (Score:5, Funny)
Comparing regulators to prostitutes is really unfair to prostitutes.
Re:Code of practice? (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.
Re: Code of practice? (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.