Reply to: Cold Calling Victim Fights Back

[doodab]

Fair play to him. I'm going to try that next time one of them calls me.

[EternalOptimist]

maybe he was a cold calling victim. and wanted to fight back

[SueEllen]

It's certainly possible. Though I just don't see what his intended market is.

He's probably going for the line "There's no such thing as bad publicity".

[Gentile]

The fact that you have created this thread means he has got his money's worth in terms of advertising.

It's certainly possible. Though I just don't see what his intended market is. I record all my business calls so there's no malarkey about what's been agreed and what hasn't, and all it took to do so was a free app I downloaded from the Android store. The only use case I can think of for the more complicated system this guy's company offers for a fee is a busier office with multiple phones, which probably isn't the market he's reaching with stories like this one about the little guy domestic consumer sticking it to big cold calling companies for a whole £220.

[SueEllen]

Only if you honestly think that all of the many technical, legal, administrative and PR activities involved in taking this case to court took a sum total of twenty minutes between them. In which case I'm going to have to conclude that you must be a project manager, probably one with a PRINCE2 certification and a multicoloured ITIL badge.

The fact that you have created this thread means he has got his money's worth in terms of advertising.

[Gentile]

Eh? What is the minimum wage these days then? He's charging £600 an hour. I thought only threaded can command that.

Only if you honestly think that all of the many technical, legal, administrative and PR activities involved in taking this case to court took a sum total of twenty minutes between them. In which case I'm going to have to conclude that you must be a project manager, probably one with a PRINCE2 certification and a multicoloured ITIL badge.

[Sysman]

The revolution against capitalism has started

The really sad thing is that the minions who send out these threats are probably on a minimum wage.

And many of the debt collecting companies take the piss.

450 for a late bill of 60? That's an international company who won the Whitbread Cup many years ago. No wonder they had the money for that.

[Doggy Styles]

Or, alternative headline: Business Owner Values His Own Time At Less Than Minimum Wage

Eh? What is the minimum wage these days then? He's charging £600 an hour. I thought only threaded can command that.

[Spacecadet]

Can't beat this from a while ago - Carlisle accent IMHO....

http://www.wibble.co.uk/media/bt.wav

I think it's more Wigton TBH

[AtW]

I did allude to that, but I seriously doubt it's worth "millions".

It's worth whatever one can make from it.

He can make millions.

[escapeUK]

The revolution against capitalism has started

I did something similar many years ago, nPower blocked my changing from them to another supplier. The only grounds they can do this as if you are a bad payer and owe them lots of money, which of course I didnt.

Fast forward 18 months, having got the ombudsman involved, I got a cheque for over £1100 which meant I had effectively had free electricity from the point that blocked me. Was just before Xmas too

[darmstadt]

The revolution against capitalism has started

[stek]

Can't beat this from a while ago - Carlisle accent IMHO....

http://www.wibble.co.uk/media/bt.wav

[MarillionFan]

I did allude to that, but I seriously doubt it's worth "millions".

Regardless, it's more than you.

[Gentile]

He's got very good PR worth millions out of it.

I did allude to that, but I seriously doubt it's worth "millions".