Sick of Cold Calls and Telemarketing?

[johnnya24]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9637438/Cold-caller-firm-pays-out-for-wasting-businessmans-time.html

Richard Herman, 53, was so upset with firms phoning him up and trying to sell him goods and services he decided to charge them for the time they took out of his day.

He recorded the calls and then sent an invoice charging £10 for every minute he spent on the phone.

When they refused to pay up he sued them at the small claims court and won.

The marketing company AAC agreed to pay the full £195 for 19-and-a-half minutes of calls, plus a £25 court fee.

http://www.saynotocoldcalls.com/

• Play along to find out their UK company name
• Say “Call again & I will charge my time at £10/min"
• Record the call so that you have proof
• If called again, play along to see who it is
• Send them an invoice
• Sue them in the small claims court

[virgonomic]

Or, he could have hung up before 19:30 had passed.
Or, he could use call display and screen his calls.

That said, he's definitely an innovator.

[johnnya24]

Or, he could have hung up before 19:30 had passed.
Or, he could use call display and screen his calls.

That said, he's definitely an innovator.

I think they were probably separate calls. The PPI thing is a nightmare ... legal firms are having a field day ... and spamming every media resource they can find. You can block the numbers, but they never seem to call from the same source.

[Igor]

He would make a fortune living in Ohio leading up to a presidential election, if political calls counted. I am ready to unplug the land line.

[virgonomic]

This judge wanted to make a statement, because this gentleman was not an employee of this firm, and really had no right to earnings.

[johnnya24]

This judge wanted to make a statement, because this gentleman was not an employee of this firm, and really had no right to earnings.

I read somewhere else that they agreed to pay up before a judgement was reached.

His argument was that he informed them that he would charging them for his time if they continue to call. He invoiced them when they kept calling ... they refused to pay, he sued.

Clever if nothing else.

[onejayhawk]

I have a better defense. I dont own a phone. If I need to make a call, I just use GMail's phome ap.

J