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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by Wowfunhappy on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:18AM (#19533837)
How does this work when a friend is calling you?
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by saalweachter on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:53AM (#19534126)
If they're a real friend and you're not an asshole you'll call them as often as they call you.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by thoughtfunction on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:45AM (#19533919)
Whitelisting, and you can press a button to refund after the call.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Monday April 01, 2019 @09:32PM (#19550249)
No, there should be no option to refund. If there is it will become a moral obligation, many people will feel bad about not-refunding in whatever a case.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:46AM (#19551611)
I mean when non-spammers but annoying people call.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by thoughtfunction on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:41PM (#19578894)
It's about mass marketing spam, not people you know. People you know will call from a consistent phone number, and you can use time tested methods such as not answering instead of making them pay 0.10 to talk to you.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:44PM (#19549541)
Most of my friends don't (and I love this!), they send me messages in Telegram and WhatsApp and we either discuss the matter this way or meet in person. If I felt like I am to call a friend I wouldn't mind to spend twice the rate and I would certainly love a half to go to the friend's account instead of just the phone company account.
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