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Wed, Oct 18 2006 5:01 AMPermanent Link

"Ralf Mimoun"
Roy Lambert wrote:
....
>> And trust me, a market can
>> work perfectly without cold calls.
>
> Brilliant - I do trust you, but can you please educate me. I HATE
> cold calling and I would love to not have to do it but I don't know a
> realistic alternative.

I don't think that I can really help you. At least, it works here without
cold calls. But moving in another country to avoid them would be a little
bit extreme.

Ralf
Wed, Oct 18 2006 1:30 PMPermanent Link

"Trev"
Roy,

I believe that even in the US such things as unsolicited eMail are unlawful.
Both the US and Germany have very sucessful economies yet still respect
privacy. I don't know the answer but I am sure there is one.

Trev

"Roy Lambert" <roy.lambert@skynet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ralf
>
>
>>And trust me, a market can
>>work perfectly without cold calls.
>
> Brilliant - I do trust you, but can you please educate me. I HATE cold
> calling and I would love to not have to do it but I don't know a realistic
> alternative.
>
> Roy Lambert

Wed, Oct 18 2006 1:58 PMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Trev


<<I believe that even in the US such things as unsolicited eMail are unlawful.
Both the US and Germany have very sucessful economies yet still respect
privacy>>

But have you noticed which countries have the biggest spammers? I'll give you a clue it consists of several states which are united.

In the UK we have a law against unsolicited spam and also have the Telephone Preference Service which allows domestic phone owners to register their number as not wanting unsolicited selling calls.

I've received two cold calls myself today. In both cases the people listened and took no for an answer. That I don't mind whilst I'm at work. After all we all have to make a living someway.

Roy Lambert
Wed, Oct 18 2006 3:24 PMPermanent Link

Jason Lee
Hmmm...the EU?

Roy Lambert wrote:
 I'll give you a clue it consists of several states which are united.
Thu, Oct 19 2006 2:08 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Jason


That would have been a good guess apart from the fact that I said united - the EU consists of several states that are disunited Smiley

Roy Lambert
Thu, Oct 19 2006 3:32 PMPermanent Link

"Ralf Mimoun"
Roy Lambert wrote:
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> But have you noticed which countries have the biggest spammers? I'll
> give you a clue it consists of several states which are united.

Taht describes the german system pretty well Smile

> In the UK we have a law against unsolicited spam and also have the
> Telephone Preference Service which allows domestic phone owners to
> register their number as not wanting unsolicited selling calls.

No way here: you don't have to look for not being disturbed.

> I've received two cold calls myself today. In both cases the people
> listened and took no for an answer. That I don't mind whilst I'm at
> work. After all we all have to make a living someway.

So? My work time is as precious as my "free time" - because there is no such
thing as free time. Do something, or don't, but then don't complain. If I
can make money by not respecting my customers, then I am in deep shit. And
calling someone who knows nothing about me just to sell something is, imho,
disrespectful. They can send me ad via mail. I can look at them when I want,
I can simply throw them away. A phone call grabs my attention, and throws me
out of my work flow.

Ralf
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