UK man bills telemarketers for incessant phone calls, wins in court

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/british-man-sues-telemarketers-wasting-time-225232323.html

I say "Good for him"!

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Fed up with calls from telemarketers, Richard Herman of the U.K. issued an ultimatum: Call again and he would start charging 10 pounds (about $16) per minute for his time.
Herman's warning went unheeded. He continued to receive calls, despite being on the U.K.'s Telephone Preference Service (similar to the Do Not Call list). So he started keeping track of the minutes and recorded each call on his computer. Then, true to his word, he sent an invoice to the offender.
The invoice went ignored. But Herman would not go gentle into that good night. He took the marketing company to small claims court and won for 19 minutes and 30 seconds of annoyance. Multiply 19.5 by 10 pounds and you'll see that Herman took home about 195 pounds for his troubles, not to mention the righteous thrill that comes with sticking it to the man.
After the ruling, Herman told the BBC, "It cheered me up to think that actually instead of being the victim of these calls I can actually defend myself against them to put the boot onto the other foot." But Herman isn't done yet. "I continue to receive further telemarketing calls, albeit from other companies. And I say to them every time now, that I will charge them 10 pounds a minute if they call again."

About time we start practicing our rights! Good job, man!

Now, I'm wondering if I could file for complaints, too. I've received a lot of unsolicited calls which I reported to www.callercenter.com and I can always get all that information to make a complaint. So can I?

yvonne36 wrote:

Now, I'm wondering if I could file for complaints, too. I've received a lot of unsolicited calls which I reported to www.callercenter.com and I can always get all that information to make a complaint. So can I?

Why not? If you do, please let us know how it worked out.

Telemarketers are a pain in the butt. They just won't take no for an answer.

That's why I don't answer the phone unless I know who is calling. I either look on the phone who is calling or if I am watching tv, it shows on the tv screen who is calling.

If it shows up as 1800 service or unknown name, its probably a telemarketer.

I know they are just trying to do their job but it gets on my nerves.

By the way, I have been a call center rep, telemarketing manager and call center director for major companies. I have opened up call centers from scratch.

Go figure.