It works because the payoff rate remains higher than the labor cost. If you're so inclined (and have some free time), you can help dent their business model by keeping the caller on the line as long as possible. It can become a fun game, if you're in the right mood.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:

On 7/22/2015 3:20 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:

The date on the article was OCT'12!

WOW!

Yup. It's been around for a while, and apparently it works often enough that they keep trying.

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