*sigh*Do I really have to use a phone to continue this bait?

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Master Baiter Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 139

I told this lad my mobile phone was stolen and my house phone broken.

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Don’t problem about that any time that you have mobile phone to talk to us, then you can be able to come up with some thing but as for now I think we can’t work without talking on phone.
Have a nice weekend and God bless,
Thanks,
Joseph.

Master Baiter Joined: 14 Feb 2011 Posts: 164

It's a real shame your mobile was stolen and your house phone is broken.

Lucky you have a voice-mail service.
http://voicemail.k7.net

He can leave messages. Long, detailed messages.

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:09 am

Lads have to do what YOU want, and if they realy don't want to continue without phone contact, chances are that they won't jump through hoops anyway. There are loads of lads to bait who don't need phone contact.

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:56 am

Of the tons and tons of lads I've scammed, there has only been one lad who refused to go any further without talking on the phone. The K7 thing didn't work either beause he wouldn't leave messages and said "You need to call me because I can't get ahold of you." It was one of those gold seller scams. I couldn't convince him to continue the deal without the phone call, but eh. So what? I had a bunch of other guys I was dealing with at the time.

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:19 pm

If you can afford a 20 second call it can pay dividends. The qualifty of lines you seem to get calling a lad can be dreadful, but a call is a good convincer that you are real and want to do "business". Just call and say (don't listen, just talk) "Hello? Hello? Mr (whatever)? Hello? Are you there? I can't hear you well, it is (yourcharactername), I'll send you an email. Hello??" and hang up.

They get proof you re serious, you get to build trust with them which means you edge closer to wasting more of their time and resources. In your email, you can always insist they call you this time from a decent phone...

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:02 pm

Also if you are in the US sign up for google voice. You can get a number anywhere in the US and redirect it to your mobile. It will not cost you anything (other than your air time for the incoming call).

Use the same strategy of saying "what what I'll send you an e-mail" detailed above. That way the lad pays for the call.

Sadly at this point google voice is only available in the US.

The k7 number is good too. It will record your voice mail and e-mail you a .wav file to listen to. The sound quality is usually VERY VERY poor. That is why the "what what" method works so well too.

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:28 pm

I use a 070 number from Flextel and divert it to my mobile phone.

I always tell a lad that I can not make International calls from my phone and so he will have to call me.

If he calls the Flextel number he will never get your real number.

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:47 pm

I have been using a K7 number and it has worked. The quality I got was quite good.

I have made one call to a lad for another Eater member, but mainly do not use the phone...........usually since some of my characters are elderly they are hearing impaired.

I did get "caught" once saying I could only use a TTY machine for telephoning and dangnabbit -- the lad said he had access to a TTY, whereupon I broke my hip and went to hospital.

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:22 pm

I give the lad a phone number that isn't currently in use in Australia, and then either blame the "satellite phone" or the lad's phone for being shit. And remember, it's ALWAYS the lad's fault Wink

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:43 pm

I personally find that a quick call works wonders.

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:11 am

One of my characters is deaf, after an explosion when he was Captain of HMS Eat3r. I used to have a number which emailed me when a lad left a message, but then I would go mental at them for risking my wife finding out.

As my character is stupidly rich, the lads will put up with the inconvenience.

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 24 Jan 2011 Posts: 90

I am sure i have seen this touted before as a tool to quick call Lads to keep them on their toes...

http://www.evaphone.com/locale/en

anyone used it?

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