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Just got a call from APlus.net telling me that they had found me in the Whois records as the owner for: JapaneseRides.com

They asked me if I needed anyone to design a site for that domain or if I needed hosting...

I wonder how many thousands of phone calls they are sending out this way...
 

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GT Web said:
Just got a call from APlus.net telling me that they had found me in the Whois records as the owner for: JapaneseRides.com

They asked me if I needed anyone to design a site for that domain or if I needed hosting...

I wonder how many thousands of phone calls they are sending out this way...
I used to get these like twice a week 6 months ago. I don't seem to get 'em anymore.

Who doesn't whois spam these days? :bandit:
 

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they called me as well at 11 PM my local time (after sending 2 emails last month).
And i live in Athens.
They are using the internet for the calls (at least thats what it sounded like), so cost isnt a problem.

also, i got a call from Japan!!! by a stock broker asking me If i am interested in investing in japanese stocks because i own a stock related domain. at least they called in the afternoon
 

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11PM ? Ouch.

Once I called India and didn't realise it was 2am until the phone was ringing :-X
 

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lol, its an interesting way of advertising...

caught me a bit off guard, I guess I am now a top level domainer, since they want to talk with me :-D
 

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Watch it gtweb, you might not get through the door with that head of yours :-D
 

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not that bad...
its almost 1:40 AM now.
I practically live on this forum anyway... :)
 

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seeker said:
not that bad...
its almost 1:40 AM now.
I practically live on this forum anyway... :)
Business is to be conducted from 8am until 5 pm :p
 

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no, when its 3AM local time and you are still on the forums, then you know you are in trouble (that was me last night)
 

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if u check my post times during the last year or so, u will nottice that i am on almost 20 hours a day.
success=hard work
and still no guarantee
 

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they called me about 6 times for www.intrates.com. I told them it is for sale and they can make an offer on it........ haven't heard from them after that :)
 

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if u check my post times during the last year or so, u will nottice that i am on almost 20 hours a day.
success=hard work
and still no guarantee
On Oprah I saw the 10 rules to a successful home bases business. One was to set a schedule and to not overwork :-D
 

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Steen - do you have a subscription to her magazine too? :-D

I work until I am done whatever needs doing...
 

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GT Web said:
Steen - do you have a subscription to her magazine too? :-D

I work until I am done whatever needs doing...
Unfortunately not, but Xmas is coming :)
 

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I get calls from aplus also. I used to get more so I think maybe they slowed down their calling for a bit but now it seems to be picking up again. Maybe they do mass calls, get some work and then when it gets slow they pound the phones again?
 
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