I don't know whether to admire BS for their inventiveness or feel insulted that they think all babeshow viewers are as gullable as your average 9-year old.
I'm talking here about their latest ploy; female callers. How come, all of a sudden, every other call the babes receive is from a 'hot female caller'? This has to be the case, of course, otherwise they couldn't make such claims, but what's the betting that if you phoned up to listen in, the female caller would sound strangley familiar? I always wondered what the other babes did on their breaks?
Cynical, you say? Well consider it from a profit point of view; one caller = £1.50 per min. Ten
listeners = £15.00 per min
Who cares if the other female caller is another babe presenter, just as long as they're talking filth, you ask? Fair enough, but why not just admit that as being the case?
Good thread, StanTheMan
- about time someone addressed this...
Bad ploy on babestations part, in the long term - this strategy will only deter genuine female callers from phoning in.
Is anyone that surprised though? I mean, this is Cellcast we are talking about. Stan, have you seen Cellcast's latest financial report? Put it this way, they need to make as much money as possible, so I guess they will use every trick they can to get as much money out of their viewers.
(03-10-2009 22:48 )Chilly Wrote: [ -> ]Stan, have you seen Cellcast's latest financial report?
Can't say that I have, Chilly. I honestly had no idea they were struggling. I thought BS was one of the big players?
As Albert Einstein once said: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and Babe Station viewers gullibility..."
But you are missing the point Stan, the majority of Babe Show viewers are happy to be deceived where money is concerned, hence the existence of money spinners as "chat with your favourite babe on MSN" and reverse billed text services that never stop. If the viewers were not gullible then these "services" would not exist.
Look at the amount of complaints against these type of money spinners that you can see on the Phone Pay Plus website... You wont find any, because no one complains. Therefore that means that the consumer must be happy with the status quo. And if they are happy then they must be satisfied customers.
(03-10-2009 22:54 )StanTheMan Wrote: [ -> ]Can't say that I have, Chilly. I honestly had no idea they were struggling. I thought BS was one of the big players?
What a company
declares as profit and subjects to 60% corporation tax is not the same as what they actually make.
Is this deceitful? No.
Is this illegal? No.
Is this what corporations who turn over millions do? Yes.
All i am gunna say on the Matter is Cheap an Tacky.
(03-10-2009 23:03 )vostok 1 Wrote: [ -> ]As Albert Einstein once said: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and Babe Station viewers gullibility..."
But you are missing the point Stan, the majority of Babe Show viewers are happy to be deceived where money is concerned, hence the existence of money spinners as "chat with your favourite babe on MSN" and reverse billed text services that never stop. If the viewers were not gullible then these "services" would not exist.
Look at the amount of complaints against these type of money spinners that you can see on the Phone Pay Plus website... You wont find any, because no one complains. Therefore that means that the consumer must be happy with the status quo. And if they are happy then they must be satisfied customers.
Vostok1, I'm sure you've heard of British porn king, David Sullivan. Well when dear David started out he'd place ads in magazines saying stuff like "Get 100 sexy pictures for £10" - what you got for your £10 was 100 copies of just one picture. Now, next to no one complained to Trading Standards that they'd been ripped off because this is after all fuddy duddy "no sex please" Britain.
I'd argue there are no complaints about these rip-off text services because people are too ashamed to complain about them and, in doing so, let the world know that a) they fell for it and b) that they're subscribing to text and other phone 'sex' services.
No one is ever happy about being ripped-off, are they? Are any of these services remotely value for money? £3.00 for a passport-size photo is bullshit - you can get a magazine full of pictuires of hot naked women for the same price. In fact, you can get an almost endless supply of naked babe pics for nowt on the interweb - I know I do.
No complaints doesn't mean everyone's happy. In fact, the measly profits from such rip-off scams points to the fact people aren't falling for them like Cellcast etc. would perhaps like. I've certainly found no cause to complain about something I've never subscribed to...
(03-10-2009 22:28 )StanTheMan Wrote: [ -> ]I'm talking here about their latest ploy; female callers. How come, all of a sudden, every other call the babes receive is from a 'hot female caller'? This has to be the case, of course, otherwise they couldn't make such claims, but what's the betting that if you phoned up to listen in, the female caller would sound strangley familiar? I always wondered what the other babes did on their breaks?
Wouldn't be such a ridiculous ploy if it wasn't for the fact that the girls tend to have very distinctive instantly recognisable voices. It became a game in our household: "which babe is on the line this time?"
You can usually tell straight away just from the "hello" over the mic - suddenly I find it understandable why a number of people thought I was a cellcast plant lol