(25-07-2019 19:06 )SecretAgent Wrote: [ -> ]From my own experience regulatory cutoffs don’t seem to apply if you have pre-loaded your account with a higher amount.
If you have pre-loaded your account it follows that you wouldn't be dialling a premium rate number to make your call, so the regulatory time limit wouldn't be applicable to you.
(25-07-2019 19:16 )garnye Wrote: [ -> ] (25-07-2019 18:39 )ShandyHand Wrote: [ -> ]^ Glad to be corrected on a point of fact AD. Just a shame you eternally ignore so much to pick on so little.
now now.
the point is to let the pretend experts talk so much that they eventually show how little they actually know 
I tend to agree. Some show their character in the brief moments while saying nothing worth hearing however.
Every day is a school day.
(25-07-2019 13:46 )SecretAgent Wrote: [ -> ]^ Correct - long call hold times mean they generally may have a queue of people waiting and also therefore paying. The balance is that if the calling public get pissed off queuing they won't bother again. For daytime girls where the viewers who are callers are usually sober and more likely to wait for the right moment to call long hold times are more important. Some girls do of course have signals which indicate when a call is close to timing out - if you spot the signs go for it or keep an eye on the clock from when a call starts.
i can only relate to the girls i talk to obviously but it is rare that the queues are that long if any at all, i think they used to be way back years ago (and yes there would be a few on nights I suppose) but at what £1.50 / £2 a min its pretty daft and quite expensive to queue too long especially not knowing if your next or not.
A sensible wanna be caller on a busy or fav girl will watch her to see when the call finishes then get in quick or if someone is already waiting and gets in maybe time them and just before the end of that calls maximum duration ring ...its a bit of lottery really..though as said bar maybe one or two i reckon queues are minimal nowadays as TV caller numbers shrink.
I enjoy listening in but its only to girls i know talk naughty on days and only to see if that particular convo is indeed naughty then its a turn on yes...otherwise i wouldn't dream of it, that would strike me as a bit obsessive, a bit devious and a complete waste of money.
(25-07-2019 07:08 )ShandyHand Wrote: [ -> ] (24-07-2019 17:18 )docutech Wrote: [ -> ]... the girls get their stats based on call hold times (rather than quantity) so a lot of 3 minute wonders don't do any good ...
Could you clarify that please. Are you saying that one punter on the line for 30 mins is better for a babe's stats than 3 absolutely consecutive calls of 10 mins each? Or is it the same and you're just saying any chance of a lull between short(er) calls is bad? (That'd clearly be the case.)
I ask because 3 x 10 could incur more connection fees (not all calls have them I hear) than 1 x 30. So it would seem slighty strange to me if a babe's stats would be better off with the latter seeing as it's actually less money to the operator. (That's before we even get into a greater variety of caller being arguably more attractive to keeping listeners in on the line for longer.) Otoh, I can see that it might be a straight reward for the babe's acumen at keeping guys on a call.
Associated thoughts: Can anyone confirm the individual babe's calls bonus is to do with the varying "REMBA" number seen on the babes' Ipads?
Quite how the babe's call and cam bonuses are calculated is something that has never been outlined on the forum as far as I know (beyond the basic percentages of their cut of the camming credits). Not really anyone else's business I know aside from the reported fact that the recent focus on web only programming would seem to have lead to more prominence of incentive based methods of renumeration. I'd say that shift has affected what we see onscreen (both for the better in some cases and worse in others).
Yeah i can't say i'm privy for certain on how the stats are calculated SH, but certainly i have been told by several girls that the 'hold time' is key, one I spoke to for an hour then moaned in jest that three guys after rang for about 2 or 3 mins each so mucked up her averages...
But i don't think these things are taken particularly seriously by the channel its more of a guide, though I believe it does influence who does more TV etc to an extent.
On the debate on people hogging the phone all day or people waiting, the girls see the numbers here and how many are in the system, I can tell you I have been the only one in the system quite a few times.. the only one ...so that gives a gauge of the popularity or not of calls at times
(25-07-2019 18:39 )ShandyHand Wrote: [ -> ](Also, the phone regulations allow for them to be different times on different methods of connection?)
As far as I know it's a monetary limit on the premium rate nos. It might be different now but it used to be £30.
i.e. £2/min would get you 15 mins, £1.50/min would get you 20 mins etc.
(25-07-2019 23:47 )The Silent Majority Wrote: [ -> ] (25-07-2019 18:39 )ShandyHand Wrote: [ -> ](Also, the phone regulations allow for them to be different times on different methods of connection?)
As far as I know it's a monetary limit on the premium rate nos. It might be different now but it used to be £30.
i.e. £2/min would get you 15 mins, £1.50/min would get you 20 mins etc.
Call via the TV numbers its 20 minutes max at £2 with a message saying you've spent ££30 on 15 minutes, using VUE credits its a 30 minute call maximum at £1.50 per minute, there's a connection charge on TV line but none on VUE....I would be very surprised in listen / hold times were any different.
^ Cheers for spelling out some of the vagueries of calling to this perver.
(25-07-2019 20:35 )docutech Wrote: [ -> ]... A sensible wanna be caller on a busy or fav girl will watch her to see when the call finishes then get in quick or if someone is already waiting and gets in maybe time them and just before the end of that calls maximum duration ring ...its a bit of lottery really..though as said bar maybe one or two i reckon queues are minimal nowadays as TV caller numbers shrink. ...
Yes. Another way of wording it is that the long duration caller allows other punters to guess wrong, in trying to get through, more often. Racking up connection fees and at least a couple of minutes of call each time.
The babe is of course also encouraging repeat business in her big spending, seemingly satisfied, main caller. Her stats should indeed be rewarded for that.
Then too, just because a regulation is imposed for one reason doesn't mean it can't have incidental, even unintended, consequences on the service in other ways.
So do we have a consensus on how often a guy should ring a girl? Are we saying one call only? Or it is OK to call more often but should wait until someone else has rung in between? I have seen girls including Jamie just sitting there playing with mobile for half an hour or more just waiting for the next call to come in. As everyone's call is treated equally then should call limits be placed on how many times you can ring in a day?
(26-07-2019 04:52 )docutech Wrote: [ -> ]Call via the TV numbers its 20 minutes max at £2 with a message saying you've spent ££30 on 15 minutes
There should be a £15 message as well as the £30 message.
Did anyone on the forum, hear Jamie talking to the guy on Sunday 21st July on her Backstage Cam show in the afternoon, when someone complained in the chat room and a producer asked her to end the call as the girls should not be on the phone during any proper backstage shows? If so can they let customer service at Studio66TV know about it, as I mentioned it to them and they do not believe me that it happened! Apparently they will not even ask Jamie about it unless someone else corroborates it did happen. Thank you.