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Pyramid schemes to be banned

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  • 24-08-2006 1:12pm
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    BendiBus
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    Pyramid schemes, persistent cold calling and lottery scams are among 31 dodgy practices to attract some weighty punishments - up to €100,000 & 2 years in the pokey.

    http://www.rte.ie/business/2006/0824/consumer.html


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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    BendiBus wrote:
    Pyramid schemes, persistent cold calling and lottery scams are among 31 dodgy practices to attract some weighty punishments - up to €100,000 & 2 years in the pokey.

    http://www.rte.ie/business/2006/0824/consumer.html
    i'm horrified that these are being banned in 2006 instead of 1906


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    Buceph
    Registered Users Posts: 2,059 ✭✭✭Buceph


    They were banned in the 80's this is just closing some loopholes.


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    Maximilian
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 5,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Maximilian


    Above poster is correct

    Pyramid Selling Act, 1980


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    Winning Hand
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Winning Hand


    TBH anyone thick enough to fall for them deserve what they get.
    Edit/ Pyramid schemes im talking about. Cold callers deserve a beating with a frozen haddock


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    Gillo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    Winning Hand wrote:
    Cold callers deserve a beating with a frozen haddock

    Persistent cold callers are also going to be banned. Best way to deal with a cold caller in my opinion is to sound sleazy and ask if they are single.... Usually shuts them up


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Winning Hand wrote:
    TBH anyone thick enough to fall for them deserve what they get.
    Edit/ Pyramid schemes im talking about. Cold callers deserve a beating with a frozen haddock

    Right on there, but only worry is where will all the 'thicks' go and what's going to happen with their money?


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    Buceph
    Registered Users Posts: 2,059 ✭✭✭Buceph


    gillo wrote:
    Persistent cold callers are also going to be banned. Best way to deal with a cold caller in my opinion is to sound sleazy and ask if they are single.... Usually shuts them up

    The problem with cold-calling is that the people doing the calling usually have no control over who they're calling. They're put on an automatic dialler. Also a lot of people working in call centres get told there's no cold-calling, when there actually is. Be polite to them, they're just doing their job to earn a living, and ask to be taken off the list.

    DO NOT SAY YOU'RE TOO BUSY AT THE MOMENT! All that will happen is you will be marked down as unavailable and will be re-entered into the system for a call at another time, specifically ask to be taken off that call centres dialling list.


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