This is something that I have thought of doing but didn’t have big enough cue balls:
Richard Herman, 53, was so upset with firms phoning him up and trying to sell him goods and services he decided to charge them for the time they took out of his day.
He recorded the calls and then sent an invoice charging £10 for every minute he spent on the phone.
When they refused to pay up he sued them at the small claims court and won.
The marketing company AAC agreed to pay the full £195 for 19-and-a-half minutes of calls, plus a £25 court fee.
Mr Herman told the Daily Mail: “I was feeling oppressed that I was getting called by these companies.
“Once I sent the company the invoice, I felt as though the boot was on the other foot. I wasn’t the victim any more.”
The victory could open the floodgates to further claims from the millions of home owners plagued by similar unwanted calls.
Mr Herman is urging others targeted by cold-callers to follow his example.
This is in the UK but I wonder if something similar could be done in the US. Our “don’t call” list doesn’t work, I just hang up on them but especially since our Florida phone number rings in Scotland, having a telemarketer call you at 11 pm really just ticks you off.
The Rio Norte Line 
Can you imagine the abuse the operators have to endure? The screaming in their ears, rants about intrusiveness, threats, name-calling, etc., but I am sure that others react the same way i do