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Decrease in Boostlingo call demands
Autor de la hebra: Ercan Celik
Ercan Celik
Ercan Celik
Turquía
Local time: 03:03
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Dec 30, 2024

Hi. I'm using Boostlingo app to take calls. However, there is a significant decrease in calls recently. I have taken almost zero call for the last 10 days. Is this a normal situation? Or maybe some organizations have stopped working with Boostligo? Or is it because its holiday time in the Usa and Canada?

Salim suleiman
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 01:03
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Or... Aug 26, 2025

It could be simply one of the oldest dirty tricks in the Buyers' Handbook: make sure that you have always far more suppliers than you actually need - that way there is a highest probability that someone will always be available.

The fact that most of the 'suppliers / service providers' will then be just dwindling theirs thumbs most of the time is NOT Boostlingo's problem, as they don't pay for their 'waiting time'.

In plains-speak: they just keep recruiting more and mor... See more
It could be simply one of the oldest dirty tricks in the Buyers' Handbook: make sure that you have always far more suppliers than you actually need - that way there is a highest probability that someone will always be available.

The fact that most of the 'suppliers / service providers' will then be just dwindling theirs thumbs most of the time is NOT Boostlingo's problem, as they don't pay for their 'waiting time'.

In plains-speak: they just keep recruiting more and more 'suppliers' without worrying in the least about diluting the available work on too many people.

I've seen this kind of tactics used in many fields - all aided and abetted nowadays by 'modern methods' that leave you with far more limited information compared with dealing with real people and not emails. ▲ Collapse
 


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