Comments on: Dialing for L$s

By: Lislo Mensing

Lislo Mensing — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:47:19 +0000

Thanks for covering our service that is well received in Germany. And, you know, the Germans are everywhere

@G Wendt, I admit the rate is terrible but most of the money is lost at the telephone company and, yes, VAT (19%). It is a secret that I share because it keeps competitors away: From 100 Eurocents we get about 61. We pay 200 L$, that is about 53-55 cent. We give away about 3 cent in commition to our affiliates (10L$). That leaves about 4-6 cent with us. Not much, eh?

But believe it or not, German people really love this service. There are people how did call 760 times in a row.

Check out our website: http://www.telelinden.de/en/partner.htm and our blog at http://telelinden.blogspot.com/ (see stats tag)

By: shockwave yareach

shockwave yareach — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:16:57 +0000

What a terrible exchange rate. If you bought it straight, you’d have 378L for your Euro. Using this, you get 200L. So 47% of your money dissappeared, presumably as a commission to telelinden. It’s a great idea in theory but they are taking way too much of the users’ money for what little service they provide. Nobody is going to call and call and call again to get the funds necessary for a silk outfit or some furniture.

Now if they offered different amounts put in at a straight 325L/euro conversion via the keypad (press 1 for 325L, press 2 for 1625L, press 3 for 3250L, etc) then it would be much more useful and people would transfer more. A 1625L purchase (5euro) would net the operator a 265L profit for that one call instead of 178L. 1US$ profit, just like that.

By: G Wendt

G Wendt — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:32:06 +0000

Pretty cool idea, somewhat unfortunate that billing things over the phone hasn’t caught on here in the states yet as much as in Europe. I hope that eventually a company does something like this catering to US as well as other country’s residents.