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Failure: The Blog 
August 2018
- When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
- Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
- London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
- Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start
July 2018
- Fear This Instead Of Failure
- Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
Man Takes Telemarketing Failure Into His Own Hands
One of the many annoyances in modern life is people calling us when we are trying to eat dinner. But this failure of corporate marketing has become a successful money making venture for one clever individual.
In 2011, Lee Beaumont decided to take matters into his own hands when it came to the obnoxious insistent ring of his telephone. He decided that he had enough of telemarketers and found his version of revenge. He decided to change his number to a premium number, which would then charge the telemarketers a fee to call him.
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Phone Pay Plus, which provides the service for the premium numbers, warned the public about following Beaumont’s lead.
“Premium rate numbers are not designed to be used in this way and we would strongly discourage any listeners from adopting this idea, as they will be liable under our code for any breaches and subsequent fines that result.”
Proceed with caution, and if you really want to risk fines, then try out this brand of justice. As for for Lee Beaumont, he successfully turned the telemarketing company’s failure into a success.
