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KnittedBlanketHoles · 07/01/2017 19:09

Is anyone doing it, and if so could you hook me up with contacts? I'm thinking of doing it now for a while.

Any thoughts? Experience?

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SillySongsWithLarry · 07/01/2017 19:51

I know a few people who used to do it but it has massively died down since the rise of web girls. A friend did cam work for a while and regrets it. It can be lucrative though.

amber90 · 07/01/2017 21:56

I worked really briefly for a month maybe 5 or 6 years ago to try and generate some extra income after my tenant moved out unexpected. I think the company I work for are the main one you'll come across if you do a search but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say the name.

I filled out an online enquiry form and they pretty much contacted me the next day if I remember correctly. I thought it would be pretty easy money and I guess it was considering i was at home and it only required a bit of a dirty imagination however I'd recommend investing in a phone with a wireless headset. I did the minimum required hours which i think was around 30 or 35 with a night shift and made around £100 a week. I remember it being pretty boring at times, the night shift was busy but so exhausting and all the weirdos called during the night. I remember being creeped right out by old guys :-/. A couple of guys just wanted regular chat which was always a bit of a relief and some guys had really weird requests and I had a couple of females call which was strangely a bit of a relief and I preferred talking to them than the men who called but I didnt last doing it. I found myself dreading the phone ringing more and more and started feeling resentment towards men in general (I know - totally irrational but some of the men would call and tell you their wife was sleeping upstairs and I'd just think PIG!) and I just gave it up in the end.

Good luck though! I hope it works for you. If there's anything else you'd like to know just give me a shout!

KnittedBlanketHoles · 09/01/2017 13:55

I'm having second third and fourth thoughts about it. But thank you for the replies and info.

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KnittedBlanketHoles · 09/01/2017 13:57

Definitely not up for cam work. Getting worried about my benefits being stopped and looking at options whole in still in the health situation I'm in...

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