On 19/04/10 13:27, WTF wrote:
> I did skip tracing, but it was cold calling. Talk to the neighbours,
> friends, family face to face, you get to know who's lying to you.
> My trace record was 80% which was good, but I took a great number of
> chances, when you cold call it's part an parcel with the job.
> I did this for 10 years, nine years and eleven months too long.

Aye. A lot of tracers though managed to ruin it here in Aussieland. Kept
using Telecom (our former government-owned phone company) to try to
"reverse number trace" their skips, which saved 90% of the work, but
also infringed all forms of privacy and telecommunications laws.

I also know people who talk to neighbours with a "pretext" basis. I find
that's often detrimental, especially if it goes to court. Been there too
many times for comfort, kept meticulous notes, and took advantage of
local laws stating that you don't have to announce that you're recording
a conversation so long as you're part of said conversation.