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Here’s an interesting story: Sometimes I record those calls myself. One time after the broker informed me they were recording the call for accuracy purposes or whatever it is, blah blah blah ... , I informed him I was recording the call for accuracy purposes, blah, blah, blah, ... He didn’t like that one bit, got flustered and got his panties all in a wad, and told me he was going to terminate the call. It was pretty funny. I said fine, OK, I’ve turned the recorder off. So we proceeded with my business. True story.

However, I had NOT turned the recorder off. Screw ‘em. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If they are going to record the conversation, if I feel like it, I will record it too (my recorder doesn’t put beeps on the line).

I record business calls if I feel like there is any chance of the party on the other end lying about the conversation later in order to rip me off. One time I did have to use the existence of that tape later on when the other party lied to me about what actually transpired in the phone conversation. There was stunned silence on the other end. Then some mumbling about it being illegal. I said “so sue me”. You’re trying to screw me, but I’m got the conversation on tape ... I won.