Originally posted by: venk
Why would any self-respecting company pay you that $15 when they can pay an Indian $5 for the same, if not better, service. It makes good business sense to me. If you don't like it, too bad.
Corp. India (& consumer India, naturally) has largely been unaware of the concept of CS until quite recently. Have you ever heard of a 1-800 number equivalent in India? It is funny that a market that has been unaware of CS as a practice is now providing it as a service

There will be a ramp-up time and I don't for a minute doubt that CS from Indian Call Centers is sub-standard. Now, if this same CS were in some other sh!t-pot country from the same region, it would definitely be even worse - but that doesn't mean CS from India-based CC is comparable to CS from US-based CC.
Wduaqnug & axiom, the companies outsource CC so their products can be priced cheaper so more of us can buy more of these products. It is simple economics, not exploitation. Indian manpower is cheaper because the cost of living in India is much cheaper.