I just got Cell Phone Spammed!

[Leper Messiah]

Gah! :| is this the new trend? Randomly sending text messages to people advertising sh1t they don't want? :|

 

[neutralizer]

My friend gets 10 of them a day. It sucks.

 

[Kalvin00]

I got one the other day.

 

[MrKneecap]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Gah! :| is this the new trend? Randomly sending text messages to people advertising sh1t they don't want? :|

I hear that the 'feds' are going to allow telemarketers to call cell phones soon. The good news is that there is a national blocking number we can call to get it blocked for 5 years. And no, I won't give you the number. :evil:

 

[Snapster]

Welcome to 5 years ago

 

[NissanGurl]

I didn't think they were allowed to do that since most cell phone companies charge to recieve txt messages. Of course that is assuming you don't have txt included in your contract. Is this possibly something from an account were you forgot to "opt out" of some advertising? If not this trend greatly worries me.

 

[LeiZaK]

I have gotten 1 total since I have had service with SMS... (4+ years)

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
I didn't think they were allowed to do that since most cell phone companies charge to recieve txt messages. Of course that is assuming you don't have txt included in your contract.

I was under the idea most are free to receive but costs to send them.

Maybe i'm wrong.

 

[Leper Messiah]

I can't send them, never saw the need to be able to. IDK about what it costs to recieve though...

 

[astrosfan90]

I've gotten one in 3 years, but yes, I've heard of this happening.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
I didn't think they were allowed to do that since most cell phone companies charge to recieve txt messages. Of course that is assuming you don't have txt included in your contract.

I was under the idea most are free to receive but costs to send them.

Maybe i'm wrong.

Most plans I know of charge $0.10 recieve or send. This should be criminal. I block SMS on all phones on my plan for this very reason.

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
I didn't think they were allowed to do that since most cell phone companies charge to recieve txt messages. Of course that is assuming you don't have txt included in your contract.

I was under the idea most are free to receive but costs to send them.

Maybe i'm wrong.

Verizon now charges $.10 per message recieved or sent (unless you bought the TXT add-on package) according to the CSR I talked to the other day.

-Tom

 

[firefaux]

isnt this called telemarketing? i think they precede spams by a few decades.