Ran across this today. Unfortunately for us it's going to get worse. You have to call from the number you want to have registered with them. Brought to you from the Kansas Attorney Generals Office.
Starting Jan 1, 2005, all cell phone numbers will be made public to
telemarketing firms. This means that as of Jan 1, your cell phone may
start ringing with calls from telemarketers. But unlike your home phone,
most of you pay for your incoming calls. These type of telemarketer calls
will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run.
According to the National Do Not Call List, you have until Dec. 15th 2004
to get on the national "Do not call list" for cell phones. You need to call
1-888-382-1222 from the cell phone that you wish to have put on the "do not
call list" to be put on the list. You can also register online at http://www.donotcall.gov.
I got called up the other day... the conversation went something like this...
Telemarketer: I'd like to tell you about our free trial offer
Me: I'm not on trial...
TM: No sir, its about our new product trials
Me: Your product's on trial!? Why, what did it do...??
TM:It didn't do anything...
Me: Then why is it on trial???
TM: I don't think you understand... we're offering you a free trial
Me: But I haven't done anything... why would I want to be on trial??
TM: No, a trial of our product
Me: But I'm not a judge... I can't legally try anyone...
TM: **$$ This (hangs up.)
Me: How rude. (dials 1471and gets number)
Voice: Hello, ********** Marketing...
Me: I'd like to complain about the man who just called. He was very rude, and insisted that I was some sort of criminal....(Voice hangs up...)
I hate when those people call.I just say one second please and hang up the phone.As rude as it sounds it is still fun.JM
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Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
some phone plans have free incoming calls all the time. And house phones generally get free incoming all the time as well.
Cell phones have so many different service plans, loop holes, and various ways of weasling money out of people.
I get charged 10 cents per text message I recieved....and everytime I get a voicemail my phone automatically sends me a text message. I had an additional $4.50 on my bill just from checking my voicemail...
What kind of schemes are they pulling on you. here you just pay when you call someone or when you text msg someone
receiving is free, paying to check your voice-mail?
only thing receiving you have to pay for are special kinds of text msgs for which you need to enlist yourself.
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I don't even use my voicemail on my cell...I get charged so much for texts, though, because I always go over my plan on that...need to upgrade my plan I think.
Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
I upgraded my plan to unlimited text messages...it was only like another $7 a month, but the 10 cent per text message thing didn't get pointed out to me until I talked to the tech support person.
Worst thing is...it takes me like an hour to recieve/send a text message between my company and another cell company.
NexTel sucks...i don't recommend it, unless you use the walkie-talkie a lot.
Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
There are like 15 plans for the company I use...NexTel.
If I had gotten the chance to use their service on like a trial membership...then I probably wouldn't have gotten it. Well that and if i didn't have like 20 friends with walkie-talkies.
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Dec 14th, 2004 06:15 PM
Nice.
