07.20.07
Text ‘Mate’ To 80333
I’m watching late night music TV. (Ian Dury on VH1 Classic to be precise). When one of those annoying adverts for ‘text message services’ comes on. Some bored sounding Irish woman is telling me to send off a text message to find out the initial of the man I’m going to marry.
It only costs £1.50
What surprises me is that you can even subscribe to this service so that ‘you can get your latest result every week!’.
Just how daft are people? I mean, it must work or the company would go bankrupt wouldn’t they?
And if it does work then I truly despair at the thought that the people using this service might be the same people looking after me when I’m old and infirm.
Looks like a cyanide capsule might be an essential bit of kit for my future.
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LeaKia said,
July 20, 2007 at 1:07
Ha Ha! Foolish one. (ahem) That is why I, as well as peeps with some sense only watch MTV2 once 1am comes meandering along. OK, so you don’t get the classics, but you don’t have to endure the mind-numbing, rage-inducing adverts. Any of them!
And the music is something a few of us appreciate. That might not be this evenings/mornings selection though. [Edit] Actually, it’s getting better. I’m just taking too long on writing this completely pointless comment. [/edit] No Mika however. I’m saying that like it’s bad thing, but sometimes it just isn’t.
Fozzy Bear said,
October 20, 2007 at 15:59
Actually, I just thought I would correct you! It costs £8 to sign up and then £1.50 every time you get the ‘rating’!!! I have just watched the ad too! I do wonder who actually signs up to these-they must either be very very rich or very very stupid- or both :S Also the phone-a-physcic lines make me chuckle-£1.50 a minute??? You would have to be a physco to phone in!!!
dad said,
February 3, 2008 at 21:06
hi any idea how to stop this servis, my 13 year old keep getting all her credit stolen from these people. can you reply to my email address thanks, dad
PNR said,
March 10, 2008 at 12:25
Hi,
Is there any way to stop getting messages from these people? My young nephew keeps getting these texts a few times every month and it eats away the credit on his mobile! Any suggestions on how to stop this will be appreciated.
Thanks!
80333 noy said,
March 10, 2008 at 13:16
if yoy wyant a bryeath, tyext “breathe” to 80333 noy and for a £1.50 syupplimentary chyarge, we will lyet yoy breath. if youd like a synonym, please tyext “words i can not syay” to 80333 noy and we will seynd yoy one right owver, in a blyack cyar with a styalker, but he might tyake your lyegs, if he does take yr lyegs, then tyext “aint got no leygs to 80333 noy, and for a £1.50 syupplimentary charge, pyer leyg, we will syend you some fryesh leygs. to stop receiving theyse leygs, plyease tyext “stop leygs” to 80333 noy.
Tom Reynolds said,
March 10, 2008 at 20:29
PNR – I believe that if you talk to the mobile phone provider they can put a block on certain numbers. If not then there is often such a facility in the phone itself.
atom said,
April 30, 2008 at 23:46
haha… i’ve got mtv on in the background and the annoying number prompted a quick google, which brought this post up
Anyway, I might be of some help to ‘dad’ and ‘PNR’…
To stop any of these annoying services you simply text ‘STOP’ to the number. If the service doesn’t stop, then you can report them to ICSTIS (http://www.icstis.org.uk/). (Presuming u’r in the UK)
Hope that helps,