Patent Pending.on all grammatical and spelling errors. -Cameron
On 7/20/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back in the day when charge-per-call or charge-per-minute phone lines > were introduced there was a rash of less intelligent folk who called > them and ran up their phone bills, not entirely understanding that it > actually costs money to chat with "Local Single Blondes" or to call > the "Joke of the Day" line. During that time I remember tons of > television ads for there phone services, and not just at 2:00AM. > > Nowadays those lines are less popular and there's less advertising for > them. Poeple know that if you call them you will be charged. Then > along comes SMS, and Ringtones, and "Cellphone background images". I > have seen a HUGE increase in advertising for these, particularly > marketed towards the most naive market segments. The small print on > the commercials is VERY small, and hardly explain how much your phone > bill will be charged for using them. > > Anyone else see a 20/20 or 60 Minutes special in our future "exposing" > these as rip off scams with huge bills and fuming parents complaining > that their kid downloaded the most current "Snoop Diggity Dog" rap > ringtone and a "Hot Blonde" background for their phone without > realiseing that they were going to rack up charges in the process? > > Maybe I just watch too much MTV... > > -Cameron > > -- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc > http://www.sumoc.com > --- > cell: 678.637.5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc http://www.sumoc.com --- cell: 678.637.5072 aim: cameroncf email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165696 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
