Cellular Rip Off
Great article by Russell Beattie about the money making practices of cellular companies in which they make you pay to receive text messages.
Personally, when I moved out here to the US from the UK I couldn't believe that you actually had to pay to receive regular calls on your cellphone. I didn't initiate the call, why should I pay? Why is this any different to a regular land line?
It was two years before I caved in and got a cellphone.
Handily, I have a plan that includes unlimited SMS by virtue of the fact that whenever I get an email, I get an SMS message that causes the phone to sync my email. That must happen hundreds of times a day...
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How about this ripoff---Verizon popped me for an extra 2 hundred dollars this month for Text Messages I never made or received. After jumping thru several phone number hoops, I was told that they came from Premium SMS Messenging...a company that sends bulk spam messages to your number and bills your carrier. Your carrier, Verizon in this case, charged me and is holding me liable for payment. Verizons only suggestion was to turn off my messinging service, which I did, or unsubscribe from Premium SMS messages (another number). I chose to turn OFF the service as I dont trust either company to be honest with billing any more. As a simple consumer, we are at the mercy of these Corporate Crooks.
I was trying to get my money refunded after I accidentally got taken by a Sultan Horoscope scam online. I have blocked the incoming messages through Verizon. I do not want this service and I would like my money back on my wireless account. Is this possible. It was only 9.99, but it was taken unfairly from my account.