NW83 join:2002-07-27 Greenwood, SC 1 edit |
NW83
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2009-Jan-15 10:30 am
Email spam is free tooDoesn't mean it's not spam though.
Quite glad ATT didn't try this on my line. Maybe because I'm listed as a business customer? Hmmm... | |
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| en102Canadian, eh? join:2001-01-26 Valencia, CA |
en102
Member
2009-Jan-15 12:16 pm
Re: Email spam is free tooAT&T's CEO wouldn't like it much if I spammed him with junk for my business buddies... even if it didn't cost him anything to receive it. I'm glad that I didn't get this either - I opted out of this junk, and have text messaging disabled (why pay $$$$ for text messaging when I can have Internet with email for a similar price and I can set my settings on receiving messages). | |
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moonpuppy (banned) join:2000-08-21 Glen Burnie, MD |
moonpuppy (banned)
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2009-Jan-15 10:35 am
Similar to why I left Sprint/NextelI never got any solicitations on my Nextel phone until Sprint bought them out and once a month was another call that tried to get me to purchase a PC card and service. | |
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Matt3All noise, no signal. Premium Member join:2003-07-20 Jamestown, NC |
Matt3
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2009-Jan-15 10:35 am
I didn't get it?I switched to AT&T a couple of weeks ago for all my family plan lines. We didn't get the spam. Perhaps it takes the dinosaur ages to put their own customers into the internal marketing database. | |
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| djrobx Premium Member join:2000-05-31 Reno, NV |
djrobx
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2009-Jan-15 10:59 am
Re: I didn't get it?I didn't get it either. | |
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| powerspec88 Premium Member join:2007-03-11 Lees Summit, MO 1 edit |
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I didn't get it either. We have 4 lines with AT&T and not one phone got the msg. | |
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| pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty Premium Member join:2002-05-02 Mount Airy, MD |
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Same here... 2 AT&T cell phones on a family plan and no spam. | |
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TCub
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2009-Jan-15 5:54 pm
Re: I didn't get it?two iphone 3G's (Mine, brothers and a friends) none of us got it. | |
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NPGMBR
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2009-Jan-16 9:26 am
Re: I didn't get it?To be completely honest I wish I had gotten it because I totally forgot the show was coming back on. | |
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Matt3
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2009-Jan-16 10:07 am
Re: I didn't get it?said by NPGMBR:To be completely honest I wish I had gotten it because I totally forgot the show was coming back on. Ha ha, thanks for the chuckle this morning. Thumbs up for you. | |
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NPGMBR
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2009-Jan-16 10:26 am
Re: I didn't get it?Really, I didn't think it was that funny! | |
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Matt3
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2009-Jan-16 10:29 am
Re: I didn't get it?said by NPGMBR:Really, I didn't think it was that funny! I did. How often do you hear someone lament the fact they didn't get spammed? | |
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The part I find funny was the fact that Matt3 stated in a post (earlier as I recall, link fails me currently, it's way back there!) that he was never going back to AT&T for anything, yet here he is! Thanks for the laugh back at you! | |
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| | Matt3All noise, no signal. Premium Member join:2003-07-20 Jamestown, NC |
Matt3
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2009-Jan-22 1:04 pm
Re: I didn't get it?said by notwrth10:The part I find funny was the fact that Matt3 stated in a post (earlier as I recall, link fails me currently, it's way back there!) that he was never going back to AT&T for anything, yet here he is! Thanks for the laugh back at you! I don't like AT&T as a company. I think they are a shortsighted dinosaur, a mere relic of their former glory. But hey, they saved me a HUGE chunk of change over Verizon. I may not like AT&T, but if I can save over $100/month on my wireless bill (Which is about a 30% savings) I'll swallow my dislike for them and suck it up. | |
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ptrowskiGot Helix? Premium Member join:2005-03-14 Woodstock, CT |
ptrowski
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2009-Jan-15 10:35 am
Didn't get one...Thankfully. | |
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Dominokat"Hi" Premium Member join:2002-08-06 Boothbay, ME 2 edits |
Dominokat
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2009-Jan-15 10:47 am
Spammed Spammed |
This message I did receive the other day. | |
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Re: SpammedI like your connection strength!
"Less bars, in more places!" haha! | |
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attleast
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2009-Jan-15 1:27 pm
Re: SpammedConnection strength? I thought it was their logo. My iPhone always looks like that. | |
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Hookem99Deep In The Heart join:2007-07-18 Pflugerville, TX |
TwiceI got it....twice. My wife also got it on her line. I don't necessarily approve of it, but since I get text's all day long from friends and co-workers, it was not a big deal to just hit delete. | |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT ·Frontier FiberOp.. Asus RT-AC68
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BiggA
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2009-Jan-15 10:59 am
Texting's wayy too expensiveThis was not a system-wide thing, we didn't get any, and we have four ATT lines, one of which dates back to the mid-90's and was originally on Cingular's analog service.
If it's free, I don't see too much issue with it.
The real issue is that they charge so much for texting in the first place. $0.01/msg or $5/mo for unlimited would be acceptable, but $20/mo or $0.20/msg is an absolute ripoff. | |
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| BarneyBadAssBadasses Fight For Freedom Premium Member join:2004-05-07 00001 |
Re: Texting's wayy too expensiveI get to pay 0.20 for every msg... I got 6 of these on one cell #.... guess what I'm not going to pay?
I don't use SMS at all... but you can't turn the stupid thing off either! | |
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GeekJedi
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2009-Jan-15 12:11 pm
Re: Texting's wayy too expensiveLemme guess...you're not going to pay for the 6 *free* SMS's? I don't agree with the SMS spam, but if you look, it's a free message. | |
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| | en102Canadian, eh? join:2001-01-26 Valencia, CA |
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Yes you can... I had AT&T block all my text + data messaging on my previous phone, as I was being spammed by some 3rd party opt-out text messaging company for joke of a day (which I never signed up for). These text message ads are like having autodialers call your house with prerecorded ads for low interest rate financing, or the more recent 'factory warranty on your vehicle is about to expire'. I think these belong in the 'donotcall.gov' listing. | |
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| | dvd536as Mr. Pink as they come Premium Member join:2001-04-27 Phoenix, AZ |
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said by BarneyBadAss:I get to pay 0.20 for every msg... I got 6 of these on one cell #.... guess what I'm not going to pay? I don't use SMS at all... but you can't turn the stupid thing off either! Oh course! they dont want to slaughter their cash cow. and its 40 cents/message when they double dip on the sms[20cents send AND 20 cents receive!] | |
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Re: Texting's wayy too expensivesaid by dvd536:said by BarneyBadAss:I get to pay 0.20 for every msg... I got 6 of these on one cell #.... guess what I'm not going to pay? I don't use SMS at all... but you can't turn the stupid thing off either! Oh course! they dont want to slaughter their cash cow. and its 40 cents/message when they double dip on the sms[20cents send AND 20 cents receive!] AFAIK, txt through att is 25¢ incoming/outgoing domestic and and 50¢ international. We have unlimited txt on both lines (me & wife) and pay $30.00 and an extra $10 for 100 international txt. So $40 a month for texting. It is awful and we have tried shopping and att is still the cheapest. Go figure! | |
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2009-Jan-16 7:54 am
Re: Texting's wayy too expensiveI pay $20/month with Sprint for my family plan text messaging | |
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I didn't get these messages either. Perhaps AT&T sent the messages only to people who have participated in American Idol text voting in past seasons? | |
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| | Dominokat"Hi" Premium Member join:2002-08-06 Boothbay, ME |
Dominokat
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2009-Jan-15 11:27 am
Re: Texting's wayy too expensivesaid by Jmartz0: Perhaps AT&T sent the messages only to people who have participated in American Idol text voting in past seasons? I never did. I absolutely HATE that show..... | |
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Re: Texting's wayy too expensivedidnt get any as our lines had long been opted out from recieving any marketing sms,alerts etc | |
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Re: Texting's wayy too expensivesaid by ThirdShifter:didnt get any as our lines had long been opted out from recieving any marketing sms,alerts etc I have been trying to opt out for over a month now. They are still sending spam for their data/SMS service Got activation fee waved, $20 credit, made about 9 calls to CS, talked to a manager and they are still sending spam. | |
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Re: Texting's wayy too expensivesaid by Anonymous88:said by ThirdShifter:didnt get any as our lines had long been opted out from recieving any marketing sms,alerts etc I have been trying to opt out for over a month now. They are still sending spam for their data/SMS service Got activation fee waved, $20 credit, made about 9 calls to CS, talked to a manager and they are still sending spam. » www.wireless.att.com/pri ··· -out.jspalso you should have your number registered on the national no call list » www.donotcall.gov/Hope this helps. | |
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Re: Texting's wayy too expensiveDone and done. Didn't work. I have everything blocked except voice service. I still get their spam | |
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| | David Premium Member join:2002-05-30 Granite City, IL |
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said by Jmartz0:I didn't get these messages either. Perhaps AT&T sent the messages only to people who have participated in American Idol text voting in past seasons? That's what I am starting to think because I didn't get one either, neither phone in the house got one. | |
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| | | Dominokat"Hi" Premium Member join:2002-08-06 Boothbay, ME |
Re: Texting's wayy too expensiveAfter some digging, I found this statment in one of the articals links.
As we reported Tuesday night, AT&T sent text messages this week to many of its subscribers advertising the premiere of American Idol. While such missives tend to violate cellphone etiquette, AT&T said it was sending the ad only to people who had used text messaging to vote for Idol singers in the past or to heavy texters.
Note. I hated the show and sure as hell wouldn't text to vote about it. And as for my "heavy texting?" That too is ridiculous. I send and receive maybe 10 messages a month. | |
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| jester121 Premium Member join:2003-08-09 Lake Zurich, IL |
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said by BiggA: $0.01/msg or $5/mo for unlimited would be acceptable, but $20/mo or $0.20/msg is an absolute ripoff. Millions of SMS customers in the US disagree with you. You lose. | |
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I don't find text expensive at all. After you factor all the calls to 611, Inter-Carrier charges and other Infrastructure charges I think it is a great deal. Oh and lets not forget those mega text users over 30,000 text per month that are grandfathered in to detailed billing. | |
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Desdinova Premium Member join:2003-01-26 Gaithersburg, MD |
Desdinova
Premium Member
2009-Jan-15 11:40 am
Turnabout And All That......"makes perfect sense to use texting to tell people about a show built on texting."
Just as it makes perfect sense for those who got spammed to deduct the cost of the messages from their monthly bill. | |
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Bezel
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2009-Jan-15 12:13 pm
Txt MsgYou can complain about the spam, but not the cost. If you notice from Dominokat's post it a "AT&T Free Msg". | |
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Re: Txt Msgbut you have to pay to text stop back to them | |
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Sharpie21
Anon
2009-Jan-15 1:06 pm
AT&T Spamming Amer. IdolFirst of all, I don't watch that show because it represents the bottom of the American Culture barrel and secondly, who does AT&T think they are thinking that they can just Spam their customers? I have a good mind to go back to Verizon especially since Verizon is willing to reduce the cost of my plan if I go back to them! | |
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Re: AT&T Spamming Amer. IdolI didnt get one either | |
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fiberguy2My views are my own. Premium Member join:2005-05-20 |
Payback is a bitch, AT&T........ What should happen, in my opinion, is they should be investigated (which agency, let the feds decide where to waste money we don't have anyway to decide) for abuse.. in the end, there is no reason becuase they did nothing illegal. What they did was absolutely, in my opinion infuriating.
While many tweens and geeks alike may text a 500 times a day for $3,000 a month, that's their choice, but to interrupt MY day, which I did get an AI text, to SPAM me is enough.
Here's my simple plan.. EVERYONE that sells something, call AT&T and offer it. If you sell on eBay, why not call an AT&T rep and offer them the item.. if you're self employed, call them and, say, offer them a 1 hour massage, facials, in-home nail service, carpet cleaning, what ever it is you do. And go from there.
I'm actually being serious about this.. isn't it about time we do something instead of just talking about it? The ONLY way you bring about change is to make such an impact that either the angry giants make noise or you grab the attention of someone in congress or a representative.
They don't mind pulling stuff like this with us, but I'm sure they wouldn't like it if it were done to them. | |
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GLaDOS
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2009-Jan-26 8:02 pm
Re: Payback is a bitch, AT&T....Here's the thing though, the big shot AT&T people can easily get in touch with us, because we don't have a wall of people ready to take our calls (i.e. customer service), but they do. Therefore, the only thing we would be doing is making the CS people's lives worse, and they may be in India, sure, but they still have to do with the same dumbass Americans just like the rest of us. | |
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pfschim join:2001-08-30 Livermore, CA |
unlimited texting price does not seem crazy to menot an AT&T shill or anything, but .. on a 4 line AT&T family plan I pay $5/m per line (so $20/month total) for unlimited texting. So, while texting may cost AT&T nothing (or close to it), it does not cost me very much at all. I realized I needed to do this once I sent my 2 kids to college and discovered that they text waaaaay more than they call home (or anywhere else for that matter). Other than for more money so, anyway, just sayin' | |
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47717768 (banned)
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2009-Jan-15 6:01 pm
Another way to get money out of costumerI think they are doing it so they can charge you for every SMS and text message like on those TV shows."Send SMS to 555 to vote SMS message will be billed $2.99" | |
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PamelaTSDigital Chick join:2004-04-20 Dallas, TX Asus RT-AC66 HTC 5G Hub
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I raised HOLY HE Double Hockey Sticks a while back, when...A couple of months ago I had received text spam msgs from AT&T marketing U-Verse. I am a former SBC/Cingular(way back to the SWB Mobile days, remember the ads with wild critters that had antennae of their backs). I do use combined billing for DSL, Landline and Cell. I also am a very happy Sat HDTV (despite the many HR21 issues of DirecTV). I am not fooled by the marketing hype of recording 4 programs at once (only 2 are HD!, the other 2 are SD). Since I also still have a TIVO powered SAT DVR I can already do with they do.
At any rate I called and complained that I'd better NEVER see another spam txt msg weather its free or not! I made it perfectly clear then that if I EVER see another SPAM msg free doesn't matter I'll drop AT&T like a very hot volcanic rock. They promised I'd never see another marketing spam from them and they gave me a $5 p/m discount for 2 years!
I'm likely to switch to dry loop DSL (I really hate cable) and with the announcement of the Palm PRE Sprint is looking good. maybe its time to look at one of the IP phone CO's. Is it not enough that AT&T was complacent in warrantless wiretapping then sought retro-active immunity for it. I continue to become more dis-satisfied with AT&T!
Spam is Spam doesn't matter if its your wireless supplier or not. We need wireless SMS Spam laws | |
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