Yes, I think you are right, I bought one ring tone from cingular and said I would never do it again.
It seems like a crap fad and a waste of money. -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Are SMS / Ringtones / Backgrounds the new 900 number? 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165693 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
