(02-11-2009 19:44 )scope Wrote:  oh shoot looks like thats will be haperning to me soon iv been doing the same cus im with 02 i get free txts so i thought i might txt a show when i checked my cred it only took 10p not free but still good so i kept txting

(02-11-2009 18:19 )StanTheMan Wrote:  This is not so much an exposè on dodgy practices, more an admittance of my own stupidity, and maybe a warning to others (who are equally stupid)

Yesterday afternoon I did something I vowed I'd never do; I texted in to one of the babeshows. I knew I was low on credit and would have to top up soon anyway, so decided to spend what I had left on a text. When I checked my balance, however, I saw that I only had £1.09 left (not enough to cover the £1.50 charge) but decided to go ahead anyway to see what happened. To my surprise the text was received and the girl on screen performed my request. I then received a text from the channel warning me of the £1.50 per message received charge, but when I checked my balance it was down to 0.97p and I had only been charged my network's standard charge of 0.12p

Thinking I'd discovered some kind of loophole I continued to text the show (being charged just 0.12p each time) until I was out of funds and could send no more. It was great, I was getting these girls to perform for me and it was only costing me a standard text each time. Also, I didn't receive any more 'cost warning' texts from the channel.

What I did fail to realise, however, is that when I topped up my phone this morning with a £10.00 voucher, I would be hit for all those texts I'd sent yesterday when I had insufficent funds to cover the charge. My credit went from £10:01 to £1:01 within twenty minutes of topping up.