michael Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Do people really get suckered in by these? I taped "WRC - Greatest Stages" the other night and am just watching it back, every ad break is full of "text this number to meet hot babes" (at £1.50 a message) or "text this number to find out what you should call your baby" (at £3.50 for every message sent to you, 4 messages a week or something) - I mean WTF! OK I can understand some people thinking they will find love via a text message (Ed) but using this to find out if your current partners name is compatible with yours or for baby names seems highly retarded. Is anyone on here a regular subscriber to such things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 its funny, alot of the "really ladies" look like proper slappers you could proberbly take home for the price of the text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Not to hijack but the Quiz things that are on late are equally as bad - phone in at £1 a pop to win £500 and they keep this going for at least 20 mins, (when I got fed up and switched off) must rake in a fortune And no I don't text or call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Yeah I reckon there are actually alot of men that text these, otherwise there wouldn't be so many ads, although it's prob one company with different text numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Not to hijack but the Quiz things that are on late are equally as bad - phone in at £1 a pop to win £500 and they keep this going for at least 20 mins, (when I got fed up and switched off) must rake in a fortune And no I don't text or call when the fake cheering comes on at the start is when i turn it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Im finding at the moment there are more perfume adverts on then anything else. Its constantly perfume after perfume! but your right who falls for that, I once watched a documentary on channel 4 about those numbers and it was some 50 yr old woman on the other end of line talking dirty while doing the ironing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I once watched a documentary on channel 4 about those numbers and it was some 50 yr old woman on the other end of line talking dirty while doing the ironing! still worth a tug then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The 'text boxes' at the bottom of the music channels annoy me in the same way. 'Gary you are matched with Shazzer by 50% be careful of her affair with Ricky though'. What?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Find out which text services are scams, by texting "Scam" to 08895 now! Calls cost £198 a second, and will last a minimum of 11 years, your home and your anal virginity will be at risk if you do not keep up the payments. To cancel simply text your height in cubitts multiplied by the number of grains of sand on Filey beach, divided by the square root of the number we're thinking of right now to 0889594673910086573900328490 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 When I was a maintenance guy on a line, there was a (ropey) bird there who's mum did those call lines!!!!!!! I never met her mum but the thought of an older version of this 'girl' talking dirty made me feel ill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Find out which text services are scams, by texting "Scam" to 08895 now! Calls cost £198 a second, and will last a minimum of 11 years, your home and your anal virginity will be at risk if you do not keep up the payments. To cancel simply text your height in cubitts multiplied by the number of grains of sand on Filey beach, divided by the square root of the number we're thinking of right now to 0889594673910086573900328490 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Find out which text services are scams, by texting "Scam" to 08895 now! Calls cost £198 a second, and will last a minimum of 11 years, your home and your anal virginity will be at risk if you do not keep up the payments. To cancel simply text your height in cubitts multiplied by the number of grains of sand on Filey beach, divided by the square root of the number we're thinking of right now to 0889594673910086573900328490 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Find out which text services are scams, by texting "Scam" to 08895 now! Calls cost £198 a second, and will last a minimum of 11 years, your home and your anal virginity will be at risk if you do not keep up the payments. To cancel simply text your height in cubitts multiplied by the number of grains of sand on Filey beach, divided by the square root of the number we're thinking of right now to 0889594673910086573900328490 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 At the end of the day, these systems/scams are there to make money! They are obvioulsy aimed at the "tug happy" late night minority...... They are similar in design to the daytime competitions that a lot or programs use now. In order to win a toaster, they ask a stupid question "What is Bob The Builders First Name?" Is it A - Bob B - Saturated Elephant Skipping On A Ford Sierra C - Piss Flaps Calls cost £1 a min and may involve a long call......WTF?? I can't believe people enter these either.....losers!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Find out which text services are scams, by texting "Scam" to 08895 now! Calls cost £198 a second, and will last a minimum of 11 years, your home and your anal virginity will be at risk if you do not keep up the payments. To cancel simply text your height in cubitts multiplied by the number of grains of sand on Filey beach, divided by the square root of the number we're thinking of right now to 0889594673910086573900328490 "What is Bob The Builders First Name?" Is it A - Bob B - Saturated Elephant Skipping On A Ford Sierra C - Piss Flaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan63 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 its funny, alot of the "really ladies" look like proper slappers you could proberbly take home for the price of the text you wish!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Lynz_ Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Find out which text services are scams, by texting "Scam" to 08895 now! Calls cost £198 a second, and will last a minimum of 11 years, your home and your anal virginity will be at risk if you do not keep up the payments. To cancel simply text your height in cubitts multiplied by the number of grains of sand on Filey beach, divided by the square root of the number we're thinking of right now to 0889594673910086573900328490 At the end of the day, these systems/scams are there to make money! They are obvioulsy aimed at the "tug happy" late night minority...... They are similar in design to the daytime competitions that a lot or programs use now. In order to win a toaster, they ask a stupid question "What is Bob The Builders First Name?" Is it A - Bob B - Saturated Elephant Skipping On A Ford Sierra C - Piss Flaps Calls cost £1 a min and may involve a long call......WTF?? I can't believe people enter these either.....losers!! H. Oh my god, these two posts have made me spit coffee all over my desk at work...thank you for brightening up my monday!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 This is my point, nobody knows anyone who falls for these things but obviously these morons are out there... so where are they hiding? Do they just stay home and text for everything they need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 This is my point, nobody knows anyone who falls for these things but obviously these morons are out there... so where are they hiding? Do they just stay home and text for everything they need? Where's Rob Sheffield...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Where's Rob Sheffield...... I'll text him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Perhaps it's just people under 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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