On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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> > On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:02:06 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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> >> > On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 6:18:24 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >> >> "notbob" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> > ....cuz it's sure a lot smarter than me!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Yes, I took the bait. A real adroid tracfone for $30. Plus I had
> >> >> > about 18 hrs unused time. Now, I can make it call my land-line.
> >> >> > Not
> >> >> > much else. I guess I'm supposed to sign some sorta EULA w/ gobble
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > get the rest of the connectivity features/apps working. How does
> >> >> > one
> >> >> > go about opening a bogus gobble acct?
> >> >>
> >> >> I am not sure if this could happen to you, but might be worth reading
> >> >> anyway.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Sad face: EE sends mother £1,200 mobile phone bill because she sent
> >> >> smiley
> >> >> symbols that weren't included in her 'unlimited' £31-a-month contract"
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-contract.html
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I get charged 2 bucks for every emoji I send but damnit, it's worth it!
> >> > ;")
> >>
> >> Just thought it might be something worthwhile posting in case anyone else
> >> gets hit when they are not expecting it
> >
> > What new outragious hijinks will those rascals do next? I don't much care
> > for those guys. Thanks for the link! :-)
>
> If it manages to save anyone being charged without you realising it ... it
> has been worthwhile

Whenever I watch Brit crime shows, the bad guys always seem to throw their phones off a bridge in London town. Man, that's a lot of cell phone underwater there!

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