2008/11/24 Alan B. Pearce <Alan.B.Pearce@stfc.ac.uk>:
>>You'll see TV polls etc that you can send a TXT to. And they
>>say that'll cost you 99c. But wait, I've already paid for my
>>TXTs. How does that work ? Or do I have that wrong ?
>
>>It's the same as the recipient of a letter with a 50c stamp on
>>(my contract with the Post Office), sending me a bill for
>>another $5
>
> Yeah, you are texting to the text equivalent of an 0900 number ...
>
> I don't mind texting my TV station for a competition, but I do object when
> they then send me another text in reply, to apply for another competition -
> and it costs me another 99p to receive it, which also gets paid to them ...
>
> --

You pay for incoming texts??

RP
>
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