>Sounds like a scam to me. OK, you pay the 99c you initially
>agreed to and which often goes to charity etc.

Well, in this case it goes to pay for the competition prizes, but yeah ...

>but to charge you an additional 99c or whatever for no
>good reason is a ripoff. Unless you knew about it beforehand.

I didn't know about it before hand, and was surprised when the charge showed 
on my bill. Only done it a couple of times, so the effort involved in 
attempting to recover the cost is hardly worth it.

>I'd be phoning my service provider and asking how come I'm
>getting charged for incoming texts which is outside my contract.
>Not that it would do any good but if enough people complain,
>then something might happen. Sure as, if they get away with it,
>they'll try again.

I don't recall anything about it in the T&C that were given by the TV 
promotion. 

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