Those Phone Subscription services

HouseHippo

Did anyone ever actually win anything.

Ya know the ones....Complete this word and win 4000 Euro things, but then they charge you 6.50 a week..... Or are they just big scams

And when you text "stop" does it work....

Kintarō Hattori

HouseHippo wrote: »

Did anyone ever actually win anything.

Ya know the ones....Complete this word and win 4000 Euro things, but then they charge you 6.50 a week..... Or are they just big scams

And when you text "stop" does it work....

Did you really need to ask this question. You had already answered it.

Insect Overlord

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Did you really need to ask this question. You had already answered it.

+1

How anyone falls for those things I'll never know.

leninbenjamin

7 and 8 year old ids who don't understand money and have parents stupid enough to give them their own phone.

FunkZ

Jaysus, sure why not. OP ya should try them I bet you'll win eventually. Tell us when ya do as well!

Fighting Irish

They're not scams. Stupid people waste money all the time.

Simple as

Cabaal

Fighting Irish wrote: »

They're not scams. Stupid people waste money all the time.

Simple as

a fool and his money are soon parted

Dinter

Any competition where the question is something like "win an Apple iTouch by telling us who makes the iTouch?" is hardly going to be a matter of skill now is it?

When you add on the fact that answering it costs about 2.50 and it's a subscription service it just has to be a scam.

Also what's with all these gurning skanks on the ads for the "friendship" phonelines? Surely if you wanted to meet a woman it'd be a better idea to invest €20 on a night in a pub rather than phone chat?

javaboy

Dinter wrote: »

Also what's with all these gurning skanks on the ads for the "friendship" phonelines? Surely if you wanted to meet a woman it'd be a better idea to invest €20 on a night in a pub rather than phone chat?

€20? "Alright love can I get you a drink? Just one mind and you better be a dead cert. I only brought a score and I'm not interested in spending half my money if you're not going to put out."

You'd barely be able to pay the toilet busker for the privilege of washing your hands if you only brought 20 quid.

Dinter

javaboy wrote: »

€20? "Alright love can I get you a drink? Just one mind and you better be a dead cert. I only brought a score and I'm not interested in spending half my money if you're not going to put out."

You'd barely be able to pay the toilet busker for the privilege of washing your hands if you only brought 20 quid.

I dunno. From the amount of times those ads are on there's obviously a lot of people spending a lot of money on them! 20 is probably conservative.

Still though I more meant add the 20 to what you'd normally spend.

Honey-ec

Dinter wrote: »

Any competition where the question is something like "win an Apple iTouch by telling us who makes the iTouch?" is hardly going to be a matter of skill now is it?

Fact for the day: All competitions, including legit ones, must have an "element of skill" involved, otherwise they're classed as a lottery, which requires a licence. However, it's the the interest of whoever's running the competition to get as many people as possible to enter, which is why the make the questions blindingly obvious.

javaboy

Honey-ec wrote: »

Fact for the day: All competitions, including legit ones, must have an "element of skill" involved, otherwise they're classed as a lottery, which requires a licence. However, it's the the interest of whoever's running the competition to get as many people as possible to enter, which is why the make the questions blindingly obvious.

This is true. Some of them are really irritatingly easy though.

Who played Muhammed Ali in the recent biopic of the former world heavyweight champion?

• Kiera Knightley
• Haley Joel Osmont
• Will Smith

Captain Ginger

javaboy wrote: »

€20? "Alright love can I get you a drink? Just one mind and you better be a dead cert. I only brought a score and I'm not interested in spending half my money if you're not going to put out."

You'd barely be able to pay the toilet busker for the privilege of washing your hands if you only brought 20 quid.

20 euro will buy me 6 pints tonight. All depends on where you go.

Honey-ec

Captain Ginger wrote: »

20 euro will buy me 6 pints tonight. All depends on where you go.

The offie???

GAAman

javaboy wrote: »

This is true. Some of them are really irritatingly easy though.

Who played Muhammed Ali in the recent biopic of the former world heavyweight champion?

• Kiera Knightley
• Haley Joel Osmont
• Will Smith

FOOL WITH PHONE wrote:

Jaysus i know that one where's me phone??!!!

:rolleyes:

Dinter

Honey-ec wrote: »

However, it's the the interest of whoever's running the competition to get as many people as possible to enter, which is why the make the questions blindingly obvious.

Yep that's what I meant.

HouseHippo

FunkZ wrote: »

Jaysus, sure why not. OP ya should try them I bet you'll win eventually. Tell us when ya do as well!

Na i'd never even try, just wqanted to know if anyone had won, why don't they just shut em down