Hollie from fame can **** right off

billy the squid

First rule of encouraging people to vote for your favorite act. DONT SEND UNSOLICITED TEXT MESSAGES TO ME!

Russells Bar sent out another one of their messages, asking me to vote for this young one. I have never set foot in Russells nor do I watch this show.

Insect Overlord

You think the young girl is personally responsible for the texts?

Grow up.

billy the squid

Whether she is or is not responsible is irrelevant. the fact that it was sent out ruined any chance of her getting a vote from me.

Jumpy

Seconded, spam texts are the spawn of the devil.

Kess73

Report Raphael Mullally to the Data Protection Commissioner if his business is still sending out unsolicited texts to your mobile phone.

Unless you have given consent for his business to send you the texts or if your details were obtained through a sale made to you by them (Through any of the businesses listed in his name) in the last 12 months, then it is illegal for his business to send you any sort of unsolicited text.



www.dataprotection.ie is where you can get the details of where to complain in Ireland.



Otherwise it is pointless starting a thread, with a swearword hinted at with the use of ****, about the girl named in the text.

billy the squid

I am sick to the back teeth with the damn Data Protection Commission. Have been reporting these types of texts to them for the past year.

I have never done any business with Russels. the last time I was in the Hi-Way was on New Year's Day 2004.

Berty

billy the squid wrote: »

I am sick to the back teeth with the damn Data Protection Commission. Have been reporting these types of texts to them for the past year.

I have never done any business with Russels. the last time I was in the Hi-Way was on New Year's Day 2004.

All Hollie from Fames fault I suppose. :rolleyes:

billy the squid

Berty wrote: »

All Hollie from Fames fault I suppose. :rolleyes:

Who said it was?

Berty

billy the squid wrote: »

Who said it was?

You're taking it out on her so...........................................

billy the squid

Berty wrote: »

You're taking it out on her so...........................................

Well she has a whole 6 days to distance herself from this carry-on.

Einhard

Eh, why not just delete the text? Unless you're getting deluged by them on a daily basis, I don't see the problem with the odd few...

billy the squid

Einhard wrote: »

Eh, why not just delete the text? Unless you're getting deluged by them on a daily basis, I don't see the problem with the odd few...

Because I am always getting them from Russels. and from various other entities, which while not identifying themselves as being connected with russels, have the same modus operandi as the Russels messages.

Insect Overlord

Berty wrote: »

All Hollie from Fames fault I suppose. :rolleyes:

billy the squid wrote: »

Who said it was?

Berty wrote: »

You're taking it out on her so...........................................

Bingo.

By the way, how long have you been modding this forum now?
If anyone else had opened a thread with that title they'd have been red carded and banned by now.

Berty

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Bingo.

By the way, how long have you been modding this forum now?
If anyone else had opened a thread with that title they'd have been red carded and banned by now.

Not quite banned and probably not even yellow carded but probably warned. Not quite a good example to new users to the forum but I think, for seasoned users of the Limerick forum, that billy hates unsolicited texts.

Don't mention the crescent shopping centre to him btw.

Jumpy

Defending the indefensible and arguing for the sake of arguing. Spam senders need a paddlin.

Kess73

billy the squid wrote: »

I am sick to the back teeth with the damn Data Protection Commission. Have been reporting these types of texts to them for the past year.

I have never done any business with Russels. the last time I was in the Hi-Way was on New Year's Day 2004.

Pretty sure that he is involved with more than just the two names you mentioned. I suggest that you have a look around and see what else he is involved in, and see if you had purchased any item or service in the last 12 months from any of them. If you did, then that's why you are getting the texts and it is legal. If you did not, well his business is breaking the law then

billy the squid

Kess73 wrote: »

Pretty sure that he is involved with more than just the two names you mentioned. I suggest that you have a look around and see what else he is involved in, and see if you had purchased any item or service in the last 12 months from any of them. If you did, then that's why you are getting the texts and it is legal. If you did not, well his business is breaking the law then

Actually the messages are illegal as they contain no opt out information.

Also, it is illegal for someone to use a number which has been given for one reason to be used for another.

example, If I give a hotel my number to contact me if they have to go check something for me, they cannot then use that number to advertise.

source

I actually agree with Billy on this, I get unsolicited texts from a few places too. Which i find fairly annoying.

CoDy1

Stupid thread title Billy. fcuk sake, its not hollies fault. I know for a fact that she hasn't a clue about the txts. But i do agree that its exploitation and that noboy should get them.

Icky Thump

isnt this the same s**t that leanne moore pulled?

how come we where critisising her but we are defending this hollie chick??

Kess73

billy the squid wrote: »

Actually the messages are illegal as they contain no opt out information.

Also, it is illegal for someone to use a number which has been given for one reason to be used for another.

example, If I give a hotel my number to contact me if they have to go check something for me, they cannot then use that number to advertise.

Incorrect. If you gave in details such as your address and/or mobile phone number as part of a sale or transaction being made to you by a business, then they can legally use that data for up to 12 months after the transaction for advertising purposes unless you were explicit in demanding that data was not to be used and that demand was was placed on record.


If you gave out your number in the case of a query and no transaction took place where a sale was made to you by the company, then it would be illegal to use your data to send you texts/advertising by mail.



I have already pointed out that the owner of the business sending you the texts has other business interests, having being named as having a directorship in four businesses with a directorship in a fifth that was dissolved.

I would have assumed it was a simple case to see if you had purchased an item or service in one of them and if you had left details as part of that transaction.




i have used the Data Protection Commission to stop unsolicited spam texts from Limerick businesses similar to what you are getting, so it is the obvious route.

Failing that, you are on a public forum that has members of the local and national press as members who use posts from Boards.ie plus PMs from posters as direct quotes for articles in the paper. I would be confident if you suggested in a post that you wanted to have a paper run an article on the issue that one of the reporters would contact you by PM. Once you could provide a picture of the offending text, then I imagine your name would not have to appear in the newspaper article.

Also many other media outlets use the likes of Boards.ie for story information, so you have access through Boards.ie to get your grievence highlighted legally, so why not use that?

Comments saying that the girl has six days to distance herself from the texts are childish because such a comment is open to misinterpretation, as it could be taken as a vague threat, especially with a thread title that says the girl can **** right off.

hi_im_fil

Icky Thump wrote: »

isnt this the same s**t that leanne moore pulled?

how come we where critisising her but we are defending this hollie chick??

Because we're sick of Billy's unsolicited text threads :P

gihj

Can anyone tell how many texts Russells send out????
If the comments on here are about a single text every month or so then god help you all.
Some folk just get their kicks out of moaning.:rolleyes:

phog

billy the squid wrote: »

First rule of encouraging people to vote for your favorite act. DONT SEND UNSOLICITED TEXT MESSAGES TO ME!

Russells Bar sent out another one of their messages, asking me to vote for this young one. I have never set foot in Russells nor do I watch this show.

billy the squid wrote: »

Whether she is or is not responsible is irrelevant. the fact that it was sent out ruined any chance of her getting a vote from me.

In view of the fact that you dont watch the show was there ever a chance that she'd get your vote?

The unsoliciting texting is wrong but posting here about it isn't going to stop it you need to get onto the regulator.

munstergirl

Think you should change title of thread to russell's bar. Don't think its the girls fault.

Icky Thump

munstergirl wrote: »

Think you should change title of thread to russell's bar. Don't think its the girls fault.

ok why would Russels be just helping her out for no reason???

the girl isnt an idiot im sure she, exactly like Leeanne knew about the messages going around.

vkid

dont see the big deal myself. I just delete them, same as spam emails and i get waaaay more spam email than texts..

Stab*City

Kess73 wrote: »

well his business is breaking the law then

Wouldnt be the first time he broke laws.. Remember he is a kidnapper so id tread carefully!!

Stab*City

I cant believe a moderator created this thread.. this should be locked long ago if a non mod was the op it would be gone already.

Kess73

Stab*City wrote: »

Wouldnt be the first time he broke laws.. Remember he is a kidnapper so id tread carefully!!

Was found guilty of being a party to abduction and of assault, causing injury, on the abducted man when he was tied up.

Also found guilty of making a threat to kill the man.

Theats were also made to kill the abducted man's wife.


Interestingly he was never charged over his claims to have been with the IRA. Which was another threat that was made to the abducted man. It came out during the trial that the threat was made that he belonged to a terrorist organisation and the abducted man would be killed.

And for all of that he was given a whole year in prison, and nowadays gets painted as a respectable local businessman.:rolleyes:

And to top it all of, the guy that was abducted and assaulted was the wrong guy, and not the guy they were after.





http://www.independent.ie/national-news/publican-paid-1000-to-have-african-national-abducted-236533.html

RonMexico

I never get these kinds of texts. Maybe you should be more careful with the details you give people Billy. If you are that bothered change your number, it costs feck all and you will be rid of this a lot quicker than anything the data crowd will do for you.

Also your attitude with the way you posted this thread is very questionable behaviour for a moderator.

Jumpy

RonMexico wrote: »

Also your attitude with the way you posted this thread is very questionable behaviour for a moderator.

You know they arent paid employees right?
Moderator posts arent any different than user posts.

Stab*City

Jumpy wrote: »

Moderator posts arent any different than user posts.

Exactly.

So why no ban/warning/thread closed?
A different moderator to the op has already condemned the thread title..
If i posted that thread id be banned by now.

Jumpy

But you would have had a thanks from me.


It would have been worth it in the end.

RonMexico

Jumpy wrote: »

You know they arent paid employees right?
Moderator posts arent any different than user posts.

Where are you getting the paid employees thing from?

Mods have to obey the rules just like everybody else. Billy is very quick to jump on anyone who steps out of line around here and the same should apply to him.

Anyway I just think he is completely overreacting to this and not for the first time either.

billy the squid

Actually I don't recall anybody being banned for criticising a public figure or company, It happens a lot here especially journalists who trot out crime related crap about limerick.

Now, please stay on topic.

Icky Thump

or ye'll be banned:D lol

i for one am backing your cause Billy. i think its a joke that txts like this are able to be sent without at least optouts

old_aussie

billy the squid wrote: »

First rule of encouraging people to vote for your favorite act. DONT SEND UNSOLICITED TEXT MESSAGES TO ME!

Russells Bar sent out another one of their messages, asking me to vote for this young one. I have never set foot in Russells nor do I watch this show.

If you haven't given your mobile number to a business/company then maybe it's one of your mates who gave out your number.

clint_eastman

Wow...all this over a few texts. Try this the next time you get one of these oh so annoying texts...........open, read 1st line, delete/forget..........problem solved and nobody needs to **** right off, can't see the big deal tbh.

Itsdacraic

Vote Hollie No 1.

Roadend

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Vote Hollie No 1.

wer do i txt m8?

Stab*City

Jumpy wrote: »

You know they arent paid employees right?
Moderator posts arent any different than user posts.

billy the squid wrote: »

Actually I don't recall anybody being banned for criticising a public figure or company, It happens a lot here especially journalists who trot out crime related crap about limerick.

Now, please stay on topic.

Ya but you already got your point across on a different thread.. Why start a thread with such a vulgar title? First you say she can bugger off and now something more profane. We get it.

Wetbench4

Who is Hollie??

Insect Overlord

Wetbench4 wrote: »

Who is Hollie??

She's an exceptionally talented young performer, who is currently competing in a reality TV programme on Sunday nights.

(@RonMexico, munstergirl, CoDy1, press the little button beside a post if you have a problem with it)