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DonaL_83

Whats this I hear???

Text "Thanks" to 51101 to receive 180 free texters.

20 free per month.

This is an O2 promotion - but it seems to work across the board with 085 and 087 phones.

Nice One!

joe.

you are probably selling you number to any amount of companies who will bombard you with "valentines chocolates for your loved one" type messages.

GerardKeating

DonaL_83 wrote:

Whats this I hear???

Text "Thanks" to 51101 to receive 180 free texters.

20 free per month.

This is an O2 promotion - but it seems to work across the board with 085 and 087 phones.

Nice One!

This is very misleading, or even dubious, Since the call to 51101 is not free, there is a charge for the "free texters".

"51101" belongs to "Mobileway" and not O2, sounds like a scam...

radiospan

I've heard this going around college too.

Sounds a bit dodgy to me though.

dsab

plazzTT wrote:

I've heard this going around college too.

Sounds a bit dodgy to me though.

There is another thred somewhere else, and it seems to be genuine. Someone appearantly called O2, and they confirmed it.

By the way, this number is also officially listed on the O2 Website.

JackKelly

yeah, but my friend is saying she's meteor and she tried it and it works. Wouldnt this make it slightly dodgy. THought it was only a o2 promo.

{edit} While were talking promo's,anyone else get messages from Bondai about free drinks blah blah. They dont show their number so you cant tell them to piss off. Same with the Ivy. There must be something that can be done about this.

Goodshape

Meteor piggyback on O2's network for most of the country, do they not?

Still sounds like an error if it is an offical O2 number, but might explain it.

Scruff

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{edit} While were talking promo's,anyone else get messages from Bondai about free drinks blah blah. They dont show their number so you cant tell them to piss off. Same with the Ivy. There must be something that can be done about this.

yeah there is. complain them to comreg (i think thats who deals with them)
Heard in the news last week that 2 dblin companies were being prosecuted for sending unsolicited text messages. fine are up to €2000 per message.

Mimikyu

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yossarin

hmmm, new poster with 3 posts to his name, "Dear friend..."-type grammer and sentence structure. unbelievable offer with future spam abuse possibilities.

my scam-alarm bell is ringing in my ears

tinkerbell

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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Yup that would be me - they said that tiz a valid O2 offer.

[Jackass]

So, just to clarify: Did anyone actually sign up for this and was/is there any undesirable side effects? (eg mass promotion texts etc), and when did you sign up?

On a side note:

scruff wrote:

companies were being prosecuted for sending unsolicited text messages. fine are up to €2000 per message.

Best news i've heard all day...even though i've never recieved one, i can only imagine how annoying they would get!!

okidoki987

Sent a text yesterday and got the message back
"180 free texts for you! Your 20 free texts will be applied to your account by the 24th of every month for nine months. From O2."
Sent by number 0863832032.

Haven't got anything nasty.......YET!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I am not eligible to avail of this offer

o2 speakeasy, bastards

they must've just pulled it, i started the other thread, 3 posts? where did that come from? worked for all my friends too.

jArgHA

is this offer for o2 speakeasy or o2 billed? do you know if it's still available or was it a valentine's day thingy?

okidoki987

I'm a bill O2 but spend bugger all and it worked for me yesterday.
I'd say they have a maximum number of people and when it reaches that
they pull it!

The General

So does this stil work and does it work with meteor??????????

nope and nope. sorry

tinkerbell

I thought it said to reply THANKS before 21st February. So it must still be running then? But I'm not sure if that was the date, I think it was.

whiskeyman

I have mentioned this before, that this was orignally just supposed to be targeted at high volume users.
My source on the inside has let me know that O2 have now pulled this campaign (a lot of red faces there at the mo ).
However, everyone who applied will probably have their texts added on.
Over 3 times the amount of expected respondants replied... thats when O2 twigged something was wrong.
Fair play to anyone who chanced it... looks like it'll pay off!

bender

got a message from O2 saying that I'm not eligible for this offer

Bicky

i got that message back in november and got the free texts. Got it again the other day and replied so not sure yet if im getting it the second time.

Mimikyu

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bender

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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i'm on bill paid. maybe thats the reason...

Static

I just checked my online bill, (I signed up for this the other day, and got my confirmation text saying I'd get the messages):

National 12/02/05 21:58:54 Text 51101 00:00:00 SMS 0.09

So yeah, it cost me 9 cent *shrug*

Kimbot

they must have realised that this was across the board for v day. i know people on all networks that got it and as for the poster he gave you all a bit of info, if you choose to take the offer up then its up to you if not get lost. he is a good friend of mine and this ain't a scam on his part. remember everyone here started with 0 posts so just have a small bit of trust.

Static

Static wrote:

I just checked my online bill, (I signed up for this the other day, and got my confirmation text saying I'd get the messages):

National 12/02/05 21:58:54 Text 51101 00:00:00 SMS 0.09

So yeah, it cost me 9 cent *shrug*

hasn't put the 20 free texts on yet. That's why it still cost you. There should've been a date that they go on by.

Static

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hasn't put the 20 free texts on yet. That's why it still cost you. There should've been a date that they go on by.

Oh no, I realise this, I was just countering the post by someone who was claiming the sms you sent would cost you a fortune

[Jackass]

Damn my suspicious ways!!! I waited for all you guinee pigs to test it out for me, and now it's to late!!

Just got this back from 51101:
"Sorry, you are not eligible to avail of this offer. From 02"

ah well...let us know if a simular (gaf) offer comes around.

Good thread whiskeyman ++carma points

hussey

o2 sent me this offer a few weeks back and I replied saying thanks

last week, they sent me out 2 txt saying they added on the 20 for this month

and low and behold they applied 40 free txts!!
happy days (dunno if that was back dated to jan?)