OT Another Kind of Spam

Anyone hear about that new 411 directory for celll phone users that is coming soon. Article here.

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It is bad enough getting all those annoying calls on your home phone without somebody calling your cell. Whats worse is that when they call you on your cell, you are paying for them to bug the S&#$ out of you trying to sell insurance or whatever.

Another kind of spam that has been buggin me lately is those morons that come up to your car window at a stop light. Some are for chairitable donations, some want money to work for food, or sometimes it is someone just passing out information. When I am in my car I don't want to be bothered by someone holding up traffic whatever reason they think is important. I have been pestered by this a couple of times in the last Two weeks. Once was while waiting for my order at the line in a fast food restaurant.

Bill Berckman

67 Beetle
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Bill Berckman
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Didn't Queen Elizabeth I enact a law against "sturdy beggars"? I would have thought that it would be a part of our law by precedent, as well as English Common Law. Of course, Rudi Giulianni got busted by the media for getting rid of the 'sturdy beggars'.

Charles of Kankakee

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Charles Fregeau

It is not that I am not charitable, but when you are in the city and take out your wallet to throw someone a buck, they could easily grab it out of your hand and run and you are stuck sitting at the light. Bill Berckman

67 Beetle
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Bill Berckman

Which is why I keep my doors locked, and the window rolled down no more than an inch. I can get the money out of my wallet and pass it out that little inch and they can't reach in and grab the rest of my shit. And if they try to break my window, I'm fast enough to grab the gun under the seat and make them piss their pants. :)

K.

John C's proof:

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Kidd Andersson

Do you have to pay to receive calls too? That sucks...

I don't like the idea of the mobile phone "directory", but think about it, how long will it be valid for? People change their handphones so often it would be out of date so quickly.

GGrrrrrr.....

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Howard Rose

Everybody run! The Homecoming Queen's got a gun!

GD&RRF

Charles of Kankakee

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Charles Fregeau

Is it not possible to just block those numbers in your phone? Or do they use an untraceble number?

Roger

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bug '59

At least on my cell phone, I don't know how to block numbers. Alot of the solicitors use an untraceable number.

Bill Berckman

67 Beetle
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Bill Berckman

That is why I don't answer calls from people who withold their phone number. If they really need me, then they will leave a message on my voicemail and I will phone them back.

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
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Howard Rose

Ahh, but they will also be looking to send you text messages, which you pay for no matter what.... Be afraid, be very afraid!

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vwluvrs

Hmm.. getting a bit confused here.. you mean you pay to recevie text messages and phone calls? I hadn't realised that!

It's different over here... you only pay to make the call or to send the message... costs the receiver nothing... but I bet it's twice as expensive to do so.. he he

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
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Howard Rose

and I HATE junk SMS message.. grr........ worse than email SPAM, since you can't block them !!!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
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Howard Rose

I've already got a couple of those text messages like that. Since my phone is on 24/7, I jump like a shot when I hear the alert go off. The text messages usually come in the middle of the night. I pitched one at the cellphone provider, and for now they seem to have stopped.

Charles of Kankakee

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Charles Fregeau

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