News: AT&T to repay Florida customers

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SMS <[email protected]> wrote in news:47cdca34$0$36350
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> "http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/03/03/daily1.html"
>

"The attorney general's office said thousands of Florida AT&T Mobility
consumers had received charges on their cell phone bills for certain third-
party services that they did not authorize. Often, these charges were for
ringtones or other services which were advertised as "free," but resulted
in customers being signed up for monthly subscriptions for third-party
content, including horoscopes, wallpaper and other cell phone-related
content. It was often unclear what the charges were for, as they'd show up
on bills under names such as Direct Bill Charges and M-Qube."

See what I mean? SELLphones, that's what they are!

It's like having a theatre BOX OFFICE....right in your pocket.....or is
that a Pick Pocket??

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> "http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/03/03/daily1.html"
>>>
>> "The attorney general's office said thousands of Florida AT&T Mobility
>> consumers had received charges on their cell phone bills for certain third-
>> party services that they did not authorize. Often, these charges were for
>> ringtones or other services which were advertised as "free," but resulted
>> in customers being signed up for monthly subscriptions for third-party
>> content, including horoscopes, wallpaper and other cell phone-related
>> content. It was often unclear what the charges were for, as they'd show up
>> on bills under names such as Direct Bill Charges and M-Qube."
>>
>> See what I mean? SELLphones, that's what they are!
>
> You DO know that the very same thing has been happening on landlines
> since 1984, right?
>
> Oh, I forgot--don't let actual FACTS get in Larry's way.
>

Hmm, no one's ever tried to sell me ringtones or wallpaper for my landline.