I SAVED money by using my Cingular phone

Usually everyone complains about how expensive their cellphone bills are. I recently saw a posting about an outrageous $8,900 bill.

Well I'm posting because I SAVED money. I'm new to Cingular and I saw an article on Gigaom about a new service called Cellfire (currently only offered to Cingular users). It lets you download coupons on your cellphone. I used it and I saved a bunch of money on my regular purchases. I guess it's just another perk for being a Cingular user.

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the link to the weblog has been removed because I don't appreciate being flamed If you'd like to see the article, you can send me a private message for the link.

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link is dead!

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edit: i checked back to the site, and the link is fine. however, it did not work before, as i tried it 3 times.
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Originally Posted by n1ckel5

link is dead!

Om's site works for me.

n1ckel5 wrote:
> link is dead!
>
>
Worked for me.

Originally Posted by Stephen R. Conrad

n1ckel5 wrote:
> link is dead!
>
>
Worked for me.

if you're going to quote me, at least read my thread. i edited it (notice the pretty red text) to say that when i tried it later, the link worked.

so thank you for correcting my correction.

How do I use this? I need all the help I can get because after Christmas shopping was really, really good.

Can somebody help me? ......

"n1ckel5" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> Stephen R. Conrad Wrote:
>> n1ckel5 wrote:
>> > link is dead!
>> >
>> >
>> Worked for me.
>
> if you're going to quote me, at least read my thread. i edited it
> (notice the pretty red text) to say that when i tried it later, the
> link worked.
>
> so thank you for correcting my correction.
>
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> n1ckel5

Your correction doesnt show up on usenet. Atleast not thru cox's servers.

Originally Posted by n1ckel5

link is dead!

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edit: i checked back to the site, and the link is fine. however, it did not work before, as i tried it 3 times.
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i guess i need to clarify my correction before i keep getting flamed.

g36csti wrote:
> Usually everyone complains about how expensive their cellphone bills
> are. I recently saw a posting about an outrageous $8,900 bill.
>
> Well I'm posting because I SAVED money. I'm new to Cingular and I saw
> an article on Gigaom about a new service called Cellfire (currently
> only offered to Cingular users). It lets you download coupons on your
> cellphone. I used it and I saved a bunch of money on a bunch of regular
> purchases. I guess it's just another perk for being a Cingular user.
>
> 'Check out the Gigaom article here' (http://tinyurl.com/dsx6k)
>
>


Which cell phone service will be the next one you come in here to shill
for? How much are you earning for all the site visits your post here is
expected to generate?

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jer
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Originally Posted by Jer

Which cell phone service will be the next one you come in here to shill
for? How much are you earning for all the site visits your post here is
expected to generate?

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jer
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I was posting purely because I wanted to share with everyone my discovery. I am not making ANY money from this. If you don't believe me why don't you send a message to Om Malik, the owner of Gigaom. I'd appreciate if you'd check your facts before you start pointing fingers. It's people like you that destroy these forums.

Just how is being able to view a coupon on your wireless phone going to
save you any money? What is a cashier supposed to do with an image on
your phones screen? How does he send it in to the manufacturer for
reimbursement?

g36csti wrote:
> Jer Wrote:
>
>>Which cell phone service will be the next one you come in here to
>>shill
>>for? How much are you earning for all the site visits your post here
>>is
>>expected to generate?
>>
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>>jer
>>email reply - I am not a 'ten'
>
>
> I was posting purely because I wanted to share with everyone my
> discovery. I am not making ANY money from this. If you don't believe me
> why don't you send a message to Om Malik, the owner of Gigaom. I'd
> appreciate if you'd check your facts before you start pointing fingers.
> It's people like you that destroy these forums.
>
>


Your discovery? 'skooze me? Let's talk about destruction for a moment
shall we? Let's talk about how you come in here posting about some
****bird gob****e coupons AND shilling the website no less, claiming how
it's some kinda B.I.G deal that you saved a coupla bucks. Well Hoo Rah!
And no, I'm not sending any email to some gigaom bozo, because as far
as I'm concerned, you two are both in this together. The forum you
claim to be soooo concerned about isn't intended to be used by a bunch
of coupon shysters shilling anonymously about something that has zero to
do with Cingular. If anybody needs to be checking facts...

Oh and by the way Mr. Clueless, the next time you think it's helpful to
use tinyurl, do the right thing and also post the real url along with
your contracted one. This way, if anyone really buys into your shill,
they'll at least have a clue about who they're exposing themselves to
before clicking, not after. It's a common courtesy thing intended to
avoid shills like yours, some of us know better, and now the rest of us
do. Consider this your first lesson for 2006. Take notes Grasshopper.

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jer
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"g36csti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> It's people like you that destroy these forums.
>
>
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> g36csti

People like "jer"? You mean long term fairly knowledgable
people who actually contribute to a forum?

I think you have it backward, it is more likely
people who just drop into a forum with their
fake "I just found a great site" posts who litter the
place up for the rest of us.

Bernard

Yes, EXCUSE you jer.

First of all, I'm sorry that we are not all as rich as you but to some people, saving a "coupla" of bucks actually means something.

Second, It has everything to do with Cingular. It's a service thats currently only offered to Cingular users. You won't see anyone else on another service using it.

Third: You know what? I am concerned about the forum. Let's review what happened. I make a post that I believe will help out people using Cingular. You come on and start FLAMING away, making a blind claim that I'm not legit, you insult me by calling me a spammer, and if that were not enough, you called your buddy for back up so that he can flame me too.

YOU COULD HAVE posted nicely saying that it was spam-like so I could have adjusted the post or even nicely requested that I remove it. But instead you choose to flame me and leave your "common courtesy" behind.

I want to make this clear to everyone. I am not part of any referral service and I am not making any money posting to a personal weblog.

Because jer has been so courteous I will remove the link to the blog. I apologize to any of you who may have felt you were duped. Rest assured that you were NOT taken advantage of. I will leave the rest of the post there because I believe others may still be interested in knowing that this service is available to them. However if I get the general consensus that people do not appreciate my post, I will GLADLY remove it. NO FLAMERS REQUIRED.

As for jer and your buddy, don't lecture me on common courtesy when you are the ones calling names and making false accusations the entire time. For 2006, you can add "grow up" to your long list of new year's resolutions.

To everyone else, happy new year! And I apologize that you all had to witness this atrocity.

g36csti wrote:
> Yes, EXCUSE you jer.
>
> First of all, I'm sorry that we are not all as rich as you but to some
> people, saving a "coupla" of bucks actually means something.

If you think Cingular (or anyone else for that matter) is giving up
something with coupons, think again. Put your google finger to work and
learn about the business model that supports a coupon program. There
ain't no free lunch.

>
> Second, It has everything to do with Cingular. It's a service thats
> currently only offered to Cingular users. You won't see anyone else on
> another service using it.

I made no comment regarding the service, my comments were restricted to
your mention of a shill website hidden behind a contracted url.

>
> Third: You know what? I am concerned about the forum. Let's review what
> happened. I make a post that I believe will help out people using
> Cingular. You come on and start FLAMING away, making a blind claim that
> I'm not legit, you insult me by calling me a spammer, and if that were
> not enough, you called your buddy for back up so that he can flame me
> too.

BF and I aren't confederates - we are both entitled to have a personal
opinion, and express that opinion in a public forum such as this - just
as you are. As far as insulting spammers or shills, insulting is only
where it starts - it ends when we see flames.

>
> YOU COULD HAVE posted nicely saying that it was spam-like so I could
> have adjusted the post or even nicely requested that I remove it. But
> instead you choose to flame me and leave your "common courtesy" behind.

I offer no quarter to spammers and shills, and I don't care whether they
like it or not.

>
>
> I want to make this clear to everyone. *I am not part of any referral
> service and I am not making any money posting to a personal weblog. *

I want to make this clear to everyone - it's only his tattered opinion,
which is worth exactly what we paid for it.

>
> Because jer has been -so courteous - I will remove the link
> to the blog. I apologize to any of you who may have felt you were
> duped. Rest assured that you were NOT taken advantage of. I will leave
> the rest of the post there because I believe others may still be
> interested in knowing that this service is available to them. However
> if I get the general consensus that people do not appreciate my post, I
> will GLADLY remove it. NO FLAMERS REQUIRED.

I tell you what... in the future, if you want to avoid looking like a
shill, have the courtesy to post a message asking if anyone is
interested in information about a service - no urls. If someone
responds, you're welcome to post again with more specific information,
including a real url and a contracted one if you think it would be
helpful. In your original message, you identified your reference as an
article, which for most people infers a commercial website - without the
real url, we have no way to know. If it's a blog full of adhoc
opinions, say so.

>
> As for jer and your buddy, don't lecture me on common courtesy when you
> are the ones calling names and making false accusations the entire time.
> For 2006, you can add "grow up" to your long list of new year's
> resolutions.

I don't expect you or anyone else to really know this, but I'm commonly
courteous to almost everyone. When it comes to a cold post in a public
forum that has rotten shill written all over it, my usually courteous
nature gets a vacation. I likened your original post to me waking up
early one morning to find a billboard freshly planted on my street, so I
figured it deserved a lit match.

>
> To everyone else, happy new year! And I apologize that you all had to
> witness this atrocity.

We'd be a lot happier if spammers and shills were all dead.


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jer
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