http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/06/118118_director.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:09:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/06/118118_director.html/comment-page-1#comment-252940 JOHNNYT Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:48:00 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.co.uk/2006/06/118118_directory_assistance_launches_ads_in_text_messages.html#comment-252940 CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING IN CALL TIME, TO BE OFFERED THIS SERVICE AT VERY LITTLE BENEFIT TO THEM . IT IS JUST ANOTHER RIP OFF AT THE CUSTOMERS OWN EXPENSE, WHILE THE COMPANY MAKES EVEN MORE MONEY WITHOUT PASSING ANY OF IT ON TO THEIR STAFF WHO HAVE THE UNENVIABLE JOB OF ASKING THE CUSTOMER IF THEY WANT IT. AS THIS ONLY EFFECTS MOBILE CUSTOMERS THE TIME TAKEN TO ASK AND THEN PROCESS THESE CALLS. IS ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUALLY QUITE SMALL AMOUNTS TO QUITE LARGE SUMS WHEN THE NUMBER OF CALLS EFFECTED IS HUGE CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING IN CALL TIME, TO BE OFFERED THIS SERVICE AT VERY LITTLE BENEFIT TO THEM . IT IS JUST ANOTHER RIP OFF AT THE CUSTOMERS OWN EXPENSE, WHILE THE COMPANY MAKES EVEN MORE MONEY WITHOUT PASSING ANY OF IT ON TO THEIR STAFF WHO HAVE THE UNENVIABLE JOB OF ASKING THE CUSTOMER IF THEY WANT IT. AS THIS ONLY EFFECTS MOBILE CUSTOMERS THE TIME TAKEN TO ASK AND THEN PROCESS THESE CALLS. IS ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUALLY QUITE SMALL AMOUNTS TO QUITE LARGE SUMS WHEN THE NUMBER OF CALLS EFFECTED IS HUGE

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