My friend Meann called me up Thursday morning to ask about Smart’s latest scheme: sending a text message when a prepaid subscriber dials 1515 to make a balance inquiry makes him/her pay one peso for it.
I browsed the Smart website to confirm this and found out that it’s true. Starting May 1, 2003, Smart subscribers will be charged P1.00/balance inquiry beyond their free text allocation for every 1515 inquiry. Read this.
Tonyo of our group TXTPower said “Smart is cashing in on plain deception, confusion on Filipinos who are currently reeling from the effects of the US war on Iraq and the economic crisis. Sila lang naman ang tumatabo ng tubo.” Here’s TXTPower’s press release regarding this issue.
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putang ina SMart yan!!!!!!!!!!
etchosss shift na lang ako ng globe…etchoss kasi ang smart!! pati ang sun syang lang ang sim ko..inbalido sa area namin!
rrggh. smart rin ako. di bale, di na ako magi-inquire. aantayin ko nalang hanggang marinig ko yung “tennnt” sabay makita yung “check operator services.”
sun cellular na ‘to!!
Bad trip yan. SMART user din ako eh. Kwartahan na lang nang kwartahan. Blech.
Gago talaga. Masiba pa sa buwitre!
really? di ko alam yun a. 🙂 oo nga nman, pano yung globe ?
Ano ba yon? Kalokohan. Pano sa GLOBE? Globe user ako eh.