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Originally Posted by jrhnewark

I must say, the 'STOP' thing is a bit bad.

But you've got to be a bit daft to want to buy these in the first place - hence the nickname 'Idiot Tax'.

I'd just like to ad my piece and I'll try my best not to make it a attack on you.

Its not always as obvious as it seems to get taken in by these people. I consider myself a IT expert and as such have suffered only 1 virus infection in 5+ years and even that was sorted simply. I donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t get taken in by emails and I am certainly savvy to pop-ups etc.

However when I got my new mobile phone I also got a PAYG sim as a back-up (was right by the till ) . Reading the bumf for the sim it said I could have 1 free ring tone , 1 free pic etc from o2. When I received a free ring tone message it had a odd icon next to it (which turned out to be a push message which i clicked) It did nothing and I never thought anything about it. I started getting the usual 'get free text message' messages and deleted them all. Received my bill and had been charged £3 for each one.

Balls to this so I emailed them in not too polite a way stating that I would involve ofcom etc. received a reply asking for my postal details and got the full amount refunded.

So 'idiot tax' hmmmm

Please think before you slate 'everyone' in general.

It's only the consumer's problem if they don't read the small print, and that falls with these people's parents. If you don't understand or can't read small print, I doubt you're mature or bright enough to be in possession of a device such as a mobile phone.

I can assure you that there was no small print included in the one that scamed me at all.

Referring to 'Argument B', I'd say once again - if anyone 'needs' a ringtone, I think it's safe to say they shouldn't really be in possession of a mobile phone.

Let me guess your over 50 and uses black and white screen phone on PAYG and make £10 credit last 6 months. You have your phone set to an even more annoying default ringtone or worse a rendition of a old phone.
I have several ringtones on my phone and I use these to identify groups of callers (yes its required because I have a lot of contacts). Fortunatly I can use mp3 directly on my phone so I never have to pay for them.
you remind me of a member on another forum that said I was mad/stupid etc for having 3 computers despite me explaining that each is required and used.

Originally Posted by Paul M

I find the attitude of some people here to be very poor & somewhat offensive. My daughters like these, and other ringtones, and have on occasions bought some. As it happens they did not get caught by one of these scams, but to label a 11/12/13 year old girl an "idiot" because see didn't see the small print just shows how small minded some adults are.