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Hi,
I would advise everyone who reads this, not to buy content from Jamster for their mobile phone, only once you have bought a ringtone, or picture etc, from them they will then send you further random text messages advertising their services, and if you read the message you get charged £4.
I can confirm that at least 3 people I know have been charged at least £10 by Jamster just for reading text messages they sent. It also looks like one person I know has had his SMS Centre number changed without him knowing so that any SMS he sends are sent via Jamster and not 02, incurring a 60p charge per SMS rather than the more usual 10p.
Jon
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Posted: 2005-01-05 00:35:39
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I sent away for a ringtone from them once, never again. Cost me £7, after all the txts etc, never even got the ringtone.
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Posted: 2005-01-05 00:40:00
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I am afraid if you buy from Jamster you must be pretty dumb, (or drunk), when all the content they ask you to pay for is available free of charge on the internet,
my appologies to anyone that has bought from Jamster or similar,
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Posted: 2005-01-05 00:40:34
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A mate of mind decided to buy a ringtone from then a couple of months ago, he got his tone but on a regular basis they now send him more content, and charge him without his sayso. Very difficult for him to quit this service. Beware everyone, they are scammers!
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Posted: 2005-01-05 01:30:24
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Yeah thats the "club" isnt it? They rip you off snd call it a club, the legislation really needs looked at.
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Posted: 2005-01-05 01:59:00
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Legislation for these companies needs to be looked at. I once bought 2 tones from another mobile content company, but never recieved them, and when e-mailed them asking them for help etc, they ignored the e-mails. It seems that if it don't work, they expect you to try again, thus lining their pockets as you might try and get a ringtone 3-4 times before you give up and realise it aint gonna working, wasting between £5 and £10, with no hope of getting a refund at all.
I don't think it is right for a company to sell you a ringtone etc, then send you more content which you have to pay for, even though you don't want it, without offering you the chance to stop them sending things to you.
If the company concerned has changed your SMS centre to make even more money out of you, that should be made illegal. It just goes to show that some companies have no morals at all.
Jon
[ This Message was edited by: jonzo247 on 2005-01-05 10:42 ]
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Posted: 2005-01-05 11:39:46
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How can they change the message centre number? It can only be changed by the service provider. (Correct me if i am wrong.)
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Posted: 2005-01-05 11:46:37
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A mate of mine bought a ringtone from this 'service' (scam) and ever since he has been charged $5aud every month for on additional content. Was very difficult for him to quit this service too. Beware, this is a Dodgy service and as always, read the find print!
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Posted: 2005-01-05 11:56:52
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This is amazing! Isnt there a way you guys can complain to say, a regulatry authority? Or find their webhost/domain registrar to complain & get the site pulled down. That works in many instances.
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Posted: 2005-01-05 13:48:49
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Jamster are absolutely huge, i doubt that a couple of complaints would do anything...though how they can get away with it in the first place is beyond me
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Posted: 2005-01-05 14:04:00
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