Annoying Messages Sent By Telecom Service Providers -

You were probably expecting a romantic
text message from your lover, a credit alert
from your bank, an invitation to a job
interview or test, and the likes but then
your phone beeps and the excitement dies
down immediately you open the message.
It is unfortunately one of those
disappointing messages we receive from
our telecommunication service providers.
They are either asking you to subscribe to
jokes, health tips, caller tunes, sport news
or romantic texts.
If these service providers could only
sample the opinion of subscribers, they
would probably discover that most people
find these messages very disappointing and
annoying, but then we receive as many as 6
to 10 of such messages daily. Some people
have carelessly or erroneously subscribed
for these so called 'value added services'
and usually regret they did. Daily, weekly or
monthly charges of up to N50 or N100
usually apply. Sometimes they are deducted
anytime the subscriber recharges. People
try all they could to unsubscribe, but its
usually not as easy as the almost automatic
manner of subscription. My dad was a
victim of this exploitative service for about
3 months. We tried to no avail to get him
unsubscribed until he got angry and called
the customer care agent threatening to
attack them with his traditional god (sango)
.
I use two sims cards (MTN and etisalat) but
as you would expect, MTN sends the
highest number of annoying messages. I
delete them immediately I read 'MTN' and
wished I could do something to stop the
disturbance.
How do you feel when you receive one of
those messages from your telecom service
providers? Do you find them disturbing or
necessary? What's your opinion?
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