Papa John's faces $250 million spam lawsuit [LOL! Supposedly NOT related to Obamacare]

CNN ^ | November 13, 2012 | Olivia Smith

[Sloth]

Er, five hundred, that is.

[moovova]

$250 million?

Ruh roh...looks like a WHOLE LOT more hours are going to be cut.

[HiTech RedNeck]

People who pay to get texts or have a quota of texts that they can get, were probably not wise to sign up for a text-coupon service. Still, if I ran an opt-in service like this apparently was, I’d send maybe one single text asking for confirmation on the web site as to the volume they wanted. So as to respect the Obamaphone users.

[oh8eleven]

as soon as the receipt prints out, my phone buzzes with a text message informing me that I have paid my phone bill. How stupid is that?
I pay most of my bills electronically and get an email each time there's a transaction.
I like that feature since I can quickly spot anything suspicious.

[Java4Jay]

Walgreens? That was happening to me even though I never signed up for it. If one listens to end of msg there is the prompt to cancel out. It worked and calls stopped.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Not being able to cancel such a “service” is a major peccadillo.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yes, I thought Walgreens was rather respectful of such things.

[rarestia]

Order online and don’t give a phone number. I’ve been ordering from their website for a few years and have never received text spam. Email, well that’s another story.

[IamConservative]

People who pay to get texts or have a quota of texts that they can get, were probably not wise to sign up for a text-coupon service.

Ahh. My bad. I thought they were unsolicited.

[HiTech RedNeck]

That’s the story I’m seeing from some quarters. Anyhow it still seems to be bad cyber manners. It’s not as easy to filter texts as it is to filter email spams. You can’t even see where the text came from until you ask to download it, whereupon you get dinged (on Obamaphones).

[Excellence]

You pay to receive the text.

[Holly_P]

I pay most of my bills electronically and get an email each time there's a transaction.

You must admit, that's a bit different than me still having my receipt in my hand when they text me.

[oh8eleven]

No, it's not different. Whomever is sending you the text doesn't know where you are.
If you don't want them "bothering" you, call them and turn off transaction notification.
But don't complain when money goes missing from your account via some dubious transaction(s) - and you don't find out about it for six months.
Notification really does help protect you.

[RobinOfKingston]

When someone locates and sues “Rachael, with Cardholder Services” I will know they are serious.” Til then, it is just tinkering around the edges.

By the way, a police whistle kept beside the phone, and blasted into the ear of the person who answers when you “press 3” is a good way of letting them know you’re not interested. It hasn’t gotten her to stop calling, though.

[ilovesarah2012]

Where did you get that information? I can’t find it. I thought it was just a nuisance.

[Morris70]

Cvs. Have to use mail for regular prescriptions.

[Holly_P]

No, it's not different. Whomever is sending you the text doesn't know where you are. If you don't want them "bothering" you, call them and turn off transaction notification. But don't complain when money goes missing from your account via some dubious transaction(s) - and you don't find out about it for six months. Notification really does help protect you.

I didn't say that,"I don't want them bothering me", I said it was stupid and it is. I'm standing there with my receipt in my hand and they text me to say you've just paid your phone bill". Who are they protecting me from? A stranger who is paying my phone bill? Nobody can make "money go missing" from my account, there's no money in it to begin with, the worst that can happen is that somebody else might attempt to pay my bill for me, it's not a bank account.

It sounds as if you're just looking for an argument. Is that your life? Picking apart anything said by anybody else at F.R.? If so, you need to begin to look for someone else to argue with, I have better things to do and I also have the ability to completely ignore anything else from you, so go ahead, have the last word, I can assure you, it will not even be read by me. Your type lives for " having the last word, so, go ahead, have at it and then go away gloating with the thought, "well, I sure let her have it".

[oh8eleven]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Excellence]

Unless you have an unlimited plan, all carriers charge for text messages, usually 5 cents to send and 2 cents to receive.