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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I AM a long-time SingTel mobile subscriber and I cannot accept that the company has to resort to such gimmicks.
On Dec 5, I received an SMS advertisement where I was required to reply 'Y' to indicate my consent to enjoy 30 days' free subscription to greet callers with my favourite songs. I did not reply as I had no interest in it.
On Wednesday, I received another SMS from SingTel telling me that my free subscription had started and I would be charged $4.28 a month after the free trial.
I am upset because my silence was taken as consent to the free trial and subsequently to being charged if I did not unsubscribe manually.
My question is, if my callers had not told me of the different ring tone, would I have known about it? How many of us actually call our own mobile numbers? Angela Low (Ms)
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I AM a long-time SingTel mobile subscriber and I cannot accept that the company has to resort to such gimmicks.
On Dec 5, I received an SMS advertisement where I was required to reply 'Y' to indicate my consent to enjoy 30 days' free subscription to greet callers with my favourite songs. I did not reply as I had no interest in it.
On Wednesday, I received another SMS from SingTel telling me that my free subscription had started and I would be charged $4.28 a month after the free trial.
I am upset because my silence was taken as consent to the free trial and subsequently to being charged if I did not unsubscribe manually.
My question is, if my callers had not told me of the different ring tone, would I have known about it? How many of us actually call our own mobile numbers? Angela Low (Ms)
