Men Chase Texting Record, Get Record Bill

[cleverlymadeup]

Next they'll be trying to say that $0.02 is the same as 0.02¢.

actually there is a difference between the 2, i think you mean $0.02 and 2¢ cause 0.02¢ is 2 one hundredths of a cent

 

[CyberKnight]

Most cell phone companies charge for both incoming and outgoing text messages, so add the other guy's 70,000 then take out the 100,000 and you have roughly 110,000 which is pretty close to the 130,000 estimate, perhaps maybe a nickle more per text.

Good call, I forgot about the double-dipping they do by charging the sender and the recipient for the text message. (Charging for receipt really ticks me off, especially when I get text message spam...)

Next they'll be trying to say that $0.02 is the same as 0.02¢.

actually there is a difference between the 2, i think you mean $0.02 and 2¢ cause 0.02¢ is 2 one hundredths of a cent

You missed the reference. Head on over to VerizonMath.com [http://www.verizonmath.com/], where you can listen in wonder as the Verizon customer service manager proclaims that the difference between $0.002 and 0.002¢ is a "matter of opinion".

 

[Miral]

Most cell phone companies charge for both incoming and outgoing text messages, so add the other guy's 70,000 then take out the 100,000 and you have roughly 110,000 which is pretty close to the 130,000 estimate, perhaps maybe a nickle more per text.

Seriously? Wow, makes me glad I don't live in the US. We don't put up with that kind of thing here. Charging for received messages is just insane. (But a good scam if the vendor can get you to agree to it, I guess.)