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Thread ID: 75531 2007-01-02 02:31:00 trademe banner ad-get paid to receive texts:scam or not? lance4k (4644) PC World Chat
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512006 2007-01-05 05:36:00 I got that too, funny thing is, if they havent started, how has all that money that they say at the top of the site been given out? :confused: Dannz (1668)
512007 2007-01-06 10:27:00 Hey isn't there a pretty big chance that they'd just send you very few txts so they don't have to pay you at all? They did say :
Payments will be made monthly and will only be made after accumulated totals reach predetermined amounts of $2.50, $5.00 and $10.00.

Just my opinion.. i don't give out my mobile number to companies lol
BoWzA (11709)
512008 2007-01-06 10:34:00 It depends on how they are getting paid for their service
(1) On a per text basis - they would then want to send out as many as possible
(2) Fixed Rate - where there would be an amount where revanue is maximised.

Im guessing from the statments on their site, that it is the second.
noone (22)
512009 2007-01-06 10:39:00 Either way the trick is to limit outgoings, so if your not stopped at $2.40 worth of texts then you will be at $4.90. With a few real payouts to a select few people for the sake of marketing.

The vast majority of people will get nothing apart from spam, Still, They did offer FREE MONEY, who would have thunk otherwise?
Metla (12)
512010 2007-01-06 21:19:00 Either way the trick is to limit outgoings, so if your not stopped at $2.40 worth of texts then you will be at $4.90. With a few real payouts to a select few people for the sake of marketing.

The vast majority of people will get nothing apart from spam, Still, They did offer FREE MONEY, who would have thunk otherwise?
So in other words... they win, we loose. :p (except for those select few)
Dannz (1668)
512011 2007-01-06 23:45:00 Unless they stop sending you texts when you at $2.40 credit, they will have to pay you out sometime - even if it is only in $2.50 installments. noone (22)
512012 2007-01-07 00:57:00 Bah waste of time, as Mets said, you won't get paid very often (if at all)... and I hate crap like that... I hate the T/C rubbish that sends every now and then, I will hate this even more... The_End_Of_Reality (334)
512013 2007-01-07 19:41:00 If their revenue is from sending out txts why would they go to the trouble of not sending discounts and things to people who have $2 . 40?

:waughh:

Cheers,
gooman
gooman (11710)
512014 2007-01-08 12:24:00 Time will tell ;) Chilling_Silence (9)
512015 2007-01-23 22:16:00 I've received two of these messages so far -one yesterday evening, one just arrived now. techie (7177)
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