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bex - 26 Jun 2004 04:53 GMT

I've been getting the weather.com vtext alert for quite some time; it had
been listed on the vtext.com site as "free until [date]". Incidentally this
date kept getting pushed back several months, and I've never seen a charge
on my bill, but I think it was listed at $3.95/month after the "free"
period. Of course I paid the per-message received of $0.02, but that cost
is negligible to me. I thought I remembered other alerts as having a
monthly cost attributed to each one, which I can no longer find on the
vtext.com site. My question: Was there a change, such that all one pays is
the receipt for any txt alert? (I have a v60 phone, so no GIN.)

Rebecca

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Elector - 26 Jun 2004 12:51 GMT

> I've been getting the weather.com vtext alert for quite some time; it had
> been listed on the vtext.com site as "free until [date]". Incidentally this
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>
> Rebecca

They are on the http://www.verizonwireless.com web site. Hopefully you
signed up for online access to your account? If not you can always
sign up when you are there. After your account is signed up you then
log in.
After logging in, go to 'Acct Maintenance" then "Features" and you
will see the Text Message packages and the Mobile Web etc.
Hope that helped?

Elector

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bex - 26 Jun 2004 18:04 GMT

> > I've been getting the weather.com vtext alert for quite some time;
> it had
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> will see the Text Message packages and the Mobile Web etc.
> Hope that helped?

No, it didn't help. I am not asking about Mobile Web nor text message
packages (100 for $, etc). I am asking specifically about the **text alerts
found on vtext.com**. These used to have a monthly cost associated with
them, but now I don't see any price, so I want to know if they are now free
(plus the 2 cents to receive each one). I didn't think I could have made it
any more clear the first time......

Rebecca

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Elector - 26 Jun 2004 18:15 GMT

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> No, it didn't help. I am not asking about Mobile Web nor text message
> packages (100 for $, etc). I am asking specifically about the **text alerts
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>
> Rebecca

Get a grip. From your own post which above cannot be too clear as in:
"so I want to know if they are now free (plus the 2 cents to receive
each one)".
If they were free there would not be a cost of .02? to receive.

Text messages have other then a promo; like that stupid weather alert
have been done via packages. Mobile Web in the $6.99 price came with
100 alerts etc. I know of no free bundles of text messages and no
where at the http://www.vtext.com does it say that other than for
sending through Vtext you may send to any cell phone or email etc.
from that site for free but the costs of .02? is still borne by the
receiver unless they also have purchased a plan or block of text
messages.
Hence my sending you to the proper site to see the price for text
messaging. With or without mobile web.
I hope that was crystal clear to you?

Elector

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Elector - 26 Jun 2004 18:30 GMT

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> Get a grip. From your own post which above cannot be too clear as in:
> "so I want to know if they are now free (plus the 2 cents to receive
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>
> Elector

Follow-up to self:

And if you look at the fact that via paying for the text message
packages it is still not free. You can sign up at many sites "Yahoo,
MSN, Verizon, The weather channel, and loads of other sites to have
text messages sent to your mobile phone. The sending from that service
is free, it costs you to receive as in your earlier listing of .02? to
receive. Which is not free.

Elector

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Dean - 26 Jun 2004 21:22 GMT

PLONK.

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> > > I've been getting the weather.com vtext alert for quite some time;
> > it had
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>
> Rebecca

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bex - 27 Jun 2004 00:58 GMT

> PLONK.

Excuse me??? I was a regular poster in this group until my ISP decided the
whole east coast should be without service for over two months. Anyone
remember me, "Rebecca"? So this is how I'm welcomed back?

All I want to know is if the monthly fee for a vtext alert from vtext.com
such as, say, CNN news, AP wire, or horoscopes, or whatever (no, I don't
want horoscopes) is no longer applicable. The monthly fee. The monthly
fee. Yes, for heaven's sake, I know that I pay 2 cents for each received
message. That isn't what I was asking about. I'm asking about the monthly
fee.

Sigh.
Rebecca

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Elector - 27 Jun 2004 14:15 GMT

> > PLONK.
>
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> Sigh.
> Rebecca

Again, the only monthly fee is what I told was on the
http://www.verizonwireless.com and that was for text bundles. Let me
see if I can again get this so you understand.

You go to the text personalization's link on the http://www.vtext.com
site and sign up for (Free) alerts.

You pay for each alert at .02? that is received, unless you have
purchased a text messaging package at $2.99, $3.99, $6.99, and up.
Which gives you a number of send and receive alerts under that paid
for number. Or if they are bundled with mobile web. (No one said you
have to get mobile web some message alerts are included with that
service).

Last time, "No Monthly Fee to set up text alerts" "You pay for them by
the send/receive .025? & .02? UNLESS YOU BUY THE PACKAGED BUNDLES.

Elector

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Bob Scheurle - 29 Jun 2004 00:05 GMT

>Last time, "No Monthly Fee to set up text alerts" "You pay for them by
>the send/receive .025¢ & .02¢ UNLESS YOU BUY THE PACKAGED BUNDLES.

It's only 10 cents to send a TXT message. See:
[http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/featuredetail.jsp?item=planFirst&featur
eType=incl&featureId=1847]

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Elector - 29 Jun 2004 00:17 GMT

::>Last time, "No Monthly Fee to set up text alerts" "You pay for them by
::>the send/receive .025¢ & .02¢ UNLESS YOU BUY THE PACKAGED BUNDLES.
::
::It's only 10 cents to send a TXT message. See:
::[http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/featuredetail.jsp?item=planFirst&featur
eType=incl&featureId=1847]

Hi Bob:

I was referring to the International Txt. Sorry. Yep its .10¢ to send and .02¢ to receive for
domestic.

Elector

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The Ghost of General Lee - 28 Jun 2004 06:13 GMT

>All I want to know is if the monthly fee for a vtext alert from vtext.com
>such as, say, CNN news, AP wire, or horoscopes, or whatever (no, I don't
>want horoscopes) is no longer applicable. The monthly fee.

Maybe you are a bit confused. I don't ever recall a monthly fee for
any of the text messaging services on vtext.com. I used a couple of
them for a while and was only billed the $.02/message.

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Elector - 28 Jun 2004 11:35 GMT

> >All I want to know is if the monthly fee for a vtext alert from vtext.com
> >such as, say, CNN news, AP wire, or horoscopes, or whatever (no, I don't
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> any of the text messaging services on vtext.com. I used a couple of
> them for a while and was only billed the $.02/message.

Which is exactly what we have said "over and over" and when you tell
this person that they really are not free since they are part of a
package or plan, the poster goes on and on about her simple question.

Elector

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CharlesH - 28 Jun 2004 18:12 GMT

>> >All I want to know is if the monthly fee for a vtext alert from
>vtext.com
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>this person that they really are not free since they are part of a
>package or plan, the poster goes on and on about her simple question.

Hold on... I remember going to the vtext web site when it first came
up as a distinct site, and they DEFINITELY had "premium" messaging
products, such as mentioned above with a monthly charge, much like
GetItNow subscriptions. This was completely separate from the $0.02/msg
and the monthly message bundles. And local weather was one of them, with
a special promotion that not only didn't charge for the service, but the
messages delivery was free. I sent e-mail to their "contact us" site,
to clarify the distinction between the monthly charge for the service
and the message delivery charge for this "weather" promotion, and they
confirmed that message delivery was free with this particular promotion.

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Elector - 28 Jun 2004 22:51 GMT

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> Hold on... I remember going to the vtext web site when it first came
> up as a distinct site, and they DEFINITELY had "premium" messaging
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> and the message delivery charge for this "weather" promotion, and they
> confirmed that message delivery was free with this particular promotion.

There are some free content on the site in question. The weather was
one of them and some movie review was another and also a news alert,
which are now chargeable after a certain time frame.

Verizon went to an all cost txt message system in that it is better to
charge for these and make more money then to give them as free alerts.
They sell a bundle of alerts for $$$ number of alerts. They can be 150
to 1,000's and they also took away that free txt message to
International Sites and charge .25? to send and .02? to receive. This
is not covered by the bundle packages or free alerts. More greed on
the cell phone companies part.

Elector

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