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Starscream122

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#225970 13-Dec-2017 15:03

Hi Team

Why am I getting all this advertisement

the other day I got a text from countdown and I don't even have a onecard

when I looked up the shortcode 5282 it comes up as ''Burst SMS - Hyundai''

now it's about hair.. I recently went to rodney wayne for a

hair color and they wanted my contact phone number it looks like they have passed on my number to a third party for the purpose of advertising.

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#1919109 13-Dec-2017 15:17

Reply ' Stop ' or contact the company sending the SMS not sure why you just did not edit the other thread you started, Quicker than starting 2 threads

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#1919122 13-Dec-2017 15:24

Yeah I know I can reply Stop. And oops I must have double posted or something happened I deleted the other post.

This is I never asked for these advertisements and it costs me $0.20 to unsubscribe

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#1919123 13-Dec-2017 15:29

Vodafone NZ has a list of Shortcode vendors on it's site with 0800 / 0508 numbers to call search ' Premium SMS '

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#1919125 13-Dec-2017 15:31

If you went to Rodney Wayne for a Hair colour I am sure you can afford the 20 cents to unsubscribe

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#1919126 13-Dec-2017 15:32

I looked up the number for this shortcode and called it and I get ''The number you have called is either not allocated or is temporarily unavailable''

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#1919128 13-Dec-2017 15:33

Starscream122:

Yeah I know I can reply Stop. And oops I must have double posted or something happened I deleted the other post.

This is I never asked for these advertisements and it costs me $0.20 to unsubscribe

pretty sure they cant charge you to unsubscribe, its against the law

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#1919129 13-Dec-2017 15:36

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2007/0007/latest/DLM405207.html?search=sw_096be8ed815139a0_cost_25_se&p=1&sr=1

Section 11, para 1 sub para (d)

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#1919134 13-Dec-2017 15:43

Jase2985:

Starscream122:

Yeah I know I can reply Stop. And oops I must have double posted or something happened I deleted the other post.

This is I never asked for these advertisements and it costs me $0.20 to unsubscribe

pretty sure they cant charge you to unsubscribe, its against the law

When I looked up the shortcode it said 20 cents to send to this number and free to receive

I also got a text from Auckland Council wanting feedback on a call I made to them.. It charged me $0.20 to opt out.

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#1919161 13-Dec-2017 16:15

read the act above

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#1919235 13-Dec-2017 18:45

My number was added to the mailing by mistake I managed to find a number to contact them on and I unsubscribed.