Don
Belleville,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, May 29, 2006
Mainly, the charges are valid, and your carrier had your permission to add the charges to your bill becuase they had your consent. If you go to the Flycell website (or every other 3rd party content sites), it shows the charges, and that you are signing up for a subscription. Similar to a magazine that offers you the first 4 issues for free (like Sports Illustrated), they will keep sending you magazines and will charge you for them. When you downloaded anything from flycell, you had to agree to the terms and conditions, giving flycell and your carrier the right to add to your bill. I would recommend that you ask your carrier to block the 3rd party sites. They can do that for you, but you have to ask.
Don
Belleville,#3Consumer Comment
Mon, May 29, 2006
Mainly, the charges are valid, and your carrier had your permission to add the charges to your bill becuase they had your consent. If you go to the Flycell website (or every other 3rd party content sites), it shows the charges, and that you are signing up for a subscription. Similar to a magazine that offers you the first 4 issues for free (like Sports Illustrated), they will keep sending you magazines and will charge you for them. When you downloaded anything from flycell, you had to agree to the terms and conditions, giving flycell and your carrier the right to add to your bill. I would recommend that you ask your carrier to block the 3rd party sites. They can do that for you, but you have to ask.
Don
Belleville,#4Consumer Comment
Mon, May 29, 2006
Mainly, the charges are valid, and your carrier had your permission to add the charges to your bill becuase they had your consent. If you go to the Flycell website (or every other 3rd party content sites), it shows the charges, and that you are signing up for a subscription. Similar to a magazine that offers you the first 4 issues for free (like Sports Illustrated), they will keep sending you magazines and will charge you for them. When you downloaded anything from flycell, you had to agree to the terms and conditions, giving flycell and your carrier the right to add to your bill. I would recommend that you ask your carrier to block the 3rd party sites. They can do that for you, but you have to ask.
Alma
Menlo Park,#5Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 29, 2006
Here, in CA there is a law, protecting consumers from this kind of scam. Check with the Public Utility Comission of your state about your state's law. (Do an on-line search for : state name+ "public utility comission". Then look for "telecom". Check for info, contact number/e-mail. If nothing else, you can get somebody who can tell you your state's law, where you can complain, etc. CA costumers can do a direct on-line search for: UCAN+ringtone to read about this issue. What to do, how to do.