18 December 2009

My itchy finger

Last night when filling out an online survey, a "mobile fun4 hours" ad popped up in the form of a quiz that wouldn't go away.

Unable to navigate to the next page where the actual survey was, I devised an ingenious plan to "pretend enter" the quiz with a totally random mobile number that is so random in nature no one in Australia would be its proud owner.

But as soon as I did that, I regretted it.

Because I may have just signed someone up for "a diverse range of mobile content and entertainment including music, games, video, information services, graphics and applications."

All for the very cheap price of 2x $6.90 upon joining and an ongoing subscription fee of $6.90 every 3 days.



OH BOY... What did I get myself into...


Imagine my amplified horror upon finding out that this supposedly imaginary mobile number isn't so random after all! It actually has a proper owner who wants to get to rid of it. "This account is up for sale and if you are interested, please contact me on 04xx xxx xxx" said the voicemail at 11:30pm.

Immediately this terrible sense of sorry and guilt for what I've done so inconsiderately washed over me... I felt sick to the stomach.

Realizing that there was absolutely nothing I could do except to tell God about it, I began praying. After prayer I felt more peaceful but none the less sorry. I began writing an email to Mobile fun4 hours' helpdesk explaining what happened and what a thoughtless mistake it was.

Followed by a draggy night of sleep.

The next morning I nervously dialed the phone number to Mobile fun4 hours' helpdesk. Cutting the story short, apparently subscriptions are double 'locked' to avoid acts of stupidity like mine. What a huge relief! God answered my prayer and saved me from a potential disaster!

No more itchy fingers in the future!

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