“AT&T sent text messages to its customers on Thursday offering 1,000 free rollover minutes,” Todd Haselton reports for BGR.
“The message specifically said: ‘There’s no cost or obligation to you. It’s our way of saying thank you. To have your minutes added, reply ‘YES,’ by 9/7/2011,'” Haselton reports.
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How about 1000 free texts instead? Heck, 100 and I, personally, would be set!
why don’t you give me roll over data! Something I can actually USE.
AT&T lost any chance of getting my business when the eliminated the budget texting plans.
I hope Apple acquires their own network and crushes AT&T to bits.
you’re from san francisco orange-u? or as we call it here in “my at&t and iphone 4 anttenae works perfectly”-land –“san-fraaaan” or “frisco” or “oakland’s toilet…….(wait do we call it that?…..anybody?….no?……………….) ok, then just
” ‘FRISSSSScooooooooooooo”
I didn’t get that text message. 🙁
That’s because your using AT&T—IRONICALLY!!!!!!
–just kidding :o} (see previous snark)
I didn’t get it 🙁 suppose I’ll have to deal with 12k rollover minutes instead of 13k.
GREEKS: ” Here’s 1000 free rollover minutes. No cost or obligation to you. It’s our way of saying thanks…”
TROJANS: “Uhh, ok thanks. Park it over there.”
You know, I had the same thought…except the “GREEKS” part….and the the part about the TROJANS……but otherwise EXACT SAME THOUGHT!!!!
What’s the real catch…
meaningless.
Apparently I’m not a valued customer because I didn’t get the text. Must be because I complain too often about the crappy service and always log when a call gets dropped using their app. They must be tired of hearing from me so I’m no longer valued.
I declined the offer. Primarily because I already have over 5000 minutes (and that’s in a year on a 550 min program). Secondly because it would set me up for more spam from AT&T.
If it had been something useful like free upgrade to 2gb datathen definitely.
No catch. I got the message, replied “yes” and I got the minutes. This is the second time they have done this for me. I have the 700 minute family plan. I don’t know if that makes a difference.
“‘There’s no cost or obligation to you. It’s our way of saying thank you.”
This offer comes on the heals of the DOJ suing AT&T over the T-Mobile merger.
Perhaps I am being paranoid, but I declined because I was wondering whether the extra minutes would be deemed as a change in my plan and therefore a tacit agreement to give up my unlimited data…
Bravo Black Omega
Not that the AT&T offer is bogus–but the responses in this thread is a good breakdown of the kinds of people who susceptible to viruses and malware.
And so I’ve constructed this theory:
“The complexity and effectiveness of a computer virus is inversely proportional to the users stupidity”
It is my theory, it belongs to me, it is mine….
I got the text too. I agree. Nice, but kinda useless for me. Maybe this is AT&T trying to be nice so we stay with them when/if Sprint releases the iPhone.
And all the clouds look like rain, don’t they? Everyone wants stuff for free but when it is available they wonder what is the catch. The sun will come out tomorrow…..
I didnt get one :/
Especially meaningless because if you downgrade your rate plan (e.g. to pay less per month while you use up your accumulated rollover minutes) then they steal back (“cap”) all said rollover minutes above the new plan monthly minutes. Eg if you are on a 700 min plan and accumulate 2000 rollovers, then if you downgrade plan to 550 intending to use the banked rollovers, they will steal back all but 550 of them so you’re screwed. This makes the whole rollover concept pretty meaningless and just a scam. Like the mortgage scam banksters and the fossil fuel criminals who happily undermine the very basis of Western Enlightenment epistemology to protect their profit streams, these people should be imprisoned, shot, regulated into submission, or all of the above.
I downgraded from 1400 to 700 min family plan and promptly lost all my rollovers (about 8,000 mins). I called AT&T and politely asked if they could give them back. The rep said that customer service was authorized to give up to 5,000 back upon request, then without any issues added them back to my account. Since I have never actually used any rollover minutes, no harm, no foul, at least for me. (I never use more than 200-300 minutes a month, using text far more than calls. I keep the 700 “just in case” and I think it’s the minimum for a family plan.)
Just a PR stunt.
I can’t wait to get rid of ATT once and for all when iPhone 5 comes out later this year! Good by to bad service.
Thought I didn’t get the message, but then I looked and found it on my wife’s iPhone. – family plan
Like others have mentioned, as a longtime AT&T subscriber, I didn’t receive a text message about the free 1,000 rollover minutrs. But according to another Twitter post earlier today, if you didn’t get the text message from AT&T, you can text “yes” to 1113020 to get the free rollover minutes.
So I texted “yes” to 11113020 this morning, and right away I received a text reply back, indicating that I’ll receive the 1,000 bonus rollover minutes once they confirm the validity of my mobile account. That was several hours ago and I still haven’t received the confirmation. But I seem to recall a similar delay when AT&T offered the same free 1,000 rollover minutes last year. So I believe I’ll eventually get them (it’s just a matter of when).
Hope that helps. 🙂
We did not get any stinking offer from AT&T
I also got nothing. 3 iPhones, unlimited text, 700 minutes family plan. Nada, nothing, they must want more than my $200 plus every month. 🙁
No text, but I did text yes to 11113020 and got a reply stating that I will get the 1000 mins
Thanks NixonN, did the same and they replied I would get the 1000 upon confirmation of my account. Don’t really need the minutes now, but it never hurts having them
Considering I have something like 40 hours of rollover minutes accumulated, I’m not all that excited about getting another 16 hours. Now, 1,000 free texts would be nice.
I can’t wait to get free rollover minutes