240 Thousand Free from Three

OK, now this is hilarious. Stick with me on this one, it's worth it.

I have one of the 3 Skype Phones, which is basically a cellphone that has the Skype service installed on it. The result being you can use the 3 mobile broadband network to make free Skype phone calls. The handset is a regular prepaid cellphone service also, but I don't use it for that.

Anyway, the point of the matter is this. I just recharged the service to have some credit for the next two months, which is all I need to be able to make free Skype calls. :)

I logged into the 3 webpage using the handset to check the account balance, and noticed that it said I had 240 THOUSAND, yes that is 240,000 free SMS's remaining!!!

Now, I know I am supposed to get 240 free SMS's for the recharge period. I figured the webpage was just displaying the value wrong. So I sent an SMS and checked again... 239,999 remaining. OMG!!! One more SMS just to be sure... 239,998. WOO HOOOOO!!!

See for yourself!!! (click for larger pic)


Now, do the math. 3 charges 25 cents per SMS. 240 thousand SMS's are therefore valued at $60K. That's right, SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. (insert Dr Evil laugh here).

W00t!

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