blocking text messages

[Kevin Slater]

I just noticed that Sprint allows you to block specific phone numbers from sending you text messages. (You set it up through your account page via the web.) They also allow you to block text messages altogether, or just to receive them from specified senders. My life just got a little bit better.

 

Kevin Slater

[JoshAB]

My life just got a little bit better.

Why's that Kevin... Do you get spam texts a lot? Or will you be restricting texts to only a select few!

[Kevin Slater]

Why's that Kevin... Do you get spam texts a lot? Or will you be restricting texts to only a select few!

 

A select few: those who tend to text 47 times starting at 4 am asking whether my right nut or left nut is bigger or could the suck me off for $15. It's a very small group that causes the same problems over and over. Chatting with my friends in the biz, the same guys tend to text them as well. But they never seem able to answer their phone if you call them back...

 

Kevin Slater

[Guest AndrewJames]

I don't miss that guy

 

A select few: those who tend to text 47 times starting at 4 am asking whether my right nut or left nut is bigger or could the suck me off for $15. It's a very small group that causes the same problems over and over. Chatting with my friends in the biz, the same guys tend to text them as well. But they never seem able to answer their phone if you call them back...

 

Kevin Slater

 

I somehow got him to stop a while ago. I hated his time wasting tactics. I called him on it a couple times in a row, on his first message and he lost my number.

[josephga]

I ended up turning my text messaging off with at&t over a year ago. guys would pull that crap. asking how much for a 30 minute massage? asking if id jerk them off for 25.00, asking if they can come over suck me off for 30 bucks

[+ Lucky]

A local masseur offers that service- he will jack you off for $70 in a 20 minute session, or $90 for 30 minutes. Sounds like easy money, but I can do it myself for free.

[josephga]

theres allot of masseurs I know that will take those clients. get them on the table jerk them off send them out the door 20 minutes later. I dont want those clients. if the therapeutic aspects isn't important I dont want them here.

[JoshAB]

A select few: those who tend to text 47 times starting at 4 am asking whether my right nut or left nut is bigger

 

Well... which is bigger, the left or the right one? Now you got us all curious. ;-b

 

My recommendation is make all of America use the Blackberry Storm (touch screen). It's the biggest piece of crap EVER and impossible to type on. You'll never get another text again!

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[Romann]

Does anyone know if AT&T offers this feature? I would pay for it!

[josephga]

I'm with at&t they told me my only option was too have texting turned off. that was over a year ago I haven't checked lately. looks like they could offer a feature to let us block phone numbers we don't want coming in.. I created files on my phone and named them banned 1 banned 2 and so on. I put those types of clients numbers in those files. if that file name rings I know to never answer.

[rvwnsd]

Does anyone know if AT&T offers this feature? I would pay for it!

 

If AT&T still does not offer that service, you could check your phone's manual and see if you can block texts from phone numbers that are not in your address book. This would prevent any new client from texting you, but at least you would filter out unwanted texts.

[Guest Chuck Ikon]

I believe you will have to argue with them about it...but they do offer text message disabling. That is what I did. I don't use it. I've also heard with some companies you have to decide at the beginning of service if you would like text messaging or not. I think its all BS because they want to sell the service. I might not be the sharpest tool in the shed but it seems to me if they can turn it on they should be able to turn it off.

[Romann]

I remember when text message was a free feature but with it's popularity over the past 5 plus years, now most plans charge 20.00 for unlimited texting which just blows my mind. Just another attempt to squeeze dimes out of everyone for something that is very common and honestly, VERY inexpensive for the cell carriers to supply.

 

I believe you will have to argue with them about it...but they do offer text message disabling. That is what I did. I don't use it. I've also heard with some companies you have to decide at the beginning of service if you would like text messaging or not. I think its all BS because they want to sell the service. I might not be the sharpest tool in the shed but it seems to me if they can turn it on they should be able to turn it off.

[Romann]

Thank you for that info. I had an old phone that had a text message block list and I would enter numbers from callers who continually bothered me for whatever reason in the middle of the night (3 and 4AM in the morning) but it didn't seem to work so I quit maintaining it.

 

I love my text messaging too much to shut down but there should be a way for the owner to manage it in a way that allows anyone to prevent texts coming from unwanted parties. This makes sense to me because if I'm paying for the service and cell phones are still considered "private lines", I should be able to allow or not allow whom ever I choose but that's just me.

 

If AT&T still does not offer that service, you could check your phone's manual and see if you can block texts from phone numbers that are not in your address book. This would prevent any new client from texting you, but at least you would filter out unwanted texts.

[rvwnsd]

I have a Blackberry from Sprint and my plan includes unlimited text messages. Maybe it is time for you to switch.