If you’re an Optus pre-paid customer, make sure you take advantage of their “Big Weekend” promotion this weekend. If you spend $30 or more recharging, you’ll get $50 of bonus credit for free. More »
The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
Those poor Africans. When they want to use their credit cards to go on a spending spree at Bloomingdale’s, they just can’t do it because there aren’t enough phone lines to handle all those credit card transactions. That’s where this Siemens BiasharaPhone MTT 1581 might bring African countries, specifically Kenya, into the 21st century.
Smart Card maker GK Power has been contracted by Dubai First Bank to produce 1,000 diamond-packing credit cards for their most affluent clients. While the deal cost the bank $175,000 just in materials, we’re more interested in the conversation when some guy loses his card. More »
If you purchased an iPhone on a credit card with a price protection plan, you can call them up and see if they will honour their return policy protection with the iPhone price drop. In our case, we’ve personally confirmed that American Express is offering the drop. All you have to do is call their return number.
As long as you’re under the 90 days that their plan covers (which is everybody right now), just call 800-297-8019 and tell them that you’re inquiring about the iPhone price drop. They should know what you’re talking about, since they’ve been getting so many calls the past two days. The service representative we spoke to was extremely nice, only asking for some details like when you purchased the phone, whether you bought it at an Apple store, and how much you paid for it.
The rep said it wasn’t usually covered under their plan, but since they love their customers so much, they’re going to honor it this time. And that’s why we love American Express. [Amex]
