Callertunes are just waste of money

India
July 18, 2012 8:50am CST
I have many friends who used to active caller tunes in their mobiles by spending about 30Rs per month (It's about 3/4 of a dollar). I feel it is really a waste of money. I wonder what is the need of such a service in our cell phones. Do you used to activate this service ? Or Do you have friends who used to active such caller tunes services ? Don't you feel this is really a waste of money ? What do you think about the service ? Is this really clearing our pockets ? Please share your thoughts !
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22 responses
@akp100 (13640)
• India
18 Jul 12
Hi Wonderboy I never have activated this kind of caller tune on my mobile. What is the meaning of playing our favorite tunes when someone other will call us?! I mean we can't hear it right.. So yes, I don't think it is worthy.. And surely wasting 30rs behind it is not good.. But its people's choice, even I am having few friends who love to pay money for this service. They even change their tunes by spending some extra money in the same month.. so if they like it , its their choice. Personally I will never activate this thing.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
19 Jul 12
Yes.. Even I have such experience.. My service provider also activated without requesting.. That was too frustrating.. I immediately called the customer care and told them about this thing, firs they were not hearing me, then I have to use few hard words, and after that they repay my cut balance to me..
• India
19 Jul 12
Hey dupremo , It is really sad to know that you had lost you balance without any reason. Anyway if such an issue again comes to my number I will just file a petition. I think you can also do the same.
• India
19 Jul 12
I don't like to spent my money for this type of services but some times they get activated by mistakes. Once Such services was activated in my friends mobile. He don't know how it happened. He did not request the activation for the activation of the service. So when when he connect to the customer care he did not find a good reply from them. Did you ever find any unwanted services like caller tunes activated without requesting for it ? How did you deal with it ?
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 12
I had it once when I had it for free then I refused to use it anymore as I don't feel I need to use my money for it. I don't even use my phone that much neither people call me that much too, so I don't think I need it but I know people who like it. It's their money, what to say?? For me it is not necessary at all.(^^)(^^)
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
25 Jul 12
maybe they found it can entertain the caller.(^^) Oh, I really don't know the use of it.(^^) But there are people who I know they use the service and they like it. they just like it and don't mind to spend some money for it.(^^)
• India
19 Jul 12
I wonder why the people use this service. It do not help them in any way. This service do not give them any benefits but still some people used to activate them. Do you have friends who used to activate them ? Don't you used to correct them ?
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
18 Jul 12
I agree, it's just a waste of money. But anyway, it is their money and not mine so be it -lols. As long as no one ask me to pay for their caller tunes, let them subscribe and enjoy -hehehe. I don't subscribe and I am not interested either :P
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• India
18 Jul 12
It is quite good to hear songs when you hear some one but I feel it is not good when we pay for it. I just don't allow my friends not to use such unwanted services and I used to tell them it is better to spent those money to the poor. So that it can be helpful to some one. Do you used to stop you friends to stop using such services ?
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@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
19 Jul 12
Yes, sometimes it is hard to advice especially those who are close to us, as not to spend their money on useless matter, like the caller tunes. Because everyone of us have our own different preference. But for me, i don't have the interest to subscribe to that kind of service either.
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
18 Jul 12
I don't use it either. They are indeed a waste. I rarely even use my phone and I also don't get that much callers a day so I really don't find it of any use to me. Maybe others likes using it and they have extra money to pay for the charge. Well, we just can't blame them if they really like using that kind of service
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• India
19 Jul 12
Sometimes such services gets activated without requesting them. We people don't know how does it happen. We people only see is there is a decrease in our balance. Did you ever experience it ? How did you deal with it ?
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
18 Jul 12
ya for sure and i also have wasted a lot of money and its no use at the end of the day if we dont receive any calls.so after some time i have unsubscribed from it since it sucks money and the auto renewal is yet another frustating feature to go with it and at times i wont get the song which i availed for in callertunes .Later i had to follow up with the customer care.so i decided not to use it afterwards.so its just a style and icon statement but nothing more
• India
19 Jul 12
Caller tunes can make the ones happy who used to get you on you phone but it doesn't bring anything to it. We people have to just pay for the happiness
• India
18 Jul 12
Hi wb, i agree with you, i am also not interested in caller tunes, but i set it for my business purpose, my personal number don't have any caller tunes, but my business number is having the recent hit song as the caller tune, it is for my clients sake. As most of the persons are not interested in hearing the normal ring sound, so always i change the caller tune in my business number based on the trend, but there is no caller tune in my personal number and my wife's number
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• India
18 Jul 12
May be those caller tunes can make the people happy when they call to your number but how do they reflect to your business ? Do you friends used to ring your phone to hear those songs in you phone ? I just used to ring my friends number if they activated the service and I enjoy it.
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• India
19 Jul 12
my clients will call me for the business needs, as we are matured so don't do this kind of silly things like ringing to hear the song. Hope my clients like my song
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jul 12
hi thewonderboy I agree it is a waste of money,. whats f unny here where I am in G old Crest there are manyfifty people with mobiles or cellphones and suddenly fou r or f ive various tunes are going off and since these people some of them have hearing problems it' gets to being funny. now these are retired people and some live on social security and ssi so they are wasting money they really do not have. I do not even own a cell p hones. I have a landline phone.
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• India
19 Jul 12
Caller tune facilities are also made available in the land line phones. Most of the times I just used to receive calls for promoting those caller tune facility on the land line. During those those I just used to disconnect the call.
@veejay19 (3589)
• India
19 Jul 12
Quite a number of my friends and acquaintances do have caller tunes on their phones but i have not gone for any of them because i feel that they are a waste of money.There also are a few wise people like me,haha, who have stuck to the good old ringing tone,which i find quite pleasant.I am a bit old fashioned and believe in sticking to the original and mainly because i save precious money.
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• India
20 Jul 12
Money is precious and they are made by our true efforts. So it is very important to use those precious money in useful manner. So I will not activate such services even it is free for certain days.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
19 Jul 12
Hi wonder, of course subscribe to that kind of service is a waste of money. After all, the service is not really cheap in my area here. That's why, i always advice my siblings and their friends as not to subscribe to that caller tunes service. But what to do, in the end they still seems having the interest to subscribe to it. Hopefully, in future they will realized that service is not really worth their money.
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• India
19 Jul 12
I thinking it is not bad when we activate them if such services are quite cheaper but most of the sim operators pays a lot and I don't allow myself or my sister to activate this service to make other happy.
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
18 Jul 12
i have the same thoughts as you. it really is just a waste of money but I had it for a while without knowing that i did. sometimes these providers give you free stuff even if you don't want them but alas it's only free for a month then they charge you.
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• India
19 Jul 12
Most of the sim operators provide them for such services for free for some days or for some months but later they will charge if we forget to deactivate it. I am a person who used to forget the things quite fast. So I don't just used to activate them even it is free. Do you used to activate those free services ?
@besweet (9431)
• Greece
18 Jul 12
Hi! Yes I had activated this service and I had paid a small amount when I wanted to activate it and then every time I wanted to change the song! I also thought that it was a waste of money and I deactivated it. Many of my friends still use the service but they have older songs and they don't bother changing them any more. So they don't have any additional charges every month. I think that when this service first came out, it was vary famous and everyone had a calling tune! Now the trand has just passed and most people think that it's a waste of money.
@besweet (9431)
• Greece
19 Jul 12
This service only charged a certain amount when we first activated it. Even if they still have it it's not charged any more. So I guess they don't really care if they don't have to pay for it! I will tell them though..
• India
19 Jul 12
At first I was also found of this service and I had activated this for several months. Later I came to find that it is just a waste of our money. So I just deactivated it, not only me my sister too. Don't your ask your friends to deactivate the service ?
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@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
19 Jul 12
I don't think it is necessary for us to have caller tunes. After all, we would have picked up the phone very quickly and the caller would not really hear much of the song. I do have a number of friends and my girlfriend are using caller tunes. I think it is still a waste of money and we should not apply caller tune services if it is not necessary.
• India
20 Jul 12
At first I was surprised to see such a service and I had activated it for many months. Later I understood that it is just a waste of our precious money and after the realization I just stopped the use of it.
@arunr175 (1678)
• India
18 Jul 12
I used to avail this service when caller tunes had started, but after few months I found it to be waste of money and those who ever called me found it to be irritating because they found the normal caller ring to be better than a song ...
@besweet (9431)
• Greece
18 Jul 12
Haha! The same happened to me, when people don't have the same taste in music they might find our ringtones irritating :) It's normal and that's one more reason why I stopped using calling tunes!
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• India
18 Jul 12
I never waste money in those kind of activity.Call tunes is useful for those persons who are receiving our call on the other end will listen the song. Why should we pay for some other person hear the song.
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• India
19 Jul 12
I wonder what is the big difference between a caller tune and a tring tring voice. I just feel it is just a waste of money. Sometimes the sim operators will activate them for free for certain days but still I don't use it because sometimes they can be charged. Did you ever activated free caller tune offers ? Are you worried to do it ?
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@ptrikha_2 (45331)
• India
27 Jul 12
Many of my friends and relatives do use caller tunes. Some have bhajans and devotional songs as their caller tunes. However, personally, I do not like this concept. This seems more of a nuisance to me. Moreover, my mobile sometimes also receives official calls, so I try to avoid caller tunes. Why keep someone waiting and why not get to the called person immediately? And yes, caller tunes do cost money as well.
• India
3 Nov 12
They can really clean our pockets Caller tunes was introduced many years back but not yet I could find any good free offers for it. I I find anything good offer I will surely activate it. What about you ?
@kguru1979 (381)
• India
2 Aug 12
Caller tunes are utter waste of money ... ! I wont put it in my cell phone and I also advice others not to use these kind of waste services from telecom operators....!
• India
3 Nov 12
I is just a waste of our money but I don't find anything fault when we activate it occasionally when we get the offers on caller tunes. Do you find anything wrong when we activate it when we have some special offers for it?
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
20 Jul 12
Its a waste of money for sure. I used to use a app call Background Music in my mobile. this application allows you to add music or sound effect while you are talking on your phone.
• India
25 Jul 12
Well this is an exciting application. I will surely make use of this application if it is totally free and if the application is supported by my phone.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
1 Nov 12
You are absolutely right cell tune means waste of money. We both danger and sweet hubby and me not like to download any celltune and save 30 rs pm. I purchased my mobile 7 years back but still no single time put celltune in my mobile.
• India
3 Nov 12
I had activated it only for twice when it was available for me at a very low cheap cost and along with it my cell operator provided me free for a week. I am quite happy with free offer from the cell operator
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
18 Jul 12
Well, dear friend, I just agree with you. I think that all these downloading services for mobile phones, even if they are cheap in my opinion are all waste of money! I have a smartfphone and unloading only free software that must somehow be useful to me. many times to me is proposed for a few cents to download any software that I will never use. For this reason I abstain to do the download.
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• Philippines
25 Jul 12
I think it is a waste of money too. But there some people who like to purchase this. I do not also understand why. There are some people who are even addicted to this and purchase a lot so that they can change callertunes everyday. But if that's what makes them happy then I guess then it is okay.
• India
25 Jul 12
I just make use of all my efforts to stop such services on my friends mobile and it had helped my friends to save their money a lot. Did you made any such true efforts ? Did they become successful ?