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Psychic TV where you pay £1.55 a text to ask a question.
potatolegs
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In the early hours this morning I noticed that there was a programme on one of the sky channels called this and it had 2 pretty girls presenting (one which was "psychic") and people were sending in texts by the dozen asking questions like "does he still love me?" and "will I get the job I was just interviewed for?".
Then the lady just had a bunch of cards and picked a random one and gave these really horrendous "readings" LOL, I mean seriously how the heck can people believe this lady over the TV can know what is going to happen to them by reading a text!
There's even a forum online where people are getting depressed because their readings are not what they want to hear.
That show must make a killing.
Any one ever watched this show?
It's funny because it's so shit !
Then the lady just had a bunch of cards and picked a random one and gave these really horrendous "readings" LOL, I mean seriously how the heck can people believe this lady over the TV can know what is going to happen to them by reading a text!
There's even a forum online where people are getting depressed because their readings are not what they want to hear.
That show must make a killing.
Any one ever watched this show?
It's funny because it's so shit !
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wow, that makes babestation look like value for money
Same for those babestation type channels.
Many people will not have any pyschic abilities but cash in and give the gifted ones a bad name.
My fav call was someone who rang up to ask about work + the psychic went on for 5 mins about the problems he was having at the office in great detail - the politics, the people, + when she finally let the caller get a word in he said: 'Actually I'm unemployed'.
Yeah, I'm disappointed at the lack of post-industrial occult psychedelia in this thread.
I don't know if the rules have tightened up now but I liked how you used to be able to text in anything, within reason, and it would be guaranteed to be read out. It was good (but expensive) fun inoffensively winding up those bimbo presenters! Thankfully, I have more of a life now.
I texted the show and also sent in a voicemail a few times and got them read out. Out of the 8 times I got readings only 4 of them were spot on/accurate. Recently it seems they have tightened the rules and seem to be very restricted which puts a lot of people out of pocket, maybe a change in management? it used to be a half decent show but not so much now. If you see their facebook page its littered with disgruntled viewers not getting their messages read.
If your thinking of messaging this show I wouldnt bother! spend your money on a proper psychic for an hour session and you will get more out of it than just a 2 minute reading which usually comes across wishy washy and not straight to the point.
Defiantly a stupid thing to do in my opinion. Can't beleive anyone with half a brain could fall for this type of scam.
I had half a brain at the time, so sorry
As for scams, this is NO different to calling 118118 and related scam numbers
How much do THEY charge for a simple directory enquiries question per minute plus plus and who in their right mind in this day and age would EVER call them and who actually OWNS them
eta, I found the answer
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Really? I remember a friend calling 118 and getting lumbered with an Indian person who didnt know where my mate was on about, how hard is it to locate London Zoo? he gave up and googled it on a library computer while on the go in the end.