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[Announcement] BIG NEWS: You can now text shortcodes! 🎉
Hi I gather from a few other posts that these are not possible at the moment!
I found this in some information blurb from SMARTY -
" At some point you'll be able to send other kinds of messages which will be chargeable. This will include premium-rate texts and short-codes, which are used for entering competitions, buying ringtones and voting on reality TV shows, and paying for parking."
As other people say they don't indicate when this will be available! I agree with the others that it should be no problem with a decent quality service!
I too, like some other people may well be switching to another provider which doesn't have this problem!
I am unable to send texts for radio/tv competitions
Any update?
I can not even send a text to check the balance on a gift card!!!
SMARTY doesn't support texting to premium numbers at the moment.
As for the call, they are not free of charge, please see below.
"Chargeable calls with SMARTY
Calls to service numbers that start with 084 or 087 are chargeable and will require an out of plan add-on to be applied to your SMARTY account in advance."
Any news on this, as its very frustrating. My wife wants to leave Smarty as its causing her a problem.
Hi, are there any plans to allow texting to premium rate numbers? Today I received a fraud check text from my bank and was unable to respond to it as ot was from a 5 digit number starting 85...
I hsve this problem too!
Can’t reply to any five digit number even when the sender says I can do it for free, like Barclays or Ocado.
Why can't this be enabled for texts as well?
I have spotted in the app under the heading, add-ons where you can add credit to your account specifically for premium calls. I guess this is what you use for both calls or texts to competition lines, register votes for shows like Strictly Come Dancing, numbers like 0845 & 0870 plus other things. It also suggests this credit pretty much stays with you until you finish it up. You can add £5, £10 or £15 to your account.
Please could Smarty admin confirm that what I have said is correct?
I have added £5 on add-on but still can't text competitions, SMARTY you really do need to sort this out and not keep promising it's coming soon.........
Hey, if you have the out of plan add-on you will be able to call premium rate numbers not not text shot-codes. It is something we are aware banks use so it is something we are looking into.
There is a setting in Android, assuming you use Android that turns premium messaging on or off. Something in the back of my mind tells me there could be a setting in Smarty so its worth investing there also.
