Dear Hutch,
I know you have a shop in Banshankari 3rd stage. And I have no reason to visit that place. So please don’t send me a message every day about it. I don’t follow cricket. I don’t want to download instant scores. I don’t watch movies either. So the sms messages asking me to download uppi dada MBBS ringtones doesn’t make sense. My astrologer is my boss and my dad. If they are happy, I am happy. That’s it. I don’t want to know what my future is. Nokia has provided me with enough ringtones. I don’t want to download bluffmaster ringtones. I dont want to meet Sonu Nigam at Bishop Cotton. I dont want a special date. No one special is waiting anywhere for me. Everyone who knows me has my contact no. Thank you very much. Please have mercy on me and stop sending me text messages.
-A Hutch Subscriber who is clueless how to unsubscribe to these text messages!
on 15 Dec 2005 at 10:17 am # Srivat
Ferrari,
Same here.Except that there is no ‘meet Sonu Nigam’ messages.But ‘Participate in XYZ quiz by answering this question and be a lucky winner’.In case if you find out how to unsubscribe, let me know.Its frustrating when I get a message saying download exciting ring tones of S.A. Rajkumar’s composition for Rs 6 per minute.huh.
on 15 Dec 2005 at 10:26 am # Boo
Amen to that! And what about contacts getting automatically included in the address book? How intruding is that?
on 15 Dec 2005 at 10:44 am # vee-jay
Try calling up Hutch Customer Care and unsubscribe to all these SMS alerts (You may have to call more than once) But from what you have said above, I think Hutch customers are lucky, because Airtel includes these messages as well
- At least 6-8 reminders every month asking us to pay our bills
- Towns which have been recently added to Airtel coverage, India’s largest mobile network (This is more of a boasting SMS and the frequency is at least once a week)
- CUG contacts details
Trust me, it is irritating.
@Boo, Airtel has a smarter way of doing this. They have pre recorded contacts in the SIM Card like Customer Service, Dial-a-cab, Dial-a-whatnot, Florist etc.
on 15 Dec 2005 at 10:46 am # Sudha Narayanan
LOl…Message I recived when i was in the middle of a meeting…
Would u like Abhishek Bachhan to host KBC2 in place of Amitabh??? Type ‘Y’ for Yes and ‘N’ for No..
Wanted to type ‘G’ for Get lost…. he he..
on 15 Dec 2005 at 10:56 am # curses
I swear I wanted to write a similar msg abt Airtel!! unsubscribe epadi pannanam theriyaama muzhichings..
indha lakshanathula i also get msgs like “thispatti, thatpatti, localkuppampuram, graamathoor are now connected through Airtel”
on 15 Dec 2005 at 11:10 am # rsubras
hehehe vote for BSNL
you ppl want GPRS, clear signals, no interruption during calls and all such stuffs rite……. all good things have a price… :p
i have bsnl mobile and only occcasionally does it send some interfering SMS-es like download pambara kannale tone at Rs 6 etc., weekly once or monthly twice i dont mind…..
east or west bsnl is best
north or south bsnl no doubt
on 15 Dec 2005 at 11:13 am # Filtered sambhar
These guys cal me on the last of day of my validity period & ask me to recharge. I get annoyed & give them bak, this is been the seven time or something. Now I dont understand why the hell should they call me to ask me to recharge since its my wish to recharge or not & I very well know that its the last day of the validity period.
on 15 Dec 2005 at 11:14 am # Filtered sambhar
These guys cal me on the last day of my validity period & ask me to recharge. I get annoyed & give them bak, this is been the seven time or something. Now I dont understand why the hell should they call me to ask me to recharge since its my wish to recharge or not & I very well know that its the last day of the validity period.
on 15 Dec 2005 at 11:46 am # nithya
If it may make you feel any better, I can tell you that Airtel isnt any better! What all crap they send… Uyira edukkaranga pa…
on 15 Dec 2005 at 12:47 pm # Arjun
Hi ferrari,
i have been reading your blog for quite sometime but this is the first time i’m posting a comment.
anyways.. for that hutch thing u were complaingin about… goto Hutch Plus and switch it off. I was getting those sms’s before but eppidiyo en mobile a arraanju idha kandupidichen. ippo no tholla for the past 1 yr!!!
try it out!!
on 15 Dec 2005 at 2:02 pm # yadhvi
Ferrari,
Try Airtel for a change…you not only get text messages, you also get service messages with links! ‘Britney Spears posters’, ‘Watch Sachin live’, ‘Play KBC live’..
on 15 Dec 2005 at 3:06 pm # Neha
idhu thevalai…. aircel tells me that my balance is low and i should top it up with an “aircel kalakkal”. Idiots!!! y would i do that when am plannin to ditch aircel!!!
on 15 Dec 2005 at 3:34 pm # Bharath
I’ll double what vee-jay said. Airtel is pain…! I mean..y don’t these ppl jus give us the no. n be done with it eh.? I’ll be happy listenin to the tring! tring! on the other side rather than a SONG..! pulleeezzee!
on 15 Dec 2005 at 4:28 pm # BG
you think Hutch is bad? Try Airtel. I regularly get 6 messages from them exhorting me to download all sorts of things - once, even penguin wallpapers of ALL things, can you believe it?
Me blogged about them here
on 15 Dec 2005 at 5:04 pm # Maverick
I got a msg from Hutch when I was in the reading this post
‘Hi. To ser caller tunes from the latest Tamil movie Sandakozhi, call 123821. Calls charged @ Rs.6 per min’
on 16 Dec 2005 at 11:02 am # F e r r a r i
Srivat,
SA Rajkumar tune at 6 Rs aa? He shud be giving us 6 Rs for downloading his tune!
Boo,
Is it?
vee-jay,
I tried calling. But am not getting any decent response w.r.t this!
Sudha,
Good one
on 16 Dec 2005 at 11:04 am # F e r r a r i
curses,
Oh my! Thats really funny. Idhu tehrinju enna poraanga ellarum
rs,
BSNL la network irundha dhaane SMS varum
filtered,
Very true. Why should they bother if you recharge or dont? Complain to the head office!
Arjun,
But not stopped 
Thanks for the tip buddy. I did switch it off. Messages have halved
on 16 Dec 2005 at 11:07 am # F e r r a r i
nithya,yadhvi,Bharath and BG,
I used Airtel for the 1st 4 months in bangalore. I swear that I will never use Airtel in my life time. I can live without mobile, but not with Airtel. My hatred for Airtel cant be expressed by words!!! I swicthed to Hutch. Except for these irritating messages, I am kinda happy with Hutch!
Neha,
Aircel aa? Annachinga use panra mobile connection aache adhu
Maverick,
He he
on 21 Dec 2005 at 8:14 pm # subhchintak
hi this is subhchintak 4 u!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think it is better to use spice than hutch
because spice to spice is 40 paise and there are 3000 sms free every month without monthly rental of rs30!!!!!!!!!!!
on 14 Mar 2006 at 4:46 pm # Sandhiya
MY 100 rs is cut for the caller turne. i tried setting a caller tune and the voice is not recognized properly and so it starts from first….
Cheating….
on 22 Mar 2006 at 2:58 pm # Aircel User (Annachi?)
If this blog only for SMS annoyance & not for coverage, Aircel sends least messgs if you compare with Airtel, Hutch. For last one month, I got just 5 mssgs from Aircel, 2 ad messgs, one on my very low talk value, one when validity to end shortly and other about the grace period.
I think service providers track our usage and calculate how much we spend in calls & messges, accordingly they send ads.
on 01 Apr 2006 at 3:18 pm # kiran paruchuri
TO UNSUBSCRIBE HELLO TUNES AIRTEL:
———————————
Go to 678 which is the Hello Tunes number
Press # for Main menu
Press 2 to hear wide range of songs
Press 4 for hello tunes profile
Press 1 to unsubscribe
Press 1 to confirm unsubscription
on 01 Jul 2006 at 3:58 pm # ajit acharya
have a airtel connection. wrong bills / excess bills are their birth rights. they never reply neither at 121, custome care nor when you lodge comlaint. They even dont botehr to cal you even you give written complaint at their customer servce centre…
I dont know how they work…
ajit 9898082127
on 04 Jul 2006 at 5:02 pm # Anonymous
hi i love hutch card bcoz excellent coverage
on 08 Jul 2006 at 4:53 pm # ASHAI THAMBI.S
i need hello tunes from Tamil flim”AATHI” and the song was DURRA DUMMUNU. Pls send the code as soon as possible.
OR
Send SMS the code to 9941292233.
Thank U
on 19 Jul 2006 at 10:29 am # Mohammad Sajid Ansari
I have appiled for hutch connection migration from pre paid to post paid
Still not activated
+91-9899775578
on 21 Jul 2006 at 10:27 pm # Karan
i like both airtel and hutch both because i dont have any problem with both of them. they both are very useful to me.
Thanks for asking for my views.
Karan
on 07 Aug 2006 at 5:11 pm # jagdish gajre
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on 18 Sep 2006 at 3:00 pm # ram kumar
hi!
on 04 Nov 2006 at 1:25 am # sdf
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on 26 Feb 2007 at 8:33 am # Chakri
guys check out this page.. might b helpful.. i havent tried though.
http://hutch.in/bottom/dnd.asp
on 27 Feb 2007 at 4:03 pm # Vijay Kumar
Hello Sir I whant Tamil Callor Tunes Code List
I Need hello tunes from Tamil flim AJITH IN “Attagasam” and the song was “Therkku Cheemayile” .Pls send the code as soon as possible.
OR
Send SMS the code to 9920163706
Thank U
on 02 Apr 2007 at 4:43 pm # Deevi mosang
pls send the entire menu of bsnl hello tune..thanks buddy..
on 12 Dec 2007 at 11:10 pm # miranda
i need to unsubscribe from hello tunes! its eating all my balance!
on 12 Dec 2007 at 11:18 pm # unsubscribe from hello tunes!
success!!
dial *678#
msg comes, pls wait.. hello tunes menu will come…
a msg will come, reply with 0 (more)
a msg will come, reply with 10 (forgot, but its manage ur subscription)
and for the next msg, reply 1 (unsubscribe)
reply with 1 for the next msg, to confirm
and as i said, SUCCESS! freedom!!!
on 17 Apr 2008 at 12:03 pm # MITHILESH SINGH
hello sir,
i want to know the caller tune code of jiya dhadak dhadak from the movie ‘kalyug’. now iam using bsnl mobile.
on 26 May 2008 at 4:49 pm # Sanjay Goswami
Complaint against Airtel Prepaid Fraud Charges
Dear Sir,
Rs. 304.28 have been charged or say looted by Airtel from my account on 20/05/2008, and when I complained to Airtel call centre they replied that I have downloaded some games from “AIRTEL LIVE”.
I had not used any service nor I used Airtel Live, (also I don’t have any GPRS service activated).
Now I feel cheated and fooled as I cannot do anything and even when I know that I am true and right.
I am not getting any proper response or reply from any of Customer Service centres.
Now I am planning to stop using Airtel Prepaid services and switchover to some other Mobile Operator.
Sanjay Goswami
Vadodara-Gujarat
+91-9898115011