What a free ringtone costs.

[mcroft]

So, my cell phone provider sent a flyer offering a free ringtone. Sure, why not?

There is a reason why not, actually. It's too much work to get something for free to keep at it until I succeed.

Problem One: After I find one I want, I'm prompted for my phone model. "So sorry, your phone doesn't support that ringtone."

Problem Two: The site manages to crash my browser a half dozen times. Hard to use the back button if you've just restarted.

Problem Three: The selection for my phone is really weak. After maybe ten minutes more, I find something I can stand.

Problem Four: They don't tell you the price until you press "Buy". "So sorry, your coupon code is for a $1.99 ringtone, not a $2.49 ringtone." Quelle Surprise.

That was enough headbanging. I gave up and let Ginger turn the stereo back on. I'll stick with the built-ins.

Comments

[princejvstin.livejournal.com]

This blows out of the water my dictum that "Things that are free are worth precisely what you pay for them.", since it wasn't even worth that.

[bjacques.livejournal.com]

I finally figured out how to do that. It helps if you have a Nokia with Bluetooth, which I guess most of them have. Beg, borrow or steal a Powerbook with iTunes and Audacity, copy a tune off a CD, edit it down and save it as AAC format. Zap it to yer fone!

Now playing: the mall music from Dawn of the Dead