Signed up to complete a free course through University of Tassie and what do they do?
They send out a bulk text message to everyone in the course, sharing our phone numbers around the group to everyone!!! Can you believe that!!! I have already received several fake SMS and phone calls from "Amazon" trying to scam me.
Who do I complain to???
When do we do it?
Everytime
I have already received several fake SMS and phone calls from "Amazon" trying to scam me.
How do you know this is related
Correlation does not imply causation.
Aka as the “bear tax”
i also got fake calls from amazon today for the first time and i have nothing to do with UTAS
I too get fake/scam calls. How do I sue UTAS?
I was approached by one of those annoying mall hawkers, he was pretending to sell block out blinds but I’m sure he was really from UTAS
Tom from MySpace about to mess up a university offering free courses
Tom writes on board who's naughty and who's nice.
Every now and then people get one of those "get two bikies, one bikie free deals"
They think they will use it but don't and for some odd reason, don't go asking for a refund.
Coming up later, "Paid Soldier of Fortune for "task", haven't heard back, Chargeback or ACL?"
Signed up to complete a free course
Remember when something is free you are the product
Or everyone ends up paying.
I.e via tax.
Or everyone ends up saving.
I.e more skilled labour supply and less unemployed payments
I see the point of view, this was the reasoning behind free tertiary education in the boomer days.
but lets be honest, money isn't the barrier to education here as you can put it all on hex and only have to pay it back when you can afford itl
As soon as you take the value away from a service (make it free) the number of people who will take advantage of this will surge as they will perceive it as a free service. The uni then charges the government for the course, those enrolled will generally have a 50% attrition rate after the first term and drop out.
Uni wins because they just got subsidised for providing a course to phantom students.
Government wins because they can say they increased student numbers.
Taxpayers lose because they sent money to a uni which literally evaporated.
@mjwills: A few million of them wouldn't hurt. At worst they'll go to -99.99% and at the best, they buy a 5 bedroom 🏠.
@Drakesy: Surely having a more educated population is a good idea
In Europe, the vast majority of Education is public and free, and they put a high value on education. Doesn't seem to have held them back compared with the US, UK, and Australia.
In terms of financial security, it means graduates can start saving immediately they get employment, and become fully economically active and be able to get a deposit together on a house, etc. Instead, they are saddled with $40-100k debt.
We waste so much money on defence, like the debacle of a submarine contract, or locking up refugees inside and outside the country, higher education cost is a drop in the bucket.
I know where I'd rather my tax went.
@Lastchancetosee: There is education, and then there is education. We don't need to be wasting money on people doing pointless degrees. Subsidising areas that are actually in demand, while retaining the entry standards, would likely be a decent idea though.
@Drakesy: "and only have to pay it back when you "
begin work and start earning at a time when people traditionally would be starting a family and purchasing their first home…
[ps: I'm almost 67, so it isn't a "poor me" moan…]
@terrys: I dont think a hex debt will be a barrier to starting a family.
Purchasing your first home though, now thats a different story
Lol
I remember when the white pages used to send everybody a compromise list of phone numbers.
And you had to pay every month for the privilege of them not publishing it.
Are you saying you can actually see people’s phone numbers i.e. like a group text message? Because that shouldn’t happen when companies send bulk text messages
Who do I complain to???
Rufus Black
Maybe the Course is Cybersecutity and the SMS is a test…
Nah. lol
I'm actually 80% sure our numbers are sold off by carriers or registration form collectors ( stake for me recently). That's how they keep fees low. Speculation obviously
Anytime I provide my number or email for anything free…..I always make the assumption I am the product (or my phone number or email is)
So I stopped signing up for competitions on ozb or surveys or any of that shit and the spam stopped…….other than the random spam which is clearly a random number generator
I stopped the competitions when I got to over 50 spam emails a day even though it was a throw away addy
Rookie. Use disposable emails.
ie
[email protected]
[email protected]
etc
All pointing to [email protected]. You can easily delete [email protected] if the spam is too much.
You have been a member since 2012 and you still have no idea… Shame on you for not reading posts and being a real OZ bargain member. These sort of things pop up every 4 to 6 months.
Hey bro,
You alright?
Xx
Wheres the wave a fist at a cloud option???
if you signed up for communication it could be part of the course
UTAS has incompetence who knew? Like sacking lecturers in favour of PhD students with 0 teaching skills.
You are mistaken in 2 ways.
1. I doubt you were sent a list of people's phone numbers therefore the 9ther students don't have yours.
2. Even if you were, what are the chances that a fellow student is a scammer.
Even if you were, what are the chances that a fellow student is a scammer.
Reasonable since it’s a free course
I'm getting them but I think it was due to that crappy free sunglasses deal the other week.
Simply demonstrates the calibre of their acumen and deserves a stern reprimand.
How F'n stupid of them… and tell them so.
You could be a "protected citizen" and now your cover is compromised!
To Ozb.