RM20,000 spent on SMS

Mm-mm-mm...

I have not heard of such a mindless thing for a while now... not that that's the real reason behind my lack of postings in recent weeks : )

If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out the Sun newspaper's frontpage story today. Can't find a copy anywhere? Go to http://www.sun2surf.com/

Basically, the story is about this woman who sent RM19,613.25 worth of SMS to try and win a contest. Twenty nine thousand five hundred and five of them, to be exact. Here's what it looks like in figures: 29,505.

Honestly, I don't know what is more staggering - the figure or the mindlessness.

To top it off, after she discovered that she did not win the grand prize, or even the first prize, a SsangYong Rexton and a Celine living room set, respectively, (she won the second prize - a Suzuki VR125 motorcycle worth RM6,143.40) she decides to claim for a refund at the Consumer Claims Tribunal!

Talk about being mindless... Is this mindless greed, or is it just mindless, period?