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Charges for unwanted/unopened texts?

Merkuurey

Our daughter has a phone for family locator use only... she is too young to call or text with it. The agent told us he was disabling text service at sign up as we mentioned she would have no use for it (she is just learning to read). We have suddenly received 6 texts in a row from someone who has the wrong number. We did not open the texts (obviously they are not for her) but it still shows her phone received them. WILL WE BE CHARGED?

Thank you.

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budone

Unless you already have a text plan then yes.

Do you have an unlimited texting plan? My understanding is texting can not be blocked on a phone in an account jf the account has unlimitrd texting.

vanessas_vzw

Good afternoon and thank you budone for that information! You are correct that there will be a charge for any text messages sent to a phone. If the account has unlimited text messaging, the texts will be included in the unlimited messaging. If there is no text package, you will be billed at the pay-as-you-go rate of 20 cents per text message, 25 cents per picture/ video message.

You are able to block the text message feature, even if the account has an Unlimited Text Messaging plan. This would prevent any text usage, and charges, (if there is no text package). The block is free of charge. (Budone, in the past, you were not able to block text messages on the primary line with the Talk & Text Family Share Plans with the way we use to bill, but you were able to block text messages on share lines with that plan.)

Merkuurey, if you would like assistance with blocking text messages, please send me a Private Message and I will be happy to personally assist you.

Thank you,

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