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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Heard a news report on TV the other day that said Americans downloaded 80 MILLION dollars worth of cell phone ring tones last year!

My jaw dropped.

That is exactly what I want -- find something I can offer to consumers that costs maybe 25 cents to produce, can sell for 99 cents, and I can sell it to 80 million people! $$$$$

Any ideas?

Farmgirl
*who has Yellow Submarine on her cell phone*
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
I refuse to buy a ring for my cell phone.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
My phone will use plain old .wav files. I have the five notes from Close Encounters, but I certainly didn't pay anything for it.

[ June 09, 2004, 12:58 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 

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Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
 
I refuse to buy a ring, too, but that's mainly because one of the standard rings on my phone sounds EXACTLY like one of those old standard black phones you used to rent from the phone company. It's a sound you rarely hear anymore except in old movies. And it gets me the oddest looks when my cell phone goes off.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I used to use that one, too!
 

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Posted by Jalapenoman (Member # 6575) on :
 
I find all of the personalized rings to be annoying but understand the reasoning.

20+ years ago, I worked in a large office with about 30 desks. Each of us had a phone and each phone had a different type, volume, pattern, or something special to designate the ring. It drove me crazy for the first few weeks.

After a while, I was able to tune out all of the ringing and only reacted when I heard my own ring pattern.

To this day, I often literally do not hear the phone ring and only notice that something is happening when I hear the answering machine start clicking.
 

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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
I've never bought a ring tone, but I change mine quite a bit b/c my phone has lots of them. However, I keep forgetting I changed my ring tone, so whenever it rings it startles me. Hmm...why did I feel compelled to share that?

space opera
 

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Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
 

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That is exactly what I want -- find something I can offer to consumers that costs maybe 25 cents to produce, can sell for 99 cents, and I can sell it to 80 million people! $$$$$

Any ideas?

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I refuse to buy a ring, too, but that's mainly because one of the standard rings on my phone sounds EXACTLY like one of those old standard black phones you used to rent from the phone company. It's a sound you rarely hear anymore except in old movies. And it gets me the oddest looks when my cell phone goes off.

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I have that ring as well. It scares me everytime it rings.

I hate cell phones!

I play along because I have three children, parents and a husband that I'm scared to lose contact with.

Oh yes...and emergencies. My tire decided to deflate on the highway the one time I didn't have my phone with me. It's like it KNEW.
 

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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
 
When I'm out in public, and have my phone on me, I always keep it on vibrate. Few things annoy me more than hearing someone's phone start singing in a public place.

In my room, however, when you call, it plays the dungeon theme from the original Legend of Zelda. And for free, I might add.
 

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Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
 
My roommate and I have more than once considered going into the ringtone business. We could certainly crank out 10 a day, apiece.

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1 - Buy all the candy corn in the country (should cost around 0.25)

2 - Claim that you modified the flavor to make it somewhat bearable

3 - Sell for 0.99 a packet

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Oh yes...and emergencies. My tire decided to deflate on the highway the one time I didn't have my phone with me. It's like it KNEW.

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