Mobile Phones – Text Before You Buy
You know what it’s like – you’re on a budget and find yourself having to go from shop to shop in order to find out where the cheapest price can be found. However, consumers in Italy have been given the opportunity to receive such information in a new way.
Government departments have worked together with a number of consumer groups in order to create a service that will send informative text messages about the cost of food directly to the mobile phones of consumers. The service is free and will provide users with information about a range of food products, comparing prices from supermarkets as well as farmers’ markets.
The process would involve sending a text message with the product you want to check the price of to a free number. The reply message would contain information about prices in local stores, and could help families to plan budgets more efficiently. With many now making use of cheap mobile phones in order to stay in touch with each other and suppliers, in the case of business, a free service could be welcomed for it’s time-saving potential.
With many struggling to afford basic foods – such as bread and pasta – as a result of the ongoing credit crunch and the soaring cost of wheat, the idea of receiving details of food prices on your pay as you go mobile phone may seem an unusual idea at first, but could the idea indeed save you a little time before you’ve even started out for the shops?
David is an experienced web author based in the UK
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