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Vehicle registration text service goes live in UK

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

I just picked up the news about Txt2Reg launching here in the UK. I’m sure I’ve seen a similar concept a while back. Anyway, here’s what the website asks on it’s frontpage:

Ever spotted someone in a car you fancied meeting or chatting to?

Our new mobile text service will now give you the [...] ... Continue reading »

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James Body
1 year ago

Classic start-up / critical mass dilemma here. The service is absolutely no use until Txt2Reg get a significant proportion of the UK registrations mapped against mobile phones - and I just do not see an easy way of doing that!

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Ashley
1 year ago

I think the Sun did a promotion for this about three years ago, looked really fun, but I don't think they still do it!

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Dave
1 year ago

such a great idea that they had to copy it from http://www.talk2reg.net

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Ewan
1 year ago

Ah I knew I'd seen it before

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Ian
1 year ago

this is already being done by http://www.talk2reg.net , except they offer a far better service and it's far cheaper !

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Alan
1 year ago

Sawyou was a similar concept that fell on it's arse through lack of take-up a few years ago. They morphed into the weemee people after that: the weemee was originally supposed to give an indication of what you looked like so that, along with a list of places you frequented, you could be matched up with folk who'd seen you.

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