Free Ringtones – Free At What Cost?
Category: Free Music Tunes | Dec 18, 2009 |
I’ve always heard that there’s no such thing as a free ride. I have found nothing in life so far to contradict that old axiom. When it comes to free ringtones, the least I’ve had to pay so far is to click through page after page of advertising, trying to find that elusive page with the link to the free ringtone that, more often than not, turns out to be not worth downloading.
I personally prefer music ringtones. A free music ringtone by an artist I like is usually not one of their best songs but rather some rare tune that sounds like they were stoned when they recorded it. Or, if it is a hit, it sounds so unusual I’d probably try to hide under the produce counter if it rang in the grocery store.
However, they usually do have some really great ringtones if you sign up for their super duper ringtone plan or their really super duper ringtone plan but those are often expensive and limited to a few downloads a month. Most of the busy sites, like AT&T, jamster, and ringtone jukebox, won’t even tell you how many ringtones they have so you don’t know how many you have to choose from.
If I can’t get ringtones free then I don’t mind paying a fair price for what I want, but most of these outfits want $9.99 per month for which you get credits or tokens good for a small number of downloads per month. Others want $1.99 or $2.99 per ringtone. I found 1 British site charging 3 pounds per ringtone. At today’s exchange rates that $5.00 for 1 ringtone. Gimme’ a break.
Keep in mind I clicked on “free ringtones” or “download free ringtones” before ending up on any on these sites. And, in all fairness, they did have a few things free but they sure weren’t giving away the good stuff. After all those hours of clicking I found 2 free ringtones that I could use. I haven’t figured up the cost based on an hourly rate for the time I spent but, since time is money, I certainly wouldn’t call them free.
I also tried the “build it yourself” method, which came out ok in some cases, but remember, you have to consider the time invested as your cost to acquire. And, the ringtones don’t always come out right the first time so the time invested can quickly become more time than you had intended to spend.
All I really wanted was good ringtones and I don’t mind paying a few bucks for them if that’s the only way to get the ringtones that I want. But, if I’m going to pay I want to be able to change ringtones and wallpaper whenever the mood strikes me without paying outrageous prices, and without having to sit down and build them myself. Plus, it would be nice if I could still afford gas for the car and maybe a burger and fries now and then.
I was so frustrating by all the “teasing” on the sites I had surfed that I swore that if I ever did find a decent site that gave me what I was looking for that I’d put up my own site that did nothing but play their ringtones. I was not going to make people keep clicking all over creation just so I could show them as many ads as possible.
Just as I was about ready to call it quits I came across a site that was so impressive that I put up a little dot com page at ringtones-etc which is kinda’ like my own little monument just to show people that such a place really does exist. If you stumble upon it, the first thing it does as soon as it loads is play a ringtone. No advertising… No clicking all over the place to find stuff… it just plays ringtones. If you like ‘em click the link and go get ‘em. Otherwise, it’s real close to free to just stay and listen.
It seems that every day the cost of finding what you’re looking for on the internet is getting higher and higher. You have to click through more and more ads but you end up with less content. So, the next time you’re out there surfing the net for free stuff, try looking at it this way… sure it’s free, but what does it really cost?
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Nice!, Keep them coming mate
Thanks
very gooddddddd matee
depending on your phone and ambition, you can make your own.
if your phone supports mp3 ringtones, you can use iTunes.
-select the song you want to hear as a ringer,
-listen and note the times in the song you want to be the ringer (start & end times)
-get info on the song in iTunes, select the Options tab and check and enter in the start and end times
-close the get info window
-go to your preferences and set the import/convert to mp3 settings to custom (& make them very low)
-under the advanced menu, select convert to mp3
-go back into the get info on the original song selected and uncheck the start/end times
-select your newly created mp3 and put it someplace you will be able to find it later (ex: my documents/ringers)
-repeat above until you have a good collection of ringers
-go back into preferences and set your import/convert settings back to your original settings
-now, if your phone supports bluetooth, you can upload them that way…if your phone has a memory card (ie: SD or microSD, etc) you can copy them to the card and then put the card in the phone and then copy them to the phone's internal memory…or if you have a USB data cable you can usually upload them to the phone using it.
Ventones, or phone sherpa are eally good
http://www.ventones.com/ try that website that's were i get mine from
if you could answer mine that would be great thanks
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Actually,hoopstar26301,you lied. She said she didn't want to pay anything, and at http://www.unlimitedringtones.com/default.aspx?cid=google&gclid=CIS13Yqg4IgCFUbAJAodMnqPpQ it says at the very bottom in small print"By entering your PIN Code which will be sent to the mobile phone number supplied by you, you acknowledge your acceptance of the Terms of Use and of these Billing Terms; Boost users acknowledge that you are subscribing at $1.99 per week, AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, Nextel, Verizon users will be billed at $9.99/month. The user may sign up for additional daily text alert subscriptions at $9.99 /month. At no extra charge the user is also entitled to redeem their Alert for three real music tone downloads. Users under 16 years of age require parents' permission. Ringtones, Images and Wallpapers are not available on Verizon, Boost, Nextel, US Cellular and Dobson. Users with these carriers will receive daily text alerts only. Normal carrier charges (WAP, GPRS, SMS) and other charges may apply. If you elect to subscribe to our Services, you will receive unlimited access to wallpaper and ringtone (polyphonic) downloading at no additional charge. The charge will be billed on your wireless phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. For help send 'HELP' to 21277. To cancel your plan, send a text 'STOP' to 21277 at anytime. In case of questions contact customer service at support@unlimitedringtones.com or dial 1-866-384-5581 or visit http://www.unlimitedringtones.com/help. Other charges may apply. ".
So you see this is just a lesson learned that NO ringtones ever are free.
Sorry,but there is no such thing as free ringtones, but hey, their cheap.
YES
If you have bluetooth on your phone and on your computer just transfer songs to your phone and use as ringtones. Also if some of your buddies have a phone with bluetooth ask them to transfer some ringtones to your phone. Another way is to get a usb cable for your phone then tranfer songs to your phone that way. All these ways you get ringtones for free.
http://www.myventones.com
the only free way to get ringtones nowadays is to MAKE them yourself. Any other way is illegal. But if you own the mp3 file beforehand, you have the right to cut it and convert it into a ringtone. I use the site Ventones to make my own ringtones for FREE
http://www.ventones.com
is actually the best place to get free ringtones. i have tried all other sites and always keep coming back to ventones. you'll see when you get there, you have a choice of 2 things
1) make a ringtone from any mp3 file
or
2) make a ringtone from any youtube video.
FREE!