Get the UK bank charges protest song -- by text

Link: NEW Banks Charges Protest Song: Let’s get ‘I fought the Lloyds’ to number 1!…

Everyone who’s reclaimed bank charges, wants to reclaim, or supports the cause can help get it to the top of the agenda, by getting it to the top of the charts. Simply spend 50p via text to buy Oystar’s non-profit ‘I fought the Lloyds” protest song, now available on pre-release. If enough people do, it’ll be at number 1 for the week of the big OFT test case.

Over a million people have reclaimed an estimated £1bn in bank charges. Yet the Government’s ignored a petition, the banks are charging more than ever, and the regulators have sided with them to put it all on hold! Fight back by ordering this song.

Get this to no 1. To order a 50p download, text bankers to 82822

Bank charges are a big issue in the UK. Big big issue. Go over your overdraft limit and you’re nailed by huge charges — and then, those charges often result in MORE charges (for going further over your overdraft), so before you know it, a £0.01 overdraft can result in hundreds of pounds of fees. Is this illegal? Well. Some say yes, others say no.

Some enterprising chaps -have created a song about the issue and conveniently, they’ve used TuneTribe to distribute it, meaning that you can easily purchase via your handset — and those purchases count toward the UK weekly number one. The concept being to get the song to number one during the week of the Office of Fair Trading test case on bank charges.

The mobile medium as the enabler here is rather smart. Theoretically, with the aid of Facebook, MySpace and a bit of mainstream media, getting the track to the number one spot will be very, very easy.