Program: Thriftelo Budget Notes
Texts
Optional short texts from Thriftelo. Free to join, and you can stop any time.
Thriftelo Budget Notes is an optional text-message program operated by Thriftelo (The Nelson M Group LLC). If you opt in, we send recurring automated texts to the mobile number you provide: confirmations, personal finance information, reminders about the guides you asked for, and (only if you separately agree) announcements about new guides.
Program facts
| Choices | Two separate, optional boxes: informational and promotional. Text START to join also works |
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| Frequency | Message frequency may vary, up to about 8 messages a month |
| Cost | Message and data rates may apply |
| Stop / help | Reply STOP to opt out at any time. Reply HELP for help |
| Condition | Consent is not a condition of purchase or of requesting information |
| Sharing | No mobile information or SMS opt-in data is shared with third parties for marketing |
Read the full SMS Terms and our Privacy Policy. U.S. carriers only.
What the messages look like
- Welcome / opt-in confirmation (sent right after you opt in)Thriftelo: Text START to join Thriftelo Budget Notes and get plain-language personal finance information and the guides you asked about. Msg freq may vary (up to 8/mo). Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to opt out. Terms: thriftelo.com/sms-terms.html
- Informational messageThriftelo: Thanks for your request. Our plain-language guide is here: thriftelo.com/simple-budget.html Thriftelo is not a bank, lender or financial adviser. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
- Promotional message (only if you also opted in to promotional texts)Thriftelo: New on the site: an entry on planning for irregular bills. Read it at thriftelo.com/irregular-bills.html Msg & data rates may apply. Msg freq varies. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
Examples of the kinds of messages you may receive.
Join the texts
Got it. You’re in.
If you gave an email address, a confirmation will arrive by email shortly. If you ticked the text box, you’ll also get a welcome text with “Text START to join” instructions. Reply STOP at any time to stop texts, or HELP for help.
Need to change something? Email [email protected].