I understand where you are coming from and I really do appreciate your concern. I think it is great there are people who are trying to keep other people from getting ripped off by scams. Believe it or not I'm also glad you warned other people that there is a free version, i prolly would have used it if I did know. but like i said he has been a friend to me and hooked me up with many sms messages from multiple users all for 1sbd, even tho i offered to give him more money he never accepted. So I personally don't see him as dishonest or this as a way for him to make money off of hiejin, i think he was just trying to help people like me who don't know all the cool tricks.
I see what your saying about the bottle of water, that was a good example and hard to argue with. He should have said there was a free option, you are right about that. But as soon as I sent him money he said to give him a list of anyone else I would like to get sms messages from and he would send those for free as well.. so I do feel like Im getting a service from him and I don't feel ripped off.
Maybe im wrong, maybe he is just a scammer. i guess i just try to always see the best in people instead of the worst :/ That makes life a whole lot better for me.
I wish you the best,
Take care.