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> my ot rant, happy tuesday, phone bill, 1 collect call
rhodyguy
post Mar 24 2004, 06:35 AM
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on the way to jp's i made a collect call from a pay phone. the 3 minute call cost $19.80!!! $3.30 for the actual call. $7.00 for the operator fee. $9.50 for the OWNER of the pay phone. what a racket!!! so i call ZERO PLUS DIALING which turns out to be the billing co. then i get the info for LEGACY LD INTL INC. turns out they are the long distance provider. so i asked "who owns the phone"? " due to our privacy agreement we cannot provide than info". rude people and i wasn't in the mood. the customer service people that work for those 2 co's have the worst jobs in the world. dealing with VERY PISSED off people for 8 hours a day. oh, after the numerous taxes were tacked on, the total was $22.14. i was one angry guy yest am. "did you ask the operater how much it would cost before you called?", "no, how much would that of cost me?", "$7.00". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

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post Mar 24 2004, 09:28 AM
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They are all privately owned and have to pay for the system that is now rarely used due to cell phones.

Cell phones aren't that much better...AT&T is getting out of the business and the service in my area sucks....went to another one and they suck as well. Have to go outside to get and recieve calls at home....
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rhodyguy   my ot rant, happy tuesday   Mar 24 2004, 06:35 AM
STL914   Kevin, I feel for you. My wife and I canceled AT...   Mar 24 2004, 06:55 AM
rhodyguy   i'm going to mortage my house and purchase som...   Mar 24 2004, 07:20 AM
seanery   hey geeze, get a cell phone! you can get a pa...   Mar 24 2004, 08:14 AM
rhodyguy   i don't need a cell phone with pay as you go f...   Mar 24 2004, 08:44 AM
tat2dphreak   :shades: :agree: I'm glad the phone company...   Mar 24 2004, 08:47 AM
Bleyseng   Hey, I would have only charged your $5 to use...   Mar 24 2004, 08:51 AM
seanery   seriously, that sucks kevin, I was just trying to ...   Mar 24 2004, 08:51 AM
jonwatts   Some, if not all, pay-as-you-go cell phone compani...   Mar 24 2004, 09:18 AM
Gint   Mine sits on the kitchen counter most of it's ...   Mar 24 2004, 09:23 AM
!   They are all privately owned and have to pay for t...   Mar 24 2004, 09:28 AM
Bleyseng   I went with the new GSM service at AT&T and its ok...   Mar 24 2004, 09:46 AM
itsa914   I work for Motorola. I head up a department that i...   Mar 24 2004, 10:00 AM
Aaron Cox   one word...verizon :)   Mar 24 2004, 10:02 AM
anthony   This is deregulation at work. Pay phones were much...   Mar 24 2004, 10:05 AM
!   <...   Mar 24 2004, 10:06 AM
itsa914   Geoff, GSM is a Euro standard for celluar that st...   Mar 24 2004, 10:09 AM
Porsche Rescue   I quit AT$T and now have no long distance pro...   Mar 24 2004, 10:14 AM
!   That's a good idea until you can't find ...   Mar 24 2004, 10:19 AM
Bleyseng   Motorola flip phone you get for free when we signe...   Mar 24 2004, 10:38 AM
MattR   Cell phones arent perfect. A friend and I are no ...   Mar 24 2004, 02:15 PM
majkos   Hmmmmmmm..... All this info. makes me appreciate m...   Mar 24 2004, 02:45 PM
Gint   My old beater Motorola StarTac and At&T work just ...   Mar 24 2004, 02:51 PM
majkos   :agree: Because it just sit on the counter! :l...   Mar 24 2004, 02:56 PM
jkeyzer   Or do this.. Cancel your home phone landline and ...   Mar 24 2004, 02:57 PM
tat2dphreak   I use AT&T for Cell, works fine! and the compa...   Mar 24 2004, 02:58 PM
itsa914   [/QUOTE]Cancel your home phone landline and just u...   Mar 24 2004, 03:13 PM
MattR   I think people are saying cancel the hardline and ...   Mar 24 2004, 04:18 PM
seanery   since we are sooooo totally off topic here I'l...   Mar 24 2004, 04:23 PM
tat2dphreak   <...   Mar 24 2004, 04:33 PM
anthony  
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rhodyguy   there are a number of cell towers in my area. i mu...   Mar 25 2004, 06:16 AM
Bleyseng   bet its the last one too!   Mar 25 2004, 08:42 AM


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