mobile phones, cell phones, trackers (15)
online today!online today!rohaanCoos Bay, Oregon USA229 Threads 10,514 PostsI do not currently use an auxiliary telephone, so am not "up" on that technical tool. Friends recently told me that their financial cell phone plan not only charges them for calls they make (which is, of course, appropriate), but also charges them when a friend or business, etc... makes the call TO them. I do not see how that is fair, because, one, they are already paying for the usage they opt for, and, two, they have no control over someone else deciding to call them. How is it fair for them to have to pay for someone else calling? Conversely, I asked if they both had the same plan, are they both then charged? The answer was a resounding "yes". That means the company is billing twice for the same amount of minutes, doesn't it? I would like to know how CS members feel about this, and if they think it is a fair practice. Thanks.
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rohaan: I do not currently use an auxiliary telephone, so am not "up" on that technical tool. Friends recently told me that their financial cell phone plan not only charges them for calls they make (which is, of course, appropriate), but also charges them when a friend or business, etc... makes the call TO them. I do not see how that is fair, because, one, they are already paying for the usage they opt for, and, two, they have no control over someone else deciding to call them. How is it fair for them to have to pay for someone else calling? Conversely, I asked if they both had the same plan, are they both then charged? The answer was a resounding "yes". That means the company is billing twice for the same amount of minutes, doesn't it? I would like to know how CS members feel about this, and if they think it is a fair practice. Thanks.
No it is not fair at all, there has to be another carrier that
would easily compete with that. imo.
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rohaan: I do not currently use an auxiliary telephone, so am not "up" on that technical tool. Friends recently told me that their financial cell phone plan not only charges them for calls they make (which is, of course, appropriate), but also charges them when a friend or business, etc... makes the call TO them. I do not see how that is fair, because, one, they are already paying for the usage they opt for, and, two, they have no control over someone else deciding to call them. How is it fair for them to have to pay for someone else calling? Conversely, I asked if they both had the same plan, are they both then charged? The answer was a resounding "yes". That means the company is billing twice for the same amount of minutes, doesn't it? I would like to know how CS members feel about this, and if they think it is a fair practice. Thanks.
Well, that's just preposterous and asinine to be double dipping like that.
Know what Ro? I haven't jumped on the cell phone bandwagon either and as long as the powers that be continue to charge ridiculously high fees for the service, I simply refuse to go there.
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rohaan: I do not currently use an auxiliary telephone, so am not "up" on that technical tool. Friends recently told me that their financial cell phone plan not only charges them for calls they make (which is, of course, appropriate), but also charges them when a friend or business, etc... makes the call TO them. I do not see how that is fair, because, one, they are already paying for the usage they opt for, and, two, they have no control over someone else deciding to call them. How is it fair for them to have to pay for someone else calling? Conversely, I asked if they both had the same plan, are they both then charged? The answer was a resounding "yes". That means the company is billing twice for the same amount of minutes, doesn't it? I would like to know how CS members feel about this, and if they think it is a fair practice. Thanks.
By charges, do you mean that regardless who originates the call, his pre-paid minutes or per-call minutes are used during peak call times? That's pretty common practice, isn't it? Any cellular calls made between off-peak hours and weekends are usually free in most plans today. It's not rare for cellular to cellular calls to be free anytime too using the same carrier.
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rohaan: I do not currently use an auxiliary telephone, so am not "up" on that technical tool. Friends recently told me that their financial cell phone plan not only charges them for calls they make (which is, of course, appropriate), but also charges them when a friend or business, etc... makes the call TO them. I do not see how that is fair, because, one, they are already paying for the usage they opt for, and, two, they have no control over someone else deciding to call them. How is it fair for them to have to pay for someone else calling? Conversely, I asked if they both had the same plan, are they both then charged? The answer was a resounding "yes". That means the company is billing twice for the same amount of minutes, doesn't it? I would like to know how CS members feel about this, and if they think it is a fair practice. Thanks.
That's what they all do and there is nothing you or I can do about it.....unless you have worked out a strategy/plan?
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Hi rohaan I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and was told that it would all depend on what kind of Business Plan that someone has for someone to be charged when someone calls them directly.
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rohaan: I do not currently use an auxiliary telephone, so am not "up" on that technical tool. Friends recently told me that their financial cell phone plan not only charges them for calls they make (which is, of course, appropriate), but also charges them when a friend or business, etc... makes the call TO them. I do not see how that is fair, because, one, they are already paying for the usage they opt for, and, two, they have no control over someone else deciding to call them. How is it fair for them to have to pay for someone else calling? Conversely, I asked if they both had the same plan, are they both then charged? The answer was a resounding "yes". That means the company is billing twice for the same amount of minutes, doesn't it? I would like to know how CS members feel about this, and if they think it is a fair practice. Thanks.
Hiya darl, yep...I got caught once and never again. When travelling, I pay for the pleasure of receiving the call. It's madness.
That's how mobile companies make the enormous profits. I call it extortion
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Lonely1: That's what they all do and there is nothing you or I can do about it.....unless you have worked out a strategy/plan?
I respectfully decline to take this attitude. It is STILL important to speak out for what is right, and many companies of all types have changed their way of doing business because people are willing to stand up for themselves. I promote self AND community advocacy.------ This thread is Archived ------
unlaoised: Hiya darl, yep...I got caught once and never again. When travelling, I pay for the pleasure of receiving the call. It's madness.
That's how mobile companies make the enormous profits. I call it extortion
Hi Honey--nice to see you this morning (well, it's morning HERE!) Wow, it is after 8 AM and still very dark. The fog over the sea should lift by noon, though. That's how mobile companies make the enormous profits. I call it extortion
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rohaan: I respectfully decline to take this attitude. It is STILL important to speak out for what is right, and many companies of all types have changed their way of doing business because people are willing to stand up for themselves. I promote self AND community advocacy.
Please let me know when you get a few of those big companies to bow. I will gladly switch.
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Hiya Ro 
I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
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mollybaby: Hiya Ro
I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
I have never owned a cellphone to date.I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
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mollybaby: Hiya Ro
I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
One thing I discovered recently is because there are so many providers, one can negotiate quite a bit. If and when I need an auxiliary phone of any kind, I will ask many, many questions, read, and re-read any contract, and one deal breaker for sure is, I will not accept a plan that charges me for other people calling me. Honestly, I cannot believe people tolerate this. You don't go into the supermarket and allow them to charge you for another customer's groceries, do you? It's the same thing. Often, too, you can say you are going to have to decline the service because of low minutes. (They will add more, usually, for no additional cost). Advocate for self, always. People have been doing it in the United States since the country began, and many ARE successful in doing it. "Can't" lives on "Won't" Street.I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
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mollybaby: Hiya Ro
I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
Hey, good to see you, I forgot to add. Thanx for the warm hug. Back atcha, lovie.....I don't have to pay for other people calling me when I am in my own country.
If I am out of the country, and somebody decides to call me, they pay the regular rate, and I am expected to pick up the overseas charge.
Generally to avoid this, I just don't answer the phone when away
Unless it is from somebody I want to talk to, and even then, it is a very short conversation!
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Lonely1: Please let me know when you get a few of those big companies to bow. I will gladly switch.
Rue, despair, and agony on me,
Deep dark depression, excessive misery,
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all,
Oh, rue, despair, and agony on me
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