I just got an email from a friend who got a surprise when he opened his phone bill this month.  HD writes:  I was accepting collect calls from some homeless people I try to help…  I knew I would be billed $ 1.50 for each call ….  but when I got my bill and opened it, I thought it was a mistake at $658.87 ….  I thought it looked like they were billing me long distrance charges too and the phone booths are local… but what I found out was the phone booths are owned by a company that is overseas… and they have no rules they have to follow…. so they billed the $1.50 per call but also charge per minute of speak time at 5.11 per minute…. and I was told my bill is correct at $ 658.87 and I need to pay it. Here is the complete information;

HD writes: That is a great idea to blog on it so people will know… here is the complete information to help you out….A T & T told me that they nor Sprint own pay phone booths anymore… now I don’t know if that is world wide… or just in Florida…. but he said they did not own pay phones anymore… Here is the thing….  if you look at the pay phone it will tell you who owns or operators it…  I actually went to one of the pay phone to see and it said…  Legacy LD International Inc…..  yes… the word International is the word… that means it is owned by this company which is overseas… and thus no rules or regulations apply… they can bill as they wish…  rounding off…  day time calls bill around $5.00 per minute…. night time calls bill at around $2.00 min….  I had accepted many many of them… thinking I was only going to be billed the $1.50 per call….  but found out different when the billed arrived…  $658.87…  oh lord…  oh well.. I guess we live and learn…

Now we know.

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