{"id":4024,"date":"2009-08-04T21:42:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=4024"},"modified":"2009-08-04T21:42:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T02:42:13","slug":"read-this-if-you-accept-collect-calls-from-someone-calling-from-a-phone-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/read-this-if-you-accept-collect-calls-from-someone-calling-from-a-phone-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Note If You Accept Collect Calls From A Phone Booth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I just got an email from a friend who got a surprise when he opened his phone bill this month.\u00a0 HD writes:\u00a0 I was accepting collect calls from some homeless people I try to help…\u00a0 I knew I would be billed $ 1.50 for each call ….\u00a0 but when I got my bill and opened it, I thought it was a mistake at $658.87 ….\u00a0 I thought it looked like they were billing me long distrance charges too and the phone booths are local… but <\/span>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<\/span>…. <\/span> and I was told my bill is correct at $ 658.87 and I need to pay it. <\/span><\/span><\/em>Here is the complete information;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>… 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….\u00a0 if you look at the pay phone it will tell you who owns or operators it…\u00a0 I actually went to one of the pay phone to see and it said…\u00a0 Legacy LD International Inc…..\u00a0 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…\u00a0 rounding off…\u00a0 day time calls bill around $5.00 per minute…. night time calls bill at around $2.00 min….\u00a0 I had accepted many many of them… thinking I was only going to be billed the $1.50 per call….\u00a0 but found out different when the billed arrived…\u00a0 $658.87…\u00a0 oh lord…\u00a0 oh well.. I guess we live and learn…<\/p>\n

Now we know.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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