How can 1-800-CALL-ATT Charge $7.09 for less than a minute on the phone?

[StageLeft]

A year ago, the wife was in the airport in Canada and used one of these stupid collect numbers and cost us about $24 in a few minutes. She recently used 1-800-CALL-ATT to make less than a one minute call from the US to Canada. Although it was, in retrospect, a bad idea to give the credit card number, the charge was $7.09. On their commericals, they're like $.10/minute or something. This stuff is a big f**king scam and I'd reco anybody to stay away with carot-top and whoever else the hell says you can get cheap long distance with these silly 1-800 numbers.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I think there's a minimum call time to get the 10 cents per minute rate?

 

[dabuddha]

Plus she did an international long distance call :/
$.10 / minute is for domestic calls.
But $7.09 is freaking insane still.

 

[dxkj]

Who is SKOORB?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Plus she did an international long distance call :/
$.10 / minute is for domestic calls.
But $7.09 is freaking insane still.

Has anyone here actually used the service and given the CC and NOT been reamed dry?

 

[dabuddha]

http://www.complaints.com/directory/2004/december/10/34.htm

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
http://www.complaints.com/directory/2004/december/10/34.htm

That is what happened to us. The complaint number on that link is on our CC statement. I think I will not bother calling it. I will call MBNA and dispute the charge. Is it safe to say a person can't bill a CC without the person knowing how much it's billed for? Obviously, nobody informed us it would be $7.09. I mean, they can't charge $10,000/second and expect us to pay it just for giving the number.

 

[Aquaman]

Dang Skoorb.......... I thought your wife killed you :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[crystal]

If you looks at the billing statement, you will see something like $5/mon (for some kind of service charge) + $0.39 for the call + taxes = $7.09

They charge us $6.xx something for not making any call. I cancel everything we had with them after we got that bill.
BTW, before, the plan was $0/mon if we don't make any long distance call. It seems they change the terms of the plan and start adding charge. :|

 

[I Saw OJ]

Its da fee's yo!! da fee's!!

 

[MrChad]

He returns!

 

[QED]

Yeah... the fact that your call was so short is why it seems outrageously expensive. Most of those 1-800 collect numbers charge a $3 - $6 per call service fee, on top of your per-minute rate. They charge you even more if you are calling from a pay phone (pay phone surcharge), airport (airport tax), or need operator assistance.

 

[Unheard]

Dial down the center!

Honestly, people still make collect calls?

 

[Winchester]

It is probably $0.10 a minute only after other "fees and charges."

Calling cards only charged 10 minutes to use a pay phone, now they charge like 60 minutes of call time just to use a pay phone.

How to make collect calls(commercial)
Operater: "State your name please"
Bob: "Bob Itsaboy"
Dad: "Hello"
Operater: "You have a collect call from 'Bob Itsaboy, do you accept charges"
Dad: "No" then hangs up
Mom: "Who was that?"
Dad: "That was Bob, they had a boy."

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Winchester
It is probably $0.10 a minute only after other "fees and charges."

Calling cards only charged 10 minutes to use a pay phone, now they charge like 60 minutes of call time just to use a pay phone.

How to make collect calls(commercial)
Operater: "State your name please"
Bob: "Bob Wehadababyitsaboy"
Dad: "Hello"
Operater: "You have a collect call from 'Bob Wehadababyitsaboy, do you accept charges"
Dad: "No" then hangs up
Mom: "Who was that?"
Dad: "That was Bob, they had a boy."

Fixed... I think

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: dabuddha
http://www.complaints.com/directory/2004/december/10/34.htm

That is what happened to us. The complaint number on that link is on our CC statement. I think I will not bother calling it. I will call MBNA and dispute the charge. Is it safe to say a person can't bill a CC without the person knowing how much it's billed for? Obviously, nobody informed us it would be $7.09. I mean, they can't charge $10,000/second and expect us to pay it just for giving the number.

I used 1-800-CALL-ATT with a credit card a couple of years ago and had a similar charge of $13 for 2 calls of less than a minute (not international). But as I recall they told me what the charge would be before the call was connected.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Winchester
It is probably $0.10 a minute only after other "fees and charges."

Calling cards only charged 10 minutes to use a pay phone, now they charge like 60 minutes of call time just to use a pay phone.

How to make collect calls(commercial)
Operater: "State your name please"
Bob: "Bob Wehadababyitsaboy"
Dad: "Hello"
Operater: "You have a collect call from 'Bob Wehadababyitsaboy, do you accept charges"
Dad: "No" then hangs up
Mom: "Who was that?"
Dad: "That was Bob, they had a baby, it's a boy."

Fixed... I think

Finished