when you have the option to dial an 800 number and it is during your free cell phone minutes . . .

[PlatinumGold]

when you have the option to dial an 800 number and it is during your free cell phone minutes do you choose to dial the non 800 number and save the company you are dialing a few cents or do you use the 800 number and let the phone company get paid twice?


it PO's me that the phone company still charges the holder of the 800 number. even during the day when i'm being charged minutes the 800 holder is still being charged also.

that's a crock.

anyway, so i had the option to dial MS 800 or their 716 number in order to do an activation.

hmm, who do i screw, the phone company or MS . . .

hmmm

 

[Chompman]

The sad thing is the phone company is probly owned by MS.

 

[jlee]

I'll use the non-800 if it's a small company...long distance or local/800 makes no difference on my plan. Minutes are minutes..

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: CadetLee
I'll use the non-800 if it's a small company...long distance or local/800 makes no difference on my plan. Minutes are minutes..

that's my point, 800 or not makes no difference to most of us on our plans. but the holder of the 800 number still pays for incoming minutes. that kind of sux.

so if it's a small company i always dial their non 800 number if it's available to me.

MS, well you know how it is.

 

[Sphexi]

Read the information for your cellphone plan. It doesn't matter who you call, you are not paying for certain calls, you're paying to access their network. Call an 800, 900, or local call, it's all the same. Some like 900s will incure ADDITIONAL charges above and beyond whatever you would normally pay, ones like 800s will not.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Read the information for your cellphone plan. It doesn't matter who you call, you are not paying for certain calls, you're paying to access their network. Call an 800, 900, or local call, it's all the same. Some like 900s will incure ADDITIONAL charges above and beyond whatever you would normally pay, ones like 800s will not.

yes, i'm very aware of all that. i think you have completely missed my point.

my point is, i can call an 800 long distance number or a non 800 long distance number for the same cost to ME, however, the person i'm calling incurs different charges depending on which i call him with.

if it's a small business sure, i'll save him the few cents in 800 phone charges if i can.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Read the information for your cellphone plan. It doesn't matter who you call, you are not paying for certain calls, you're paying to access their network. Call an 800, 900, or local call, it's all the same. Some like 900s will incure ADDITIONAL charges above and beyond whatever you would normally pay, ones like 800s will not.

yes, i'm very aware of all that. i think you have completely missed my point.

my point is, i can call an 800 long distance number or a non 800 long distance number for the same cost to ME, however, the person i'm calling incurs different charges depending on which i call him with.

if it's a small business sure, i'll save him the few cents in 800 phone charges if i can.

Uh, duh? 800 numbers are a premium service, it's a way of allowing customers to call you for free, therefore YOU pay the charges instead. And no, they don't always get charged by the minute, hell, Vonage charges a few bucks a month for unlimited calling to 800 numbers, and I know that Rossman has used random 800 numbers for people to call and chat with him. It's all data these days, don't worry about it.