Re: Payphone Surcharges (was: Unanswered Cellphones) |
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Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com) Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:51:16 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <telecom24.587.9@telecom-digest.org>, <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> DevilsPGD wrote:
>> Unless the owner of the payphone is threatening or inflicting harm
> In terms of the letter of the law you are correct. But when someone
It wasn't the owner of the payphone who forced you to make those
> I was using a calling card and the pay phone used the long distance
So the problem was your own ignorance.
> After complaining, they took off the $25/minute charges. That's
Taking off the charge is fraud?
> (BTW, there were no directions on my calling card number -- which
Are you sure you never got directions with it? Can you prove that?
> Do you think a supermarket could get away with advertising a big
They could get away with advertising Joe's Brand Spaghetti at $0.10/lb
>> Making a payphone call is not a right. Your "need" to make a call
> Interesting how you put it. Let's be clear about something. Until
It was a _goal_, not a _right_. And even then, payphones weren't part
Seth
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