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20-02-2008, 06:08
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$2962.79 Phone Bill W.t.f. ???
before my uncle (slampay) and i went to LOS i called my phone compay to change my plan to get a cheaper rate while in LOS. I told them when I will be there what i needed the phone for blah blah blah, I was told for $5.99USD a month I can get this plan that will allow all calls to be $1.29 a minute.
So today I opend my bill and was expeting about $600-$700 bill because since ive been back home ive made a few calls to LOS..... and to my SURPRISE my bill was $2962.79 (thats not a typo)  apparently the plan i thought i got and the plan they gave me were 2 differents plans i was being charged $4.00 a minute. So of course i called the phone company told them the problem she said i could have gotten a plan for $3.99 a month and be charged $0.26 a minute now im MAD. they wanted to take $500.00 of the bill for the mistake which i didn't go for so they have to send my complaint to the managers and they will get back to me in 7-10 days....... more to come on this anyone else with this problem? or can anyone top that mobile phone bill????? $2962.79.... what is your highest??????? 
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20-02-2008, 06:34
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Hey Brandon, did you have to call a janitor to your office after you opened your bill?
 Is that U.S. dollars ??! No, seriously. Let me know what your NEW phone # is. Call me later o.k.?(collect)....I gotta go buy some A.T.T stock.
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20-02-2008, 06:46
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well atleast for the next 7-10 days my number will be the same after that who knows, i might have to move to LOS to hide from the phone company mafia because a $3000.00USD phone bill will never be paid by me
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20-02-2008, 06:48
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Should have bought a Thai sim and Pay as you go. International roaming is f@ckin expensive
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20-02-2008, 06:53
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Now you know how the girl in your avatar feels. 
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20-02-2008, 06:58
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I love there is an advert showing on this thread for Unsecured loans from YES Loans!!!! At the top are ads for call Thailand for 1p a minute! 55555
Good old Google kicking a man while he is down!
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20-02-2008, 07:04
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a thai friend of mine here in the states got me a phone card 1.5 cents a minute that i have been using and it works well... just all the calls b4 i got that card screwwd me big time..... and yes i do feel like the girl in my avatar and the phone company is the man
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20-02-2008, 07:12
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I just checked, my highest was $2894.57. You win 
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20-02-2008, 08:13
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I dont remember what it was now but 6ish years back I had to carry a business phone that rang non stop (it was a PITA but only way to get away from work).. The bill for that was multi 1000 EUR.. Then again we used to have massive comms costs back then.
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20-02-2008, 08:51
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My mate had one in 2006 for £777 or about $1444 for a two week holiday.
The phone company was charging him £1.30 a minute to phone the UK so he got his gf to phone him thinking it was free for him but he was still being charged £1.10 a minute to receive a call. 
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20-02-2008, 08:54
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The OP must have had a higher credit limit than I. 55555
A couple of years ago, I bought the "latest and greatest", INTERNATIONAL cellphone, from Sprint. Along with it, their Int'l. plan that allowed unlimited calls to/from Thailand, for $0.25 per minute. The phone was useless, in much of the Isaan area, to which I traveled. It worked OK, in towns and cities. After a couple of weeks usage, the service was interrupted! Using a "land line" from my Phuket hotel, I finally managed to contact Sprint. Or rather, I was able to contact a Sprint voice computer!!!!!  Eventually (several pain in the @ss calls later), I was able to talk to a customer service representative, I found out that my current balance was around $1300. And they had terminated service, pending my payment! They confirmed that my plan was set at $0.25 per minute...but, the roaming and extra charges applied by DTAC (or Thai company), had increased the rate to around $8.00 per minute! Fvck, I was MAD! Sh1tcanned that idea, and purchased a Thai cellphone and simcard. Using the prepaid cards now, and I've been delighted, ever since! Ohhhh the costly lesson's learned! 55555  OK. Now, let me tell you about a couple of foxy go-go girls I wound up with, one night. Well, it seems..... NEVERMIND!  Last edited by pablo : 20-02-2008 at 09:29.
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20-02-2008, 10:01
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If I call Asia I buy phone cards in the local China town. They tend to have good phone cards since so many people call relatives back in Asia. I bet most China towns around the world are the same.
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20-02-2008, 11:54
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Aaaw why  ?
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20-02-2008, 21:23
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you dont need to go to chinatown just go to any store24 and buy the INC card it is red with yellow writing you will get great rates with that
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22-02-2008, 20:09
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I agree. If i have to make a call (I mean really have to) I use the hotel phone, but it has to be dire. I have a DTAC sim card here and it costs 5 baht to send an SMS to England and Germany. Would be better in the long run.
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22-02-2008, 20:20
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22-02-2008, 20:41
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I bought a low-end Nokia for about 1400 Baht that came with a SIM card. I bought it at the cell phone store in Robinson's department store in Phuket town(on the first floor near the travel place). To recharge it, I buy 1-2-Call pay-as-you-go cards at 7-eleven etc. It is a very cheap way to go...much much cheaper than roaming and you can text etc. I recently spent 3 weeks in Singapore slumming around...I decided to buy a tri-band phone so I can use it (almost)anywhere in the world(Nokia Misic Express). I found out that it is cheaper to call long distance with a pay-as-you-go SIM card than to use either the hotel phone or a long distance phone card. The SIM card is very cheap too. When I got to Australia a couple weeks ago I did the same thing...I bought a SIM card and made lots of long-distance calls and got a great deal(for $30AUD I got $180 worth of talk time). From now on when travelling I'll be buying a SIM card wherever I go as it seems to be a much better way to go in the last few places I've been. The only drawback is keeping track of all those little SIM cards.
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22-02-2008, 20:47
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Just buy a second sim and bung it in your phone when you are out here. Alternatively as stated above Nokias run B1401900 for a basic model. Who needs the 25k one I saw in Robinson's today. Sounds like the phone company Lub U Lang (distance) time!!
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22-02-2008, 20:55
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There seems to be no limits on the international phone cost raking...Im with Optus in Aus.
Mum cals to see how much 1 minute costs and then calls back and says ,"FREE!" We talk for 10 minutes and MY phones newly purchased $50 disappears and I later find out that , somehow, Im paying for the call! Thai Nokia $30 . Sim $10 . Calls 3 baht a minute. peace of mind...PRICELESS
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22-02-2008, 20:59
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