> So please don't assume that anyone who incurs unexpected > charges are > idiots or moochers.
I feel the pain... BTW, re: Matt Hunter, I could not pull up the original story. But here are some of the comments still on file: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/buffalo-ny/TGDUFUHKRFS4T8V4R Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Family Racks Up $19,370 Cell Phone Bill > > > On Sep 5, 2008, at 6:55 AM, David Smith wrote: > > > Honestly, people like this family drive me nuts. I think AT+T > > deserves to be > > paid, as the family signed a contract , agreed to their terms, and > > then used > > the product. Why should AT+T not be paid? Read your contracts, > > people. If > > you don't like the terms, don't sign the document. > > Because it is not always intentional. My son sends hundreds > of text > messages, and we bought an "unlimited" plan so as not to have to worry > about running up huge bills. One of the girls he met recently actually > lives outside Toronto, and thus has a Canadian phone address. She was > here in the US, and he was texting her over the course of several > days. This resulted in a fairly large charge for "international" > texting. > > He did not intend to text internationally. Canadian numbers are > identical in format to US numbers. There is nothing that tells him > that he is incurring additional charges. > > So please don't assume that anyone who incurs unexpected > charges are > idiots or moochers. > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
