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My Ridiculous Roger’s iPhone Bill
September 4th, 2008 by admin
I was in Asia last month, on a 7 day business trip that took me to Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and the island of Boracay - an amazing time. It was a last minute thing, covered by our clients, and I used my iPhone (1st gen) like a madman the entire time. I get a ton of email everyday and needed to stay in touch with the office back in Calgary.
When I landed in Hong Kong, I got my first “Welcome to (city name here) you can now use your phone on the (blank) network”. I had a bit of a layover, so figured I’d call Rogers toll-free number and just make sure I understood the charges while I was away. I already new that International txt messages we’re like 0.35 each, but I figured I’d check it and also asked if my data plan would work as normal. I was told yes, as long as I stayed within my 1GB plan limit then there would be NO extra charges.
So I used it, a ton. Having a few long layovers and firing back images to Facebook, Flickr and the family, I chewed through a good 40MBs of data. Some of it on slow networks, some of it on Edge quality networks like the one in Manila.
So the bill came a week ago, and they had charged me $613 for the txts and data usage, which they said was ‘roaming data’ so it was charged over and above at a ridiculous rate. I didn’t freak, but just shook my head, picked up the phone and knew I had to waste the next 30 minutes of my life dealing with the morons on the other end of the support line, explaining it all and reinforcing how I was NOT going to pay a bloody dime of it. As it turns out, they did have it on record that I had called their support line on the day and time I would have been in the Hong Kong airport. It was ‘elevated’ to another tech support agent, who explained how they would rectify the situation and credit my account back the next month - since I’m on an auto-debit payment method.
We’ll see what the bill is next month and if they’ve given it back. Here’s hoping.
How To Get Out Of Phone Solicitations
September 4th, 2008 by adminI received a call tonight from BBM Media wanting to ask me a list of tv and radio questions. I was assured that my information would not be used for other marketing efforts and that my information would remain private. I played along, Googling them while she blathered on, and played along.
She asked if I would like to continue in English, and then asked me what I was watching - on tv - or listening to - on the radio - when the phone rang. It turns out it was actually Sirius Satelitte radio and I was tuned to Left of Centre, a kick-ass ‘alternative’ new music station without all the shitty chatter and commercials.
Second question asked if I was over 18 and a resident of the current household. Check.
Then came this: “Are you or a member of your immediate family a member of a media company, advertising company or marketing firm?”. Check.
And game over, as apparently that kills your eligibility to participate. I’m wondering how may times I can use this on every other damn phone spam comes in.
