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eTiMaGo · 11-12-2008, 11:01 PM

V2...

OK so yesterday evening I get a call on my Blackberry from the phone service provider, to warn me that my phone bill was really really expensive due to high internet usage (charged per minute)... So I am really confused, they had a special promotion tied-in to the phone, flat rate of usage for about $35 a month, but now they want to charge me over $300!

Turns out they revoked that promotion and there was a warning in my last phone bill... I never really look at the other pages, they're all advertisements in Thai anyway, so I am trying to find the bill today.

I realize I am in the wrong, since they did give a warning, but there's no way I'm gonna pay that much for the same service! What do you all think? Suck it up or fight it?

*PK198105* · 11-12-2008, 11:03 PM

fight it, here in canada they will send you warnings on your phone so you can't miss them

mikenacarato · 11-12-2008, 11:04 PM

fight it...more than likely they will take some of it off. a little is better than nothing.
*rolls up sleeves*

TEHxFALLEN V1.2 · 11-12-2008, 11:04 PM

lock and load!

PETERPOOP · 11-12-2008, 11:14 PM

take it like a man

rstb88 · 11-12-2008, 11:17 PM

Do you speak thai as a fluent language? do they know. if its in thai and not in your native tongue(assuming english) you may be able to fight it saying that you don't understand what it said. but either way see if you can't get some of it knocked off

eTiMaGo · 11-12-2008, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PK198105

fight it, here in canada they will send you warnings on your phone so you can't miss them

They might have, but the BB does not display Thai characters

Quote:

Originally Posted by rstb88

Do you speak thai as a fluent language? do they know. if its in thai and not in your native tongue(assuming english) you may be able to fight it saying that you don't understand what it said. but either way see if you can't get some of it knocked off

I can speak Thai decently and can decypher the writing (far from actually understanding it

), so this is what I will try to do...

Malaya1221 · 11-13-2008, 12:13 AM

V2...

hate fucking moving! this is my third time moving for the last 5 years....still unpacking boxes of shites we don't even need....moved last saturday and hopefully will done unpacking things this coming weekend!

*tk-421* · 11-13-2008, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

What do you all think? Suck it up or fight it?

I think you should fight it! Keep sending them smelly French cheese until they agree to give you a pass on the $300. Just a thought.

TEHxFALLEN V1.2 · 11-13-2008, 03:34 AM

If I were you Thomas, I'd fight it! You being a foreigner has its disadvantages, the advertisements are strewn together with your phone bill?? What the hell is that? How would you have known there was a warning letter in there if it was mixed in with all that madness?

bobselectric · 11-13-2008, 08:00 AM

Fight it--- usually companies here in the states will be understanding. I call sprint about my bill maybe once a month and usually get results

*jclo3313* · 11-13-2008, 08:07 AM

Thanks Thomas for bringing back this thread, sorry to hear about your woes.
I hate diarrhea. I think I might die. Urrgh!

eTiMaGo · 11-13-2008, 10:01 AM

well I am royally screwed...

Turns out the warning was pretty clear in the bill, but... I never opened the damn envelope... must have been kinda busy that day, and since it's a flat rate I didn't bother to check...

And the worst thing is... The $300 is for this month *so far*. The bill for October which I just received comes up to... wait for it... wait for it.... 65,000 Baht which is just about US$1,800... That's some of the world's most expensive emails I have sent!

So yeah, I am clearly in the wrong here, gonna have to meet up with one of the service managers to try and appeal it.. After all I've been using exactly the same service as before, just billed very differently...

*jclo3313* · 11-13-2008, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

well I am royally screwed...

Turns out the warning was pretty clear in the bill, but... I never opened the damn envelope... must have been kinda busy that day, and since it's a flat rate I didn't bother to check...

And the worst thing is... The $300 is for this month *so far*. The bill for October which I just received comes up to... wait for it... wait for it.... 65,000 Baht which is just about US$1,800... That's some of the world's most expensive emails I have sent!

So yeah, I am clearly in the wrong here, gonna have to meet up with one of the service managers to try and appeal it.. After all I've been using exactly the same service as before, just billed very differently...

Sorry Thomas, that sucks.

*tk-421* · 11-13-2008, 10:13 AM

Ouch buddy... I feel for ya. Hope you sort that mess up soon.

eTiMaGo · 11-13-2008, 10:15 AM

yeah... on the bright side it has brought me to thinking... do I really need this device? sure, it's pretty useful, I like to be online at all times, but it's not really bringing me any benefits

*tk-421* · 11-13-2008, 10:18 AM

Well, I use my berry all the time, but I guess that if you only use it for being online... With prices being as high as they are...

OTOH, you could always sell your 8800 and get a 8820 (with WiFi) and get online for free!

Bob_VT · 11-13-2008, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

yeah... on the bright side it has brought me to thinking... do I really need this device? sure, it's pretty useful, I like to be online at all times, but it's not really bringing me any benefits

If you didn't watch all that porn....... your minutes would be lower

11-12-2008, 11:01 PM	#1
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 6,951 Blog Entries: 11	Bitch, Rant, Complain... V2... OK so yesterday evening I get a call on my Blackberry from the phone service provider, to warn me that my phone bill was really really expensive due to high internet usage (charged per minute)... So I am really confused, they had a special promotion tied-in to the phone, flat rate of usage for about $35 a month, but now they want to charge me over $300! Turns out they revoked that promotion and there was a warning in my last phone bill... I never really look at the other pages, they're all advertisements in Thai anyway, so I am trying to find the bill today. I realize I am in the wrong, since they did give a warning, but there's no way I'm gonna pay that much for the same service! What do you all think? Suck it up or fight it? __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson

11-12-2008, 11:03 PM	#2
PK198105 hugging corners since 07 View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Blazing Blue Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 5,347	fight it, here in canada they will send you warnings on your phone so you can't miss them __________________

11-12-2008, 11:04 PM	#4
TEHxFALLEN V1.2 Alpha Kenny One. View User's Garage Drives: '08 NCP91 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Land of fix-it tickets, CA. Posts: 1,643	lock and load! __________________ FUCK USDM I ♥ JDM HOES. I'm so JDM, I sleep on the right side of the bed. \|J\|D\|M\| my anti DUB CQB for life. Sponsored by: Micro Image http://microimageonline.com

11-12-2008, 11:17 PM	#6
rstb88 Drives: Silver Hatchback Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 150	Do you speak thai as a fluent language? do they know. if its in thai and not in your native tongue(assuming english) you may be able to fight it saying that you don't understand what it said. but either way see if you can't get some of it knocked off __________________ "Automatic carwashes are like Hookers........are you sure you want to use it next???? (Jer)"

11-13-2008, 03:34 AM	#10
TEHxFALLEN V1.2 Alpha Kenny One. View User's Garage Drives: '08 NCP91 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Land of fix-it tickets, CA. Posts: 1,643	If I were you Thomas, I'd fight it! You being a foreigner has its disadvantages, the advertisements are strewn together with your phone bill?? What the hell is that? How would you have known there was a warning letter in there if it was mixed in with all that madness? __________________ FUCK USDM I ♥ JDM HOES. I'm so JDM, I sleep on the right side of the bed. \|J\|D\|M\| my anti DUB CQB for life. Sponsored by: Micro Image http://microimageonline.com

11-12-2008, 11:04 PM	#3
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 04 Cooper S Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Franklin, TN Posts: 2,294 Blog Entries: 1	fight it...more than likely they will take some of it off. a little is better than nothing. rolls up sleeves

11-12-2008, 11:14 PM	#5
PETERPOOP View User's Garage Drives: 08 white liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,333	take it like a man

11-13-2008, 12:13 AM	#8
Malaya1221 super duper M*******TOR Drives: 2007 jahPANIS egg(Sarao Phil) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Torrance, Ca Posts: 992	V2... hate fucking moving! this is my third time moving for the last 5 years....still unpacking boxes of shites we don't even need....moved last saturday and hopefully will done unpacking things this coming weekend!

11-13-2008, 08:00 AM	#11
bobselectric Kickin' Yaris Drives: 07 Yaris liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: west harrison, ny Posts: 490	Fight it--- usually companies here in the states will be understanding. I call sprint about my bill maybe once a month and usually get results

11-13-2008, 08:07 AM	#12
jclo3313 Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Absolutely red Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Woodstock, Ga Posts: 7,898	Thanks Thomas for bringing back this thread, sorry to hear about your woes. I hate diarrhea. I think I might die. Urrgh! __________________

11-13-2008, 10:01 AM	#13
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 6,951 Blog Entries: 11	well I am royally screwed... Turns out the warning was pretty clear in the bill, but... I never opened the damn envelope... must have been kinda busy that day, and since it's a flat rate I didn't bother to check... And the worst thing is... The $300 is for this month so far. The bill for October which I just received comes up to... wait for it... wait for it.... 65,000 Baht which is just about US$1,800... That's some of the world's most expensive emails I have sent! So yeah, I am clearly in the wrong here, gonna have to meet up with one of the service managers to try and appeal it.. After all I've been using exactly the same service as before, just billed very differently... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson

11-13-2008, 10:13 AM	#15
tk-421 Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: 5D-07-LB Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kashyyyk Posts: 3,400	Ouch buddy... I feel for ya. Hope you sort that mess up soon. __________________ --[ FORUM RULES ] [ SEARCHING TIPS ] [ EYELIDS PICS ] [ RBK SPOILER ] [ BEST/WORST INVESTMENTS ]--

11-13-2008, 10:15 AM	#16
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 6,951 Blog Entries: 11	yeah... on the bright side it has brought me to thinking... do I really need this device? sure, it's pretty useful, I like to be online at all times, but it's not really bringing me any benefits __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson

11-13-2008, 10:18 AM	#17
tk-421 Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: 5D-07-LB Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kashyyyk Posts: 3,400	Well, I use my berry all the time, but I guess that if you only use it for being online... With prices being as high as they are... OTOH, you could always sell your 8800 and get a 8820 (with WiFi) and get online for free! __________________ --[ FORUM RULES ] [ SEARCHING TIPS ] [ EYELIDS PICS ] [ RBK SPOILER ] [ BEST/WORST INVESTMENTS ]--

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