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Title: Turtle in a state of shock
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Published: May 28, 2008
Author: Turtle
Post Date: 2008-05-28 16:43:12 by Turtle
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Turtle will never assume anything again. As the old cliche goes, when you do that, you make an ass of you and me. I made an hour and a half international call to the Philippines. Never made one before. Just dialed it on my home phone. The phone bill came in today. $700. I told them no, never, I'll settle for $50. Let's see what they say. I just moved and had that phone turned off, and now have a cellphone, so they'll never get the money. I don't care if they put it on my credit, they'll never see a cent.
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#1. To: Turtle (#0)
Are you serious? Seven hundred dollars for ONE phone call? Even a phone call of an hour and a half, that sounds pretty extreme.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. I kid you not, that's what my ATT bill read. I have had no trouble with ATT ever except for this. I think when they realize what happened they'll settle. I was in a state of shock for several hours. I could not believe my bill.
Bozo me and I'll kill you with my brain.
That is one of the most expensive calls I have ever heard of.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. There is a program you can get for your computer called skype (and it's free) that would let you talk to whoever you wanted to talk to in the Phillipines assuming they have it too. And there are others--google talk, another one called beebo I think and there could be some I haven't heard of.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. You realize that comes to just 12.9 cents a second, don't you?
Turtle... See what happens when you are not under strict supervision? I can see it now...ATT and on their cafeteria menu for a month..."TURTLE SOUP"... We have several shysters here on the 4um that would be glad to take your case pro bono...(they like turtle soup also)
They seem too busy writing tributes to Obama to actually do anything useful.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Were you speaking with one of those 'buy a wife' services? Regardless, what a hose job from ATT.
Turtle buy a wife???? Good heavens. Lots of Americans would pay him to take their wives off their hands.
Good heavens. Lots of Americans would pay him to take their wives off their hands. Then there's that option. As a friend once said, "No matter how fine, how hot, she appears to be; there's a guy (or guys) saying, 'Thank God, that bitch is gone.'" There is truth there.
With my "Lucky Communications" prepaid card, I believe the call would have been around $5.00. http://www.luckycomm.net/about.html They specialize in Asia/America calls, I found them cause I was calling Australia a lot. Highly recommended as they are pre paid and all you can lose is how much you put on the card, no more. Having long distance bundled into your local phone carrier is a terrible idea. As is doing business with AT&T - but you know that now.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" You understimate the bloodsuckers.
"HOLODOMOR" is Ukrainian word for "FAMINE-GENOCIDE"
Did you at least achieve orgasm during the call? If not, now you're royally screwed.
They must have seen some of your posts on 4um.
"You can not save the Constitution by destroying it."
I use Skype, but it means sitting at the computer with a headphone and microphone. Instead, I went outside on the deck at 7 am Sunday morning and called from the cordless phone. Next thing I know, a $700 bill. They'll never see a cent of it. The woman I called just moved to the Philippines for a job, so I called to say hello. Strangely, the number on the bill is not the number I called, even though it does say "Philippines." I have no idea what happened, but I wrote ATT a long letter. I don't call 800 numbers to talk to people. I always get somebody in India or -- ha ha--the Philippines, using a fake name and reading from a script. I wonder what ATT's response will be.
Bozo me and I'll kill you with my brain.
I don't know how they could justify a bill for 700 bucks if you had called and talked all day. That is ridiculous.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
#2. To: James Deffenbach (#1)
#3. To: Turtle (#0)
The phone bill came in today. $700...
“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!” Schweizerische Schutzenseitunt (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#4. To: Turtle (#2)
I was in a state of shock for several hours. I could not believe my bill.
Lord Acton
#5. To: Turtle (#2)
Lord Acton
#6. To: Turtle (#0)
#7. To: Turtle (#0)
#8. To: Turtle (#0)
#9. To: Cynicom (#7)
We have several shysters here on the 4um that would be glad to take your case pro bono...(they like turtle soup also)
Lord Acton
#10. To: Turtle (#0)
#11. To: lodwick (#10)
#12. To: Cynicom (#11)
Turtle buy a wife????
#13. To: Turtle (#0)
#14. To: Turtle (#2)
I think when they realize what happened they'll settle.
#15. To: Turtle (#0)
#16. To: Turtle (#0)
#17. To: James Deffenbach, Cynicom (#5)
#18. To: Turtle (#17)
Lord Acton
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