Beware of expensive phone numbers

Beware of clothes catalogues asking you for feedback.I bought an item then was asked to give Humor: Discover the Power of Humor in the Universal Virtues | Virtue.netfeedback on the  it via  the phone.Fortunately I hung up after 5 minutes waiting.I say fortunately because looking at my phone bill I see it was expensive.You don’t get charged by Amazon for giving feedback!

Some charities with helplines also charge a high rate which may seem fair if you are getting free advice but it is not always made clear.Now you know why the staff are so chatty!But at least this is for a good cause.

As for questions people ask on Amazon.I have a tiny windows laptop 10 inch screen and hence rarely used.I got a question from someone asking if one could use Word on it.If they are going to use Word a 10inch screen is hardly suitable…I suppose they may have Word  on a bigger one….

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  1. One of my (many) pet hates is premium-rate phone numbers. How are we supposed to memorise the rates for all the different dialling codes? There is then no way of knowing what the bill is going to be. It’s like going into a shop with no price labels and, when you get to the till, being told “Sorry, you’ve picked that item up so you have to pay for it”

    1. I have got an arrangement that they email me if a call costs more than £1….I was annoyed because it was this company that asked me to review what I had bought… then charge me a lot!!I must admit my phone bill had got higher but no doubt it will go down now.And a charity doing it… Cruse…never had that before with Diabetes UK etc.Maybe they don’t get much help from the Government whereas Diabetes UK is well off…:)

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