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Canadian Cellphone Users May Get Justice Over Phantom Charges
An anonymous reader writes "For years, Bell Mobility customers in northern Canada were charged 75 cents a month for 911 emergency service. The problem is that cellphone users outside Whitehorse, Yukon, don't have access to 911 service. The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories ruled against Bell this week, following a class action lawsuit which challenged the phantom cellphone 911 billings. Subject to a possible final appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, Bell will likely owe 30,000 northern cellphone subscribers some bucks."
That is why I got rid of Verizon here. I had two lines, one for business and one for personal. Both were charged the tone dialing fee per month and the personal line was being charged $3/month to be unlisted and unpublished and the business line was being charged $3/month to be listed and published. Funny.
In Europe you pay the sticker price. That must include all taxes. If the pricing is wrong, they will have to give you it for the advertised price as long as it is reasonable. So no buying a Mercedes for 50EUR if they forgot a couple of zeroes.
I did buy a headset for 10EUR instead of 30 as that was how much it was advertised as. Obviously they corrected the price immediately.
This is also the case for restaurants and bars. So no tipping in many places (or minimal tipping) as people get payed by their boss for the work that they do.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
My parents still have pulse dialing.. Every once in a while Bell tries to sneak the Tone dialing onto their bill and they have to call and have it taken off. The funny thing is, I bet is costs Bell more now to supply Pulse dialing than Tone.
I know I used to live there and it was great. I don't understand why we have to do it ass-backwards here in North America. The tipping in restaurants and bars is a great example. in Europe the staff gets reasonable pay and serve all customers equally, here they pre-judge you based only on your appearance and if they think you're not a good tipper they won't give you any attention. Awful.