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| George 2005-07-03, 10:55 pm |
| Greetings -- I am a new cell phone user and just signed up with
Verizon two days ago. Today, I had two wrong numbers -- both for the
same person. One call was from Nevis in the Caribbean and the other
was from Germany. She must have given out the wrong number.
Am I right in assuming that I am charged just for the airtime used?
That the actual cost of a long distance wrong number is with the
initiator of the call?
And since this is a weekend, probably there is no airtime charge at
all?
Regards, George
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| 617 Phones 2005-07-03, 10:55 pm |
| You are correct on all counts. The caller would be charged for the long
distance and you would only be charged the minutes for the time period
when they applied. Since it was on the weekend it won't cost you a
thing except for the aggravation.
If you continue to get calls from individuals calling the correct
number--but wrong person--Verizon shouldn't give you any trouble
changing your number.
Good luck.
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| Quick 2005-07-03, 10:55 pm |
| George wrote:
quote:
> Greetings -- I am a new cell phone user and just signed
> up with Verizon two days ago. Today, I had two wrong
> numbers -- both for the same person. One call was from
> Nevis in the Caribbean and the other was from Germany.
> She must have given out the wrong number.
>
> Am I right in assuming that I am charged just for the
> airtime used? That the actual cost of a long distance
> wrong number is with the initiator of the call?
>
> And since this is a weekend, probably there is no airtime
> charge at all?
Yes and yes if I have understood you correctly.
In the US, unless it is a collect call that you specifically,
verbally, accept on a per call basis, the initiator of the
call pays all long distance charges. This applies to both
land lines and cell phones. When you pick up on a collect
call you are prompted (usually by the operator) "I have a
collect call from xxx, will you accept the charges?". You
need to respond with a yes or no.
For any other inbound call you pay only your local phone
usage charges whatever they may be. For a cell phone
this would be airtime only. I believe things work differently
in parts of Europe.
If you have unlimited weekend minutes then the airtime
would not come out of your peak minute allotment.
-Quick
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| Steve Sobol 2005-07-03, 10:55 pm |
| 617 Phones wrote:
quote:
> You are correct on all counts. The caller would be charged for the long
> distance and you would only be charged the minutes for the time period
> when they applied. Since it was on the weekend it won't cost you a
> thing except for the aggravation.
....if your plan includes free weekends.
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| Bob Scheurle 2005-07-04, 6:55 am |
| On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 22:17:07 GMT, sum1@optonline.net (George) wrote:
quote:
>Greetings -- I am a new cell phone user and just signed up with
>Verizon two days ago. Today, I had two wrong numbers -- both for the
>same person. One call was from Nevis in the Caribbean and the other
>was from Germany. She must have given out the wrong number.
Or maybe the wanted person was the previous user of your phone number.
I've gotten calls from Mexico in the middle of the night. Now I turn my
phone off when I'm sleeping.
--
Bob Scheurle | "There's nobody getting
njtbob@X-verizon-X.net | rich writing software."
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| Larry W4CSC 2005-07-06, 9:55 am |
| sum1@optonline.net (George) wrote in news:42c86309.11423130@news-
server.optonline.net:
quote:
> Greetings -- I am a new cell phone user and just signed up with
> Verizon two days ago. Today, I had two wrong numbers -- both for the
> same person. One call was from Nevis in the Caribbean and the other
> was from Germany. She must have given out the wrong number.
>
>
Go back to the store and have your number changed. Obviously, they gave
out a number too soon on that one. Probably belonged to a druggie.
--
Larry
You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in
chalk.
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| Dennis Marks 2005-07-24, 1:58 pm |
| If you have a plan that does not include free long distance and you are out
of your local area you can be changed for the long distance call from your
home to the location you are at when someone calls you.
"617 Phones" <617@volcanomail.com> wrote in message
news:1120429603.219772.144600@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> You are correct on all counts. The caller would be charged for the long
> distance and you would only be charged the minutes for the time period
> when they applied. Since it was on the weekend it won't cost you a
> thing except for the aggravation.
>
> If you continue to get calls from individuals calling the correct
> number--but wrong person--Verizon shouldn't give you any trouble
> changing your number.
>
> Good luck.
>
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