You know what really grinds my gears? Being ripped off by phone companies! I changed phone plans on advice from Optus from my 150 cap which gave me $750 in calls to a 79 cap which gives $500 in calls. The advice was based on the fact that my call usage was around $350 a month which is far less than the 500 cap. So after changing over my first bill comes in at $280!
I call up Optus to complain and they said well the problem was my “old” plan was at 17c for 30 seconds and 17c flag fall. The new plans are 30c flag fall and 35c per 30 seconds. So, I have a hard time understanding how call prices keep going up when everywhere else in the world they go down. I mean the infrastructure is there, is just gravy! So they bring in a new plan which is 79 cap which had $195 in calls, now is $495! Double the calls! Wow what a great freakin deal, except that the call charges are over double! So in fact you get less calls.
The Optus solution? Move back to a 150 cap…and the current $280 bill, well just have to wear that. Oh, and to cap things off, my $280 bill included a $150 advance payment refund, so in fact it was like $420! So now my next bill will be two lots of $150!
I hate phone companies! (more…)
