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BT Increases Fees for folks paying by cheque
teddyco
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BT has just announced that they will increase their fees for anyone paying their bill by cash or cheque. Does anyone know when this will happen?
Taken from article:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23384577-details/Pensioners+punished+in+BT+purge+on+cash/article.do
BT is introducing charges for £5.5million customers who pay their bills by cash or cheque.
The penalty, which will work out at £4.50 a quarter or £18 a year, will raise almost £100million annually.
It is also putting up its late payment charge by 50 per cent to £7.50 a time.
The firm wants more of its 13million customers to pay by direct debit.
Pensioners, who traditionally prefer to pay bills by cash or cheque at Post Offices, will fall foul of the charge.
Customers who do not have a bank account, perhaps because they have a poor credit history, will also suffer.
These two groups are among those least able to pay extra on their bills, particularly given sharp increases in other outgoings such as gas and electricity charges and council tax.
While the move will raise £100million a year for BT, it is offsetting the full impact of the charge by lowering the line rental for customers affected from £36 a quarter to £33.
Taken from article:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23384577-details/Pensioners+punished+in+BT+purge+on+cash/article.do
BT is introducing charges for £5.5million customers who pay their bills by cash or cheque.
The penalty, which will work out at £4.50 a quarter or £18 a year, will raise almost £100million annually.
It is also putting up its late payment charge by 50 per cent to £7.50 a time.
The firm wants more of its 13million customers to pay by direct debit.
Pensioners, who traditionally prefer to pay bills by cash or cheque at Post Offices, will fall foul of the charge.
Customers who do not have a bank account, perhaps because they have a poor credit history, will also suffer.
These two groups are among those least able to pay extra on their bills, particularly given sharp increases in other outgoings such as gas and electricity charges and council tax.
While the move will raise £100million a year for BT, it is offsetting the full impact of the charge by lowering the line rental for customers affected from £36 a quarter to £33.
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