reverse charges dont accept them !!!!!!!!!!1

aqua_d5

I recieved my phone bill and to my shock it was huge, to be precise £327.76 and as i hardly use the phone i had trouble working it out. Basically my daughter regually does reverse charge on me when she is out and needs picking up ect , i thought that i would simply be paying for the cost as i would if i had rang off my phone but alas NO. The actual cost of 15 mins and 03 seconds worth of calls (21 in all) came to a grand total of £71.578 probally the most expensive 15 mins ive ever had. So after speaking to BT this morning and being told there is no legal requirement to inform users just how expensive it is ive decided to post here in the hope of warning others so they dont get ripped off, reguards sam

Heinz

Welcome to the MSE forums aqua_d5. Sorry to hear of the circumstances of your arrival here.

I'm afraid the standard (BT version) of Reverse Charge calls is very expensive - as you have found out in the worst way possible.

So that you're not caught out in future by what appears to be a 'free' alternative, please have a read of THIS THREAD about 0800Reverse - the summary is AVOID IT!

aqua_d5

thank you very much ive read through all your tips on the thread, what a great site, im guessing as a mature student and also a single parent of 5 ill be reffering to this for money saving tips, is there a thread for the best student bank accounts, im not to clever with forums, sorry

Browntoa

this thread has links to all the student stuff

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=427131

Heinz

aqua_d5 wrote: »

........ is there a thread for the best student bank accounts, im not to clever with forums, sorry

I'd suggest you start by reading Martin's article on that very subject:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1093692301,68353,

DonnyDave

It would be far cheaper for you to have a freephone number of your own!

You can have one for a 3 or 4p/min (maybe cheaper), so you can see how much they're raking in!

BritBrat

Welcome aqua,

There are lots of tips here for almost everything but as there is so much sometimes you just have to keep reading untill you find what you want.

I am sure you will find what you want.