tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post4852031566247723966..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: Oh goodiekaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-50865584832105042312009-08-14T09:40:37.205+10:002009-08-14T09:40:37.205+10:00Hi Anonymous
Yes, that's my point. You can'...Hi Anonymous<br />Yes, that's my point. You can't just cancel the payment, and they can charge you whatever they like.<br />I don't like that you can surrender control of your account like that, and they expect it. It makes getting away from bad or incompetent service almost impossible.kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-61996007937340645412009-08-14T09:36:22.486+10:002009-08-14T09:36:22.486+10:00I agree about the direct debit. I simply refuse. T...I agree about the direct debit. I simply refuse. There is no way I will hand control of my account to anyone. <br /><br />I wanted to insure my home contents through RAC and the only way I could do it, apart from paying one lump sum, was by direct debit. The woman on the other end of the phone couldn't understand why I would have any problem with that. <br /><br />She didn't understand that if I wanted to change insurer next year I would have to wait for RAC to lift the DD order as I could not do it myself. They can increase the payments if they want to and there is nothing I could do about it. She was a bit shocked at that.<br /><br />Needless to say, I'm not insured with RAC.<br /><br />When I changed ISP they insisted that I could only pay by DD but I put up a fight and they gave in. I just pay manually each month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-32655154203937803442009-08-14T06:55:29.469+10:002009-08-14T06:55:29.469+10:00Hi Sandi
I already pay thru my bank account, but s...Hi Sandi<br />I already pay thru my bank account, but sometimes I need to pay by credit card (when I don't have enough cash 'cos I've put the cash on the credit card to diminish the account).<br />I wonder how long it will be before they start charging for those transactions?<br />They will!<br />I think more about people who don't have access to the www and have to pay.<br />And direct debits stink, sometimes once you start them they can't be stopped. And they can vary the amount they remove from your account to suit themselves - I don't like that idea at all. You have no control over your own account, and you have to beg them to cancel the debit. That appears to be what some of these providers are looking at.<br />No thanks.kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-11086635670640775272009-08-14T00:50:59.039+10:002009-08-14T00:50:59.039+10:00Now that's just w-e-i-r-d!
I posted a comment...Now that's just w-e-i-r-d!<br /><br />I posted a comment that didn't appear, even after reloading, so I wrote another post and that's appeared twice. <br /><br />Telstra? Is that you?<br /><br />SandiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-24553688236890880932009-08-14T00:29:05.315+10:002009-08-14T00:29:05.315+10:00Kae
If you're paying over the internet anyway,...Kae<br />If you're paying over the internet anyway, why don't you just transfer the money directly from your bank account? No charges for that. YET.<br /><br />And if you'd like to see your phone bills diminish dramatically before your very eyes, get a Buzz Box. It costs nothing and is a simple DIY plug-in.<br /><br />I've had mine for nearly a year (and so have the friends and rellies I put on to Buzz). The last two (monthly) Telstra bills I had before that were $181 and $139. Now, my Telstra bill including mobile is around $40 and my Buzz bill has never exceeded $14.70 for two months (they don't send a bill unless it's over $10).<br /><br />I can talk to my rellies in the eastern states for as long as I like without worrying about the $1 per minute Telstra was charging. The most I pay now is 49c - total.<br /><br />Check it out at<br />http://www.thebuzzcorp.com/<br /><br />BTW, two Perth blokes, one from UWA and one from Murdoch U (I think), got together and invented this little wonder. Hope to god that Telstra doesn't offer them a price they can't refuse to sell out, so keep it to yourself, OK? <br /><br />Oh...<br /><br />SandiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-64907612426817396032009-08-14T00:26:36.358+10:002009-08-14T00:26:36.358+10:00Kae
If you're paying over the internet anyway,...Kae<br />If you're paying over the internet anyway, why don't you just transfer the money directly from your bank account? No charges for that. YET.<br /><br />And if you'd like to see your phone bills diminish dramatically before your very eyes, get a Buzz Box. It costs nothing and is a simple DIY plug-in.<br /><br />I've had mine for nearly a year (and so have the friends and rellies I put on to Buzz). The last two (monthly) Telstra bills I had before that were $181 and $139. Now, my Telstra bill including mobile is around $40 and my Buzz bill has never exceeded $14.70 for two months (they don't send a bill unless it's over $10).<br /><br />I can talk to my rellies in the eastern states for as long as I like without worrying about the $1 per minute Telstra was charging. The most I pay now is 49c - total.<br /><br />Check it out at<br />http://www.thebuzzcorp.com/<br /><br />BTW, two Perth blokes, one from UWA and one from Murdoch U (I think), got together and invented this little wonder. Hope to god that Telstra doesn't offer them a price they can't refuse to sell out, so keep it to yourself, OK? <br /><br />Oh...<br /><br />SandiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com