[OT] Oh god it's started

[Tim Watts]

9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
holiday has started for them)

Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get an
email).

<checks>

£14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...

Little word about the mertits of landline numbers...

I feel doomed now

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[Toby]

On 24/05/2013 15:46, Tim Watts wrote:
> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
> holiday has started for them)
>
> Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get an
> email).
>
> <checks>
>
> £14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...
>
> Little word about the mertits of landline numbers...
>
> I feel doomed now
>

http://www.voipcheap.co.uk - 2 p (plus VAT) per minute.

So that would have been about £2.83

If it was a land line, and you had free minutes, it would have been free :-)


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[Nightjar]

On 24/05/2013 15:46, Tim Watts wrote:

> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
> holiday has started for them)
>
> Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get an
> email).
>
> <checks>
>
> £14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...
>
> Little word about the mertits of landline numbers...
>
> I feel doomed now

Now would be a good time to install a payphone.

Colin Bignell

[fred]

In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>, Tim Watts
<tw+u...@dionic.net> writes
>
>�14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...
>
How long will it take you to write a script to auto debit her pocket
money spreadsheet ;-?
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[The Natural Philosopher]

On 24/05/13 16:51, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,

> Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:
>
>> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home,
>> school holiday has started for them)
>

> Why has a 9-yr old child got a mobile phone?
>
mummy wouldn't buy her a dildo.
She's got a little cat
and she's very fond of that
but she'd rather have a dild-I-oh!


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[Gordon Henderson]

In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,
Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:

>9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
>holiday has started for them)
>
>Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get an
>email).
>
><checks>
>
>£14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...
>
>Little word about the mertits of landline numbers...

Get her a basic mobile with a giffgaff sim - get all her friends to do
the same. Free GG to GG calls as long as theres credit in the account.

ob. referral code: http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/gordondrogon

Once you setup one, they setup another and so on an you both get a fivers
credit for it..

Gordon

[charles]

In article <timstreater-8515...@news.individual.net>,

Tim Streater <timst...@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,
> Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:

> > 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
> > holiday has started for them)

> Why has a 9-yr old child got a mobile phone?

to summon the parental taxi service?

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[Tim Watts]

On Friday 24 May 2013 16:51 Tim Streater wrote in uk.d-i-y:

> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,
> Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:
>

>> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
>> holiday has started for them)
>

> Why has a 9-yr old child got a mobile phone?
>

She hasn't - she's using the house phone with my permission. I did not
realise that the only number for her friend in our contacts list was her
mum's mobile. Now I'm grateful that Sipgate is a PAYG with £10 auto topups
and an email to confirm!

[Tim Watts]

On Friday 24 May 2013 17:05 The Natural Philosopher wrote in uk.d-i-y:

> On 24/05/13 16:51, Tim Streater wrote:
>> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,
>> Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home,
>>> school holiday has started for them)
>>
>> Why has a 9-yr old child got a mobile phone?
>>
> mummy wouldn't buy her a dildo.
> She's got a little cat
> and she's very fond of that
> but she'd rather have a dild-I-oh!
>
>

Get some help!

[Tim Watts]

Not a daft idea - there's an old simless iPhone lying about (unlocked).

It was a good lesson for her to see relative call costs.

The Oh God was about the phase where she spends 4 hours on the phone has
just started and will never end...

[Tim Watts]

On Friday 24 May 2013 16:46 fred wrote in uk.d-i-y:

> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>, Tim Watts
> <tw+u...@dionic.net> writes
>>
>>£14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...
>>
> How long will it take you to write a script to auto debit her pocket
> money spreadsheet ;-?

:)

[Tim Watts]

Ooh - interesting.

No reason I cannot set up another VOIP provider on the phone - the Gigaset I
have takes 4 IIRC and I've only used 2. Makes sense - give them one each
(the lad too, later) and make them responsible for their own call costs.

[harry]

On May 24, 3:46 pm, Tim Watts <tw+use...@dionic.net> wrote:
> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
> holiday has started for them)
>
> Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get an
> email).
>
> <checks>
>
> £14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume) mobile...
>
> Little word about the mertits of landline numbers...
>
> I feel doomed now

Wait until she discovers handbags. Or cosmetics. Or shoes.
Or the hairdresser
Heh Heh!

[Bob Eager]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 16:02:43 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote:

> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,
> Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:
>>9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school
>>holiday has started for them)
>>
>>Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get
>>an email).
>>
>><checks>
>>
>>£14 in calls today, she's calling her friend's mum's (I assume)
>>mobile...
>>
>>Little word about the mertits of landline numbers...
>
> Get her a basic mobile with a giffgaff sim - get all her friends to do
> the same. Free GG to GG calls as long as theres credit in the account.

and it's been topped up within the last three months.

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[stuart noble]

On 24/05/2013 16:51, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <g2b47a-...@squidward.local.dionic.net>,
> Tim Watts <tw+u...@dionic.net> wrote:
>

>> 9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home,
>> school holiday has started for them)
>

> Why has a 9-yr old child got a mobile phone?
>

I wondered that. Eleventh birthday seems to be the norm round here.
Beginning of the end so you might as well delay it as long as possible.
Little chavs!

[Tim Watts]

Arrrrgggghhh

[Dave Liquorice]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 17:14:57 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

> No reason I cannot set up another VOIP provider on the phone - the
> Gigaset I have takes 4 IIRC and I've only used 2. Makes sense - give
> them one each (the lad too, later) and make them responsible for their
> own call costs.

Agreed nothing like educating them into the cost of things as soon as you
can. No.1 Daughter has a PAYG mobile, £10/month top up from me (if she
needs it) any overspend she has to fund. Tesco Mobile, that £10 top up
gets tripled to £30 but that £20 free credit only lasts a month but is
used first. The £10 real money credit does not expire.

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[Dave Liquorice]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 20:05:58 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

>> Wait until she discovers handbags. Or cosmetics. Or shoes.
>> Or the hairdresser
>> Heh Heh!
>
> Arrrrgggghhh

Not at all, things she *needs* are bought for her, like a school bag or
school shoes etc. Fancy bags or shoes she has to buy or at least make a
contribution. Cosmetics are totally up to her. Hair dye is her, shampoo
and normal, routine, haircut is us.

Of course at the end of the day all "her money" has come out of my wallet
but she does appreciate the cost of things and is PDG at budgeting. No.1
Daughter is 16.

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[bm]

"Dave Liquorice" <allsortsn...@howhill.com> wrote in message
news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypb...@srv1.howhill.co.uk...

You're lucky, my son is the spendthrift that his mother (my ex-wife) always
was (money=water). He's now 36.
What really pisses me off is that a 'friend' of mine was �30k in debt and
got it written off. WTF?

[harry]

On May 25, 1:00 am, "bm" <a...@b.com> wrote:
> "Dave Liquorice" <allsortsnotthis...@howhill.com> wrote in message

How did (s)he manage that then?

[Brian Gaff]

It was all CB when I were young, bit illegal, but...

Brian

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[bm]

"harry" <harry...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Can't remember the details but there's often an ad on the box, offering to
do it for you.

[Dave Liquorice]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:20 -0700 (PDT), harry wrote:

>> You're lucky, my son is the spendthrift that his mother (my ex-wife)
>> always was (money=water). He's now 36.

SWMBO'd got herself into trouble with a Credit Card (or two) several
years before I met her (CC = not real money). She learnt her lesson
though and hardly uses CCs now. Cash or DC.

>> What really pisses me off is that a 'friend' of mine was 30k in debt
>> and got it written off. WTF?
>
> How did (s)he manage that then?

Probably an IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement). If the creditor(s)
agree they freeze interest on the debt(s) and accept small regular
payments for a few years. Not all of the debt(s) will be paid off, what
remains is written off.

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[Mark]

The tesco "triple" deal is, IMHO, pointless. The tesco lite tariff is
much cheaper and none of the credit expires.
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