I was ripped off by speedypin.com international phone card

[coco]

I recently bought a phone card from speedypin, becuase they advertised
cheap international rates. I bought a $5 card advertised as 1.6
cents/minute to Thailand. The first time I used it they said I had 5
hours. I used it for 4 minutes, and then the next time I used it they
said I had used 20 minutes. Every call after that was the same, using
five times as many minutes as I actually was on the line. The whole
card lasted about an hour. I tried to call the customer service
number, but no one answered.

False advertising.

[Wooly]

You have to read the fine print. Surcharges & assorted sundry fees
are charged separately from the per-minute rate.

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

[NOTv...@queensbridge.us]

Altho I use and like OneSuite,
last summer for the fun of it, before going
to Canada, i bought a prepaid phone card
for 99cents, at a 99 cent store.

Calling back to the USA I was only able to make one call. That is
because when you start using it,
they charge a 79 cent weekly service fee.

That fee is charged as soon as you use card first time.

So unless you make one really long call, that card is waste of time.

You gotta read all the fine print.

I like OneSuite.
Incredibly low long distance phone rates. As low as USA-Canada 1.9CPM!
Works as prepaid phone card. PIN not needed for calls from home or cell
phone. Compare the rates at https://www.OneSuite.com/ No monthly fee or
minimum. Use Promotion/SuiteTreat Code:
"FREEoffer23" for FREE time.
Altho from USA payphones there is a surcharge, there is NONE from
Canadian payphones.

[joanie]

In article <1141263943.8...@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
coconutco...@hotmail.com says...

That sucks big time. I agree with Notva, I like OneSuite too. Very good
service and they have service to and from Thailand (I think!). You can
check out rates. www.onesuite.com. I have used them four times to call
Japan and still have like 5 bucks on my 10 dollar account. My calls were
like 30 minutes or so. And, thanks for the warning on speedypin.

Joanie

[hchi...@hotmail.com]

NOTv...@Queensbridge.us wrote:

>I like OneSuite.
>Incredibly low long distance phone rates. As low as USA-Canada 1.9CPM!

I'm liking talkloop.com more and more. 1.69CPM to Canada 1.9CPM to UK
and no spam flavored treats.

[timeOday]

Now that respectable people all use cellphones (I say that tongue in
cheek), payphones and calling cards have really gone down the toilet.

I was forced to shop at a convenience store for a calling card recently,
and it was impossible. Over a dozen choices, none with complete
information about what you're getting. In the end, the one I bought
didn't even work. Of the dial-in numbers, only the Spanish one even
rang, but then I couldn't call through. So they got my $5 and I got
nothing.

In fact I had an equally bad experience with a payphone, which simply
ate my money because I didn't dial a "1" They're not AT&T anymore,
which is good and bad. It's bad when some fly-by-night company takes
your money.

[joanie]

You really should give OneSuite a try, I guarantee you won't be
disappointed. Before I started using OneSuite, I had always wanted to
see if those liquor store cards work and after your message I am happy I
never tried.

Joanie