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| Derrick Fawsitt 2005-07-29, 5:45 pm |
| VoIPCheap says the following regarding its offer of "free" calls to
selected countries land lines, I quote :-
"You can now make FREE calls to several countries. These calls are
limited to 1 minute per call.
If you want UNLIMITED free calls, all you have to do is go to our
website and buy 1 pound credit."
End of quote.
Do they mean a once off payment of one pound sterling and then UNLIMITED
calls to these selected countries are free and if so, are they
reputable, after all, they will then have the details of a customers
credit card.
I would be most grateful for advice, so far I have registered and have
tried a free call only to be cut off after two minutes.
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Derrick Fawsitt
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| {{{{{Welcome}}}}} 2005-07-29, 5:45 pm |
| Thus spaketh Derrick Fawsitt:
> VoIPCheap says the following regarding its offer of "free" calls to
> selected countries land lines, I quote :-
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> "You can now make FREE calls to several countries. These calls are
> limited to 1 minute per call.
> If you want UNLIMITED free calls, all you have to do is go to our
> website and buy 1 pound credit."
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> End of quote.
>
> Do they mean a once off payment of one pound sterling and then
> UNLIMITED calls to these selected countries are free and if so, are
> they reputable, after all, they will then have the details of a
> customers credit card.
>
> I would be most grateful for advice, so far I have registered and have
> tried a free call only to be cut off after two minutes.
It's 1 Euro, so less than a pound.
You pay your 1 Euro and yes you can make unlimited calls to a few landlines
for free. You get cut off after an hour, you just redial.
You may want to look at their sister company www.voipbuster.com they have more
free destinations.
They are a very reputable company, they are behind 18866, 1899 and numerous
dial through services.
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| {{{{{Welcome}}}}} Woofed :
> It's 1 Euro, so less than a pound.
It cost me £1
What did I do wrong ? :-)
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Regards,
Troy the Black Lab.
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| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:54:58 +0100, Troy wrote:
>It cost me £1
It's advertised at €1.
>What did I do wrong ? :-)
Since you're signed up for getting unlimited free calls to certain
destinations, how much fuss are you prepared to make over a few pence?
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"Troy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:78l0mhaz34xh.dlg@troytheblacklab.co.uk...
> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} Woofed :
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> It cost me £1
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> What did I do wrong ? :-)
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> Regards,
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> Troy the Black Lab.
You live in the UK, or you told them you live in the UK.
If you pay via PayPal, then no card details are forwarded
to the service provider.
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| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:59:12 +0100, Al <e@aa.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:54:58 +0100, Troy wrote:
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>It's advertised at €1.
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>Since you're signed up for getting unlimited free calls to certain
>destinations, how much fuss are you prepared to make over a few pence?
Their add said pay 1 EURO not one pound and I am another who would
make a fuss if I was charged more than the stated amount on a website
or in hard copy ,a few pence is better in my pocket than in their bank
account .
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| Al Woofed :
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:54:58 +0100, Troy wrote:
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> It's advertised at €1.
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> Since you're signed up for getting unlimited free calls to certain
> destinations, how much fuss are you prepared to make over a few pence?
Don't wish to make any fuss at all - see my smiley.
I'm *not* complaining - it's a good deal :-)
Just wondered ..... that's all ...
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Regards,
Troy the Black Lab.
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| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:08:23 +0100, co.uk wrote:
>Their add said pay 1 EURO not one pound and I am another who would
>make a fuss if I was charged more than the stated amount on a website
>or in hard copy ,a few pence is better in my pocket than in their bank
>account .
So how much fuss are you going to make over 30p?
VoIPCheap offers free calls for a one of fixed charge. Vonage, the
company you promote, charges £9.99 a month for less. So you're happy
to donate £9.99 / month to Vonage for a worse deal while shouting your
mouth off for a one-off 30p? Are you a nutcase?
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| Martin² 2005-07-29, 8:45 pm |
| {}:
>They are a very reputable company, they are behind 18866, 1899 and numerous
>dial through services.
Well, they have been going a while and provide cheap calls, but they are
near impossible to contact, don't appear to have UK presence...
So IMHO 'very reputable' isn't justified just yet.
Regards,
Martin
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| On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:16:50 +0100, Martin² wrote:
>Well, they have been going a while and provide cheap calls, but they are
>near impossible to contact, don't appear to have UK presence...
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>So IMHO 'very reputable' isn't justified just yet.
Dexter will be along shortly selling Vonage. He quibbles about 30p but
yet waxes lyrical the virtues of Vonage prising £9.99/month from him.
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"Al" <e@aa.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:16:50 +0100, Martin² wrote:
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> Dexter will be along shortly selling Vonage. He quibbles about 30p but
> yet waxes lyrical the virtues of Vonage prising £9.99/month from him.
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What's this 30p you keep quoting?
Oh please don't tell me it's 1 Euro.
Live mid-market rates as of 2005.07.30 07:13:43 UTC.
1.00 Euro = 0.689602 GBP
United Kingdom Pounds
1 GBP = 1.45011 EUR
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi
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| On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:20:11 GMT, Nick wrote:
>What's this 30p you keep quoting?
Dexter is shouting over the rooftops that he's been swindled out of
30p because he claims they charged him £1 instead of €1. In case your
calculator isn't working:
£1 - €1 = (approx) 30p
Which bit of that don't you understand?
So for the sake of a nonsense argument concerning alleged overcharge
of 30p, the buffoon is instead shelling out £9.99 / month on an
alternative service.
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| Derrick Fawsitt 2005-07-30, 7:45 am |
| In message <WcednSGd9NUGCXffRVnyjQ@pipex.net>, {{{{{Welcome}}}}}
<bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> writes
>It's 1 Euro, so less than a pound.
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>You pay your 1 Euro and yes you can make unlimited calls to a few landlines
>for free. You get cut off after an hour, you just redial.
No, after all the discussion subsequently in this thread I was correct
in my original post because although it says one euro "on the website",
when I registered with them I got a confirming "email" saying one pound.
So we are both correct and if anyone doubts me I will gladly forward the
original email I got on registering, minus my password details of
course.
Finally, how do I go about paying them by Paypal?
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Derrick Fawsitt
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| Derrick Fawsitt 2005-07-30, 5:45 pm |
| In message <sZMGe.15529$Oe4.5441@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Nick
<not.known@here.com.uk> writes
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>Click on the Paypal icon!
Thanks Nick, I should have seen that as its the same as VoIPCheap.
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Derrick Fawsitt
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