mailman@telfon.enet.dec.com (Steven M. Mailman) (11/17/90)
Yesterday I received (actually, my answering machine received) a a
recorded announcement telling me about about free gifts and trips if I
call 1-900-741-1200 for a fee of $3.50.
I don't know anything about the free gifts and free trips but the
$3.50 fee IS A LIE! Ma Bell told me, and the company admitted, that
the cost of that number is $9.90. (I'd bet that the free gifts and
free trips part is a lie too!)
If you get a call from 900-741-1200, it is run by Media 4 Advertising
Survey and you can call them at 800-346-6329 and ask to be removed
from list (or added to a list of people that should not be called).
Steve Mailman Digital Equipment Corporation mailman@tle.enet.dec.com
Disclaimer: The opinions and statements expressed by me are not
necessarily those of Digital Equipment Corporation.jimmy@denwa.info.com (Jim Gottlieb) (11/20/90)
In article <14770@accuvax.nwu.edu> is written: >$3.50 fee IS A LIE! Ma Bell told me, and the company admitted, that >the cost of that number is $9.90. >If you get a call from 900-741-1200, it is run by Media 4 Advertising >Survey and you can call them at 800-346-6329 and ask to be removed >from list But don't try complaining to the carrier. Media 4 is owned by Telesphere, the company that owns the 900-741 prefix. The company, from their 900 practices to their AOS outfit, is pure sleaze. Jim Gottlieb E-Mail: <jimmy@denwa.info.com> or <attmail!denwa!jimmy> V-Mail: +1 213 551 7702 Fax: 478-3060 Voice: 824-5454