murray@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (John Murray) (11/09/90)
What are 900-number operators required to tell the public about the charges for their services? I ask this question out of curiosity, sparked by an unsolicited letter I recieved today: "Your $5,000 limit Gold Card has been approved! Call our customer service operators RIGHT AWAY! at 1-900-xxx-xxxx(*)" ..and down at the bottom in tiny little type it says "(*) .95 charge per minute..." BUT (and here's the specific question) there's no mention of a minimum charge for the call. (most scum like this charge about $45 for the call) Are they required to tell us when there is a minimum billing of, say, 45 minutes? Not that I ever had any intention of calling, of course. This was obviously a look-alike card that is trying to seem like a Visa gold or an AmEx gold. A 2-in-1 attack on people without much common sense. Disclaimer: Any opinions above have little or nothing to do with reality. John R. Murray murray@vsjrm.scri.fsu.edu Supercomputer Research Inst.