It’s unfortunate but true, some providers are flat out ripping off consumers by not disclosing hidden fees and charges, resulting in you getting a lot less than you thought.
The Federal Communications Commission announced on Thursday $20 million in fines against four prepaid calling card companies for allegedly using deceptive marketing practices.
According to the FCC, STi Telecom, Lyca Tel, Touch-Tel USA and Locus Telecommunications scammed consumers by claiming that they could make hundreds of minutes of calls to foreign countries for only a few dollars. In fact, because of hidden fees and surcharges, consumers could only use a fraction of those minutes, the FCC said.
The FCC fined the companies $5 million each.
In one case the FCC investigated, consumers would have to make a single 13-hour phone call to receive the advertised number of minutes. If the consumers made more than one call, they would receive a smaller fraction of the card value. In another case, a card that promised 1,000 minutes was exhausted after a single 60-minute phone call. Original Here.
And we thought the days of phone companies abuses are over.
They are coming to end, but obviously there are still some shady operators.
At Buzport, we have no hidden fees or charges, as a matter of fact, you get 3 free minutes to test the service, and with multiple options of placing calls, you can easily save as much as 95% of the cost, that’s real money back in your pocket.
You can get the details of how Buzport works and why we can save so much money on the How It Works page.
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