Orange now join the DD bandwagon
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From: Alasdair on 17 Apr 2008 13:32 I see from my latest bill that Orange now charge me extra for not paying my bill by DD. Are there any phone providers left who allow me to pay by good old fashioned money without punishing me? I am quite happy to pay by Internet transfer, by credit/debit card or by cheque but I am not prepared to allow any company to dip into my bank account and help themselves when they want to. -- Alasdair.
From: Ivor Jones on 17 Apr 2008 14:09 In news:r42f04hskt61e15m6gnl6u21dps50uid0c(a)4ax.com, Alasdair <mail(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> typed, for some strange, unexplained reason: : I see from my latest bill that Orange now charge me extra for not : paying my bill by DD. Are there any phone providers left who allow me : to pay by good old fashioned money without punishing me? I am quite : happy to pay by Internet transfer, by credit/debit card or by cheque : but I am not prepared to allow any company to dip into my bank account : and help themselves when they want to. No, no, you've got it all wrong, you get a *discount* if you *do* pay by DD..! Seriously, I've never had a problem with DD, you do get notification in advance how much will be taken and you can stop it if you want to, so I've never understood the objection to DD as such. I do understand that you don't want to pay by that method however, and I agree with you that you should be able to pay however you want without penalty, but the objection to DD as a method of payment per se has always eluded me. The method of payment I *do* object to though is premium rate phone calls, but that's another topic..! Ivor
From: Paul Harris on 17 Apr 2008 16:28 In message <66pi24F2lf9dfU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Ivor Jones <ivor(a)thisaddressis.invalid> writes >In news:r42f04hskt61e15m6gnl6u21dps50uid0c(a)4ax.com, >Alasdair <mail(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> typed, for some strange, unexplained >reason: >: I see from my latest bill that Orange now charge me extra for not >: paying my bill by DD. Are there any phone providers left who allow me >: to pay by good old fashioned money without punishing me? I am quite >: happy to pay by Internet transfer, by credit/debit card or by cheque >: but I am not prepared to allow any company to dip into my bank account >: and help themselves when they want to. > >No, no, you've got it all wrong, you get a *discount* if you *do* pay by >DD..! > So when the bill arrives with an item that states payment charges and the sum listed is added to the total bill increasing the bottom line it is a negative discount then. That explains it. :-) -- Paul Harris
From: Alasdair on 17 Apr 2008 17:39 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:09:04 +0100, "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)thisaddressis.invalid> wrote: >Seriously, I've never had a problem with DD, you do get notification in >advance how much will be taken and you can stop it if you want to, so I've >never understood the objection to DD as such. My problems are (1) I do not have a large income and keep as little as possible on current account and (2) I am not very well organised. I do not keep a budget and if I have to pay out a largeish sum of money, I check online to see what my balance is before I press the "Pay" button. With DD, I have to remember when monies are due to be taken and if I forget, the conseuences can be very expensive if it pushes me into unauthorised overdraft. I can see why the creditor companies like it. It transfer the onus of remembering to the customer and this customer doesn't like it. -- Alasdair.
From: Steve Terry on 17 Apr 2008 18:59
"Alasdair" <mail(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote in message news:r42f04hskt61e15m6gnl6u21dps50uid0c(a)4ax.com... >I see from my latest bill that Orange now charge me extra for not > paying my bill by DD. Are there any phone providers left who allow me > to pay by good old fashioned money without punishing me? I am quite > happy to pay by Internet transfer, by credit/debit card or by cheque > but I am not prepared to allow any company to dip into my bank account > and help themselves when they want to. > Alasdair > Look, how are Reverse charge text theives in conpiracy with the networks supposed to get at your dosh if you haven't signed up for DD ? Steve Terry |