Society & Culture Things you do/did that you probably think no one else does

[FRUMPY]

Nobody reads T’s and C’s and everybody knows that - it shouldn’t (and sometimes doesn’t) give businesses the right to steal from their customers with obviously BS bills like those

most people i know, know not to iuse your phone/plan when going overseas. its widely known not to do it.

 

[phantom13]

I get $5 a day roaming. Im sure there are ACCC rules that ban that sort of price gouging, no doubt the company and individual could reach an agreement way less than the 10K bill

 

[Tadpole]

I know my Tax File Number off the top of my head.

I also know mine.

 

[adammania9]

most people i know, know not to iuse your phone/plan when going overseas. its widely known not to do it.

Nevertheless, such a large bill would be practically theft. What's the cost to the service provider?

 

[FRUMPY]

Nevertheless, such a large bill would be practically theft. What's the cost to the service provider?

does it matter? if its in the contract then they can charge the amount.

this is how businesses like these make money, they rely on idiots doing dumb shit like this.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Ive heard of charges being dropped when you complain
I think they changed roving policy to stop the gouge too

 

[adammania9]

does it matter? if its in the contract then they can charge the amount.

this is how businesses like these make money, they rely on idiots doing dumb sh*t like this.

Which is extremely predatory. You sound like you're in support of the companies who extort their customers like this

 

[FRUMPY]

Which is extremely predatory. You sound like you're in support of the companies who extort their customers like this

is it extortion if its in the t&cs? if you are dumb enough to do something that will cost you a shitload, and the T&Cs are in the contract you sign......then yes, why shouldnt they charge you for it?

sounds like modern society - blame someone else for doing dumb shit and expect to cry your way out of it.

 

[Quivorir]

Its literally in the contract you sign. Its not hidden and its a very well known charge. How is it predatory?

 

[Shell]

most people i know, know not to iuse your phone/plan when going overseas. its widely known not to do it.

My phone was a very handy alarm clock when i went OS the last time.
(Until i got to Europe where it would actually work and bought a separate SIM card)

 

[FRUMPY]

My phone was a very handy alarm clock when i went OS the last time.
(Until i got to Europe where it would actually work and bought a separate SIM card)

last time i went overseas was around 2012 and we just bought a phone/sim plan while in the states for a month. It was only used for the group of us over there to keep in contact during our trip, especially when we got seperated while drinking or needing someone to pick us up the next morning

 

[Shell]

last time i went overseas was around 2012 and we just bought a phone/sim plan while in the states for a month. It was only used for the group of us over there to keep in contact during our trip, especially when we got seperated while drinking or needing someone to pick us up the next morning

2012 was the last time i went OS too. Was away for about 3 months.

 

[adammania9]

is it extortion if its in the t&cs? if you are dumb enough to do something that will cost you a shitload, and the T&Cs are in the contract you sign......then yes, why shouldnt they charge you for it?

sounds like modern society - blame someone else for doing dumb sh*t and expect to cry your way out of it.

Haha gee wiz somebody is upset

 

[FRUMPY]

Haha gee wiz somebody is upset

bored more like it and laughing at people who complain about doing dumb shit and it costing them money

 

[adammania9]

bored more like it and laughing at people who complain about doing dumb sh*t and it costing them money

You really reckon a bloke deserves to be stitched up $10k because he left his data roaming on by mistake when he streamed his wedding vid? You don't think that's overstepping the boundary at all by the service provider?

 

[FRUMPY]

You really reckon a bloke deserves to be stitched up $10k because he left his data roaming on by mistake when he streamed his wedding vid? You don't think that's overstepping the boundary at all by the service provider?

is it stitched up?

 

[Cruyff14]

You really reckon a bloke deserves to be stitched up $10k because he left his data roaming on by mistake when he streamed his wedding vid? You don't think that's overstepping the boundary at all by the service provider?

By mistake or forgot to turn it off and is therefore at fault?

 

[adammania9]

is it stitched up?

I don't know how much you have in savings, maybe you're very well off and 10k is a drop in the bucket, I don't know, but that kind of money will cripple most Australians indefinitely. It's ridiculous to say that is a fair cop just because it says on a piece of paper they'll owe x if they exceed y or however it used to work. Sets a dangerous precedent when companies can include that stuff in contracts and get away with charging such weighty fees

 

[Quivorir]

Pretty easy way to not get charged the fees though.

 

[Gough]

I don't know how much you have in savings, maybe you're very well off and 10k is a drop in the bucket, I don't know, but that kind of money will cripple most Australians indefinitely. It's ridiculous to say that is a fair cop just because it says on a piece of paper they'll owe x if they exceed y or however it used to work. Sets a dangerous precedent when companies can include that stuff in contracts and get away with charging such weighty fees

Could be worse, you could be ponying up a couple of hundred million to not buy submarines.

 

[FRUMPY]

I don't know how much you have in savings, maybe you're very well off and 10k is a drop in the bucket, I don't know, but that kind of money will cripple most Australians indefinitely. It's ridiculous to say that is a fair cop just because it says on a piece of paper they'll owe x if they exceed y or however it used to work. Sets a dangerous precedent when companies can include that stuff in contracts and get away with charging such weighty fees

dangerous precedent that businesses charge fees they tell you they are going to charge? real dangerous

next you'll complain he hired a car with a km limit and had to pay extra because he drove a million kms.....

 

[adammania9]

dangerous precedent that businesses charge fees they tell you they are going to charge? real dangerous

next you'll complain he hired a car with a km limit and had to pay extra because he drove a million kms.....

It's a ridiculous perspective to have to side with a corporation who can cripple somebody financially because of something so insignificant, because some of piece of paper somewhere says so. If a family member of yours had this dilemma, I don't think you'd have such a lack of sympathy

 

[FRUMPY]

It's a ridiculous perspective to have to side with a corporation who can cripple somebody financially because of something so insignificant, because some of piece of paper somewhere says so. If a family member of yours had this dilemma, I don't think you'd have such a lack of sympathy

i do find it funny it was to watch his wedding......weddings already cost enough, now add $10k

 

[Cruyff14]

On a spray bottle/can etc, I turn the nozzle so it facing the same way as the "front" (label side) of the can.

 

[phantom13]

Could be worse, you could be ponying up a couple of hundred million to not buy submarines.

This was good, real, real good.