grr

[wyrdling]

so this company out of san diego calls me collect without my knowledge and then tries to stick me with the bill for it? and qwest has to put it on my bill

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[killbox]

Its been ages since i did a collect call, (or got one) but i now historically you got a call by the operator robot asking you if "you want to accept a call from 'recorded name here')

if you didnt accept it then yes you should be able to dispute it.

[wyrdling]

oh, i know, i've never accepted a collect call in my life. apparently, according to the guy at qwest, this company does this a lot....

[unixronin]

Wait, "calls you collect without your knowledge"?

If they've figured out a way to call you collect without you being advised it's a collect call, call the FCC. It may even fall within the FBI's purview.

[wyrdling]

I don't think anybody even picked up the phone at when they claimed I accepted the call. I called them up and they apolgized for the "billing error" but the guy at qwest said they do this a lot.

[unixronin]

Definitely sounds like FCC-complaint time.

[wyrdling]

done. online complaint forms make it pretty streamlined...