Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 10 Apr 91 17:01:58 GMT From: Scott Hinckley Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Invasion of the Phone Snatchers Reply-To: scott@hsvaic.boeing.com Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 280, Message 2 of 8 Lines: 24 > [Moderator's Note: Well, but at least with the IBT refund coupons (I > refuse to call them checks!) you can redeem them with your phone bill. > They say that on the front of the piece of paper. I would be > embarassed to send them a COCOT refund coupon along with my phone bill > payment, although I guess I could. PAT] When I was in Atlanta (back in the days of the $.10 pay phone) I was connected to a wrong number by one of the bandits. When I called the operator to try and get through to the correct number (I did not have another dime) she would not connect me, but took my name and address. A couple of weeks later I recieved a check (not coupon, real honest-to-goodness check) for $.10 ... which was sent in an envelope with a $.22 stamp on it! That seems like a pretty expensive way to deal with it (operator's time + envelope handler's time + envelope cost + check cost + stamp cost + amount of check.) Internet:scott@hsvaic.boeing.com|UUCP:...!uunet!uw-beaver!bcsaic!hsvaic!scott DISCLAIMER: All contained herein are my opinions, they do not|+1 205 461 2073 represent the opinions or feelings of Boeing or its management| BTN:461-2073