Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!eos!aio!rtdickerson From: rtdickerson@lescsse.jsc.nasa.gov (russel dickerson) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Closing a CompuServe Account Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 91 15:52:27 GMT References: <1991Apr11.232609.172@rushpc> <27FC6BD2.4420@orion.oac.uci.edu> <1036@wshb.csms.com> <1991Apr12.181744.15931@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) Reply-To: dickerson@vf.jsc.nasa.gov Organization: nasa-jsc Lines: 22 In <1991Apr12.181744.15931@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) writes: >One potential problem: Compu$urcharge doesn't send you a bill. CI$ normally >bills directly to one's credit card. What do you expect Doug's friend to do, >stop paying his VISA bills? That may get his VISA card revoked, which would >certainly stop the Compu$urcharge billing (the VISA people would of course >inform CI$ that the account had been closed) but I think the side effect of >losing the VISA might be a bit undesirable. This was one of the chief reasons I cancelled my account. Compuserve seems to go out of their way to hide the real cost of service. The online billing only gives totals and they NEVER mail a statement. I've found no way to determine the cost of each component of the bill other than a SWAG. And yes, all it took was a phone call to the 1-800 number to cancel. -- Russell Dickerson Internet: dickerson@vf.jsc.nasa.gov Lockheed (LESC), A22 =================================== SSE System Project X Windows & Motif on Apollo/PC/Mac Space Station Freedom Phone +1 713 283 5193