Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 5 May 91 00:03:44 GMT From: Bill Woodcock Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: A Mystery Refund From MCI Message-ID: Organization: University of California, Santa Cru 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 330, Message 9 of 9 Lines: 37 Somebody wrote: > Something interesting happened to me today ... this month's phone > bill included a $10 credit from MCI! A quick check of my various > phone lines indicates that I'm still with my chosen long distance > carrier (which isn't MCI). I didn't call and ask about it herbison@ultra.enet.dec.com wrote: > This must be part of some judgment against MCI for slamming. In > punishment for changing the long distance carrier for random > telephone lines, someone is forcing them to give refunds to random > telephone lines. Patrick Wrote: > I don't really think this is the case. There may be a class-action > suit against MCI for slamming, but I have not heard of it. But in > class actions I am familiar with, the settlement usually calls for > injured parties to at least submit some sort of claim form with the > court and evidence of what occurred. Any other ideas? I dunno. I've always used AT&T, and they've called me with incentives to switch to AT&T about once a month for the last year. Their databases must be fouled up somehow. I invariably tell them that I'm already using AT&T (and I am; I've checked) and they invariably apologize, and say that they'll remove my name from their list, and I invariably recieve some of the little AT&T funnymoney credits in my next phone bill. I've got three lines at home, so it really adds up. My LD service is almost paying for _itself_ now. :-) Bill Woodcock BMUG NetAdmin bill.woodcock.iv..woody@ucscb.ucsc.edu. 2355.virginia.st..berkeley.ca.94709.1315