After superstorm sandy our daughter in asbury park, nj called us collect as her phones and power were out. The first call (very poor connection) lasted 5 min., for $26.35 $7.08 for carrier charges. She made 2 additional calls on nov. 1 for 5 min. Cost $ 24.25 all kinds of carrier charges. On nov. 2 ...
My brother called me collect from a local jail in the next town. Willow Springs Jail to Chicago which is only a few miles apart. We almost immediately (5 seconds, literally) got disconnected for some unknown reason. The amount of the call was never even stated at time of acceptance but I received ...
I accepted a collect phone from the local county jail. It shouldn't be much, it's a local call right? Well to my surprise when I got the bill it was $7.50 for a 1 or 2 minute local call. That was a ripoff, but I accepted the phone call so I paid it. Now this month I get another bill for the same ...
My husband is in jail 2 hours away. For him to call me it is 3.95 to connect and. 69 a minute... Meaning almost $15 for a 15 minute phone call. Outragous. So I changed my number to one closer to his facility, because it was only 1.50 a call. Once I did that I attempt to transfer my balance from my ...
The Legacy recording says there is a 50 cent surcharge, but they billed me over $140 and it took six attempts. I got through just once and it cost $40 for a one call. They also charged for every attempted that never connected, over $20 for each one. All of us in line thought it would be 50 cents ...
I was charged $33.08 for a 1 minute local call from my son who needed a ride. When I called to inquire I was told how expensive the process is. What a lot of bull. I receive collect calls from half way accross the state that cost $2.03 for 15 minutes. This company is in the ripoff business. I ...