Posted on 09/15/2002 5:38:36 PM PDT by chance33_98
S.A. Woman Charged $32 For Opinion Fax Company Profits From Controversy Posted: 11:46 a.m. CDT September 13, 2002 Updated: 12:08 p.m. CDT September 13, 2002
SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio woman was recently charged $32.45 for her opinion on a hot topic.
Susan Lyman-Krom (pictured, left) said she decided to respond to a poll from an unsolicited fax whether the phrase "One nation under God" should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance.
"I felt strongly about that question," Lyman-Krom said in an interview with KSAT 12 News.
After writing down her vote, Lyman-Krom faxed her opinion to a 900 number.
According to the fax, calls cost $2.95 a minute. The average fax takes about two minutes in standard mode, the fax stated.
"We figured it would cost $6," Lyman-Krom said.
But when Lyman-Krom received her bill, she said she was shocked to see that she was charged $32.45 for an 11-minute fax by Right2Vote Limited, a Canadian company.
"I think it's a scam," Lyman-Krom added. "I think its a way to hit a nerve with the general public on a heated issue. They are turning right around and collecting all this money on a phone call."
Lyman-Krom said that AT&T told her that the 900 number she called belonged to British Fax Directory.
British Fax Directory is a subsidiary of 21st Century Fax, a London-based company that was fined $1 million by the Federal Communications Commission for junk faxes.
KSAT 12 News tried to contact Right2Vote, but there was no telephone number listed. A phone number to remove a fax machine from the company's list was constantly busy.
hmmm....I said that, as a blonde myself, I can vouch that she is not speaking for blondes the world over....and I am dishing out what? common sense? She (or he) needs several Xanax and a good night's sleep. If nothing else s/he needs to work on that pathetic opus and get back to us.
Does that mean I can sue over the "Something is rotten in Denmark," joke. ?
don't you love that you had to explain that one? LOL
"RepublicanHippy" must not be reading the same FR I have.
Or "she" is a DUmb Disruptor.
Au contraire, not only is a spry defense ok, but strongly encouraged.
great...somebody found that baby picture of me with those sausage legs sticking out of that diaper....I TOLD mom to get rid of it!
Do you feel suitably chastised,
oh, I'm trying really hard....truly....can't seem to get there, though...
(wink, wink)
Now that is funny....... see, you can do it. :-}
Anyway, I was under the impression that FR posters all had exceedingly thick, armadillo-like skin.
Perhaps I was mistaken.
You must have stayed on the "chick" threads.
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