My friend Paul just called me on my mobile, a Rogers Wireless pre-paid, to invite me to dinner. We spoke for just over a minute. Because I’m “roaming” in the USA, the rate is $2.99/minute, and because it’s Rogers, the billing is rounded up to the minute, so the call cost me $4.98:
I don’t mind paying more to roam, and I don’t mind paying more for pre-paid, but $2.99 a minute is insane — it’s $180 an hour. Sigh.
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Which is why I smuggle my own
Which is why I smuggle my own food/drink in a purse!
Was the movie good?
Are you sure that photo wasn
Are you sure that photo wasn’t taken in New Orleans?
They wholesale for about .70
They wholesale for about .70 cents a bottle, maybe less if you’re a big customer.
And the MPAA wonders why bit
And the MPAA wonders why bit torrent is so popular…
Does the theatre have a
Does the theatre have a drinking fountain. Does the concession provide free cups and/or free water from it’s soda fountain? Is the city tap water so bad? Since I don’t believe in the higher virtue of bottled water, I see it just as a rich lazy person’s substitute for carrying a canteen, so where other water’s available, I see nothing immoral about charging whatever the market will bear.
I think they will provide you
I think they will provide you with free tap water, but the Charlottetown water supply is very, very, *very* bad. Our filtration plant is in bad shape (and currently being replaced) so they use a lot of chlorine.
I think the “immorality” (probably too strong a word for price gouging within a theatre) is that they won’t allow you to bring in your own refreshments, so it’s not really a free market.
“I think the “immorality”
“I think the “immorality” (probably too strong a word for price gouging within a theatre) is that they won’t allow you to bring in your own refreshments, so it’s not really a free market.”
Free markets don’t exist in this version of reality.
I read something that roaming
I read something that roaming charges are “illegal” in the EU now. Or maybe there is some law coming up for that.
What I find pretty weird about roaming charges is that even though the provider is the same (e.g. T-Mobile), you are supposed to pay more because you are in another country? I mean, roaming could be purchased at 10-15 bucks a month extra which enables your phone for T-Mobile USA and Germany - and that is it. Than your regular rates would apply. (Those dreams.)
Got ripped a new one while in
Got ripped a new one while in Tanzania during Christmas… I knew the call home would be expensive, but not $6 per minute expensive. Spent roughly 40 minutes on the phone spread over 3 calls. Can’t totally blame Rogers in this case, though, as communication in and out of the country is very limited.
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