I racked up a 7500 yen bill one month and didn't use the phone once
during the billing period (except for incoming calls). I thought that
was a bit expensive for packet data, but I did do a lot with e-mail
and surfing iMode sites during that time (blame it on my iBoard).
Somewhere I had remembered reading that things such as Town
Information, Weather and some others were charging 30-40 yen per
visit (or something to that effect)...which of course now I cannot
find. Am I completely off track here?
It is reassuring to hear that all the extra billing requires a PIN.
That's what I would have expected it to be.
> I've never heard of hidden fees. Lets face it, i-mode is
> expensive. I barely
> used my i-mode last month and cranked up 5000yen (free
> sites!!)from packet
> charges alone + the 300yen monthly charge (which I pay
> even if their system
> goes down)
> How about a class action lawsuit to sue NTT for lost
> business during their
> systems downtime... Oh yeah, people dont do that in Japan...
>
>
> >What if the site simply buries
> >the charge info somewhere on their site? I'm pretty sure
> I've been
> >charged for a lot of stuff that I just happened to glance at when
> >surfing around.
Received on Wed Jul 5 02:55:47 2000