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How to Check Phone Cards have Hidden Fees - Why All Phone Cards or Fees? by John Peterson





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How to Check Phone Cards have Hidden Fees - Why All Phone Cards or Fees?


 
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Calling card business is not something that was a few years ago. Each new telecom product that comes along, the product life cycle - for about four years, and something new and better comes along, and so begins the downward trend.

There are still millions of phone cards are purchased every day convenience stores, gas stations, internet sites, news stands, and various ethnic restaurants, ethnic shops and ethnic stores in the country of import. While many international calling cards are great value for money when calling to your country, why is it that almost every phone card advertises more minutes than it gives?

First, we can understand the trends.

Some phone cards first entered the U.S. market, calling cards and give your home about 25 minutes, $ 10 phone card. That it was a good idea, long distance phone companies such as AT & T, MCI, Sprint, and other credit cards issued was to assess the $ 1.50 charge for long distance calls using a calling card. Majority of early calling cards discover and evaluate the connection fee of $ 1.00/minute for international calls.

Technology has improved the access to the phone card business, the competition began to heat up minutes. While the actual cost of long distance minutes down the phone card companies struggling with phone cards have hidden costs. For example, if you want to call Nigeria inbound 800 number or local access number) feet, and international outbound leg costs. Phone card issuer has to pay you for the number of 800 feet, even if the call is finished with Nigeria.

Generally, it can cause up to 20 "Incomplete" calls for paid phone card company, each paid a call to Nigeria, especially if there is poor quality service, local communities in Nigeria. Phone card companies, which did not alter the cost ran up huge debts, and often went out of business. Rather, the hidden surcharge was invented to deal with these costs.

Initially, it was revealed a calling card for an additional fee. At first (around 1985), calling cards were a good idea, most of the phone card companies have been run and honest TECH - entrepreneurs who reveal their additional fee. For example, a typical premium was $ 1.00 for each international call, calling card minutes advertised by subtracting $ 1.00 per call. Adjust Poster set-up fee, so that $ 10 phone card for $ 1.00 and $ 0.10 per minute, the connection fee shall be published and delivered a single call, 80 minutes, 90 minutes, two calls, and premiums deducted only for completed calls. This included all COMPLETED Calling card company charges. However, as competition heats up, the phone card companies began to notice that the consumer wants to buy a phone card with a lower tax rate. Thus, the connection fee advertised began to decline, but the phone card issuers impose any additional charges, calling them "roaming charges".

This led to a hidden tax of birth. Phone card industry will soon come up with ways to increase the advertised minutes calling card, and fewer minutes than advertised. This practice has continued to this day, to the point where almost no calling card presentation in several published interviews a few minutes to a few weeks. Most, if not all, all phone card companies charge fees call a combination of a long call free activation fee after the first call for proposals, daily and weekly maintenance fees.

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