It was only a matter of time before the huge bills started to come in for people using the $7 unlimited browsing plan on their iPhones and other non-fido phones. They haven't been charging since February until now. Tons of people are on this plan are were saying how it works just fine and that everyone should get it. Well I'm glad I didn't because I don't want to take out a loan or re-mortgage my house to pay my cell phone bill. I have no idea whats going to happen to some of these people. It aint pretty. Hopefully Fido will credit them some if not all of their money back and maybe just give them a slap on the wrist. Getting a bill like these would be devastating. These big bills have been confirm on Fido, I haven't heard of any on Rogers yet. Glad I'm not on this plan.
1. The biggest of them all. Someone using a non-fido phone, not an iPhone. Grand total - $22,256.05. Thats sick. Don't have a picture of this one
2. $20,551.73 - this was also not on an iPhone but a non-fido phone with 3rd party apps being used. Here's proof:
3. $3000 - This one was on an iPhone. In the pic you can see there is 4 digits to the total. Hard to see but it's there.
That's not all. There is more. Someone has a bill for $580. Someone has one for $1900. Someone who works for fido said he saw one that is over $50,000. This is nuts man. Call in and see if you have any overage charges immediately. Unfortunately, the saying is - told you so!
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Anyone here get a huge bill?
Friday, May 23, 2008
Huge Bills!
Posted by ruffdeezy at 12:01 AM
Labels: Data Plans, iPhone Canada, iPhone Fido, iPhone Rogers, News
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11 comments:
That is ridiculously SICK and devastating. I feel for those people who rec'd the huge bills. That's like a brand new car. Thanks for the post - very entertaining read.
i was billed $1,500. i was using a fido phone but opera mini. well rogers / fido sucks. they're ripped off. hopefully this will get into the bloggers and media and will create bad PR.
Yeah i know what you meant guys we need to get the word out that we wont stand for thing. I mean Telus offers unlimited data for a reasonable price. Why can't we have a real unlimited data plan. Charging people like this is bad for business.
I think everyone affected should contact the Complaints commissioner for the CRTC! You have to wonder whats wrong when people are being mislead. That is insane to be receiving a bill of $1500. Fido/Rogers will end up losing clients if they keep this up...don't you think?
Good idea, if you are affected, you should contact Fido or Rogers first and see if they can reduce some or all of it, usually they can do something. If they refuse, then I would contact the complaints commissioner. Especially in the cases where the CSR said the plan would be fine on the iPhone (which has happened a lot!)
i agree, complaints are needed. they should not be allowed to do this, its totally unreasonable.
My internet at home only costs about $40 a month and I use like 50 gigs a month, why should it cost anymore on my iPhone?
these people deserve what they get. rogers/fido clearly stated the terms of the $7 addon. since these people ignored the terms, they should pay the charges. it's quite simple
I've warned people all along, I didn't add this plan for this exact reason. Is 300 mb worth $20,000? No, but everyone knew the terms.
Hate to say it but...told ya so. But come on now...did anyone ACTUALLY expect to be able to use unlimited data on an iPhone for only $7? lol... maybe it would make sense to get mad if this was an actual $30 or $40 data plan, but not for 7 bucks!
Yep, basically there is no argument to back these people up but at least fido does seem to be giving them a slap on the wrist instead of making them take out a loan. I'm more than willing to pay 30 or 40 extra a month for a real unlimited plan, come on fido.
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