Mar 24, 2009
Got this call today, didn't recognize number, rejected call. Caller left voice mail message. Staples was calling regarding my order to indicate that one of the items would be unavailable for immediate shipping. This is all good. BUT I very much do NOT appreciate being called from a Canada number, because, as someone else indicated, had I called it back, I would have incurred long distance charges. This phenomenon is not unfamiliar: There are so-called three digit direct-dial (1+) "area codes" in the Caribbean (e.g., 809?) which, if called, will charge many dollars per minute. This should be ILLEGAL. The phone companies know it, and they LOVE IT. "Screw you, unwitting American citizen, we charge you, you pay, we make the money, we don't care about you." Again this should be ILLEGAL. Class Action Lawsuit, anyone?