Ivor Jones wrote:
> Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:43:52 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
>> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I agree the 1000 minutes a month option is
>>> not very good but like I said I don't make enough calls to warrant
>>> it.
>
>> There is nothing at all wrong with the thousand minute option it is
>> the fact that they make you pay ten pounds for it that is the
>> problem when the charge is only 5.99 . If BT where to make you pay
>> thirty pounds for their option 3 instead of the 28 pounds or
>> something which it is there would be rioting in the streets and
>> trading standards and offcom would be on their case in less than 24
>> hours .
>
> I've just been looking at the Sipgate 1000 page on the website -
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?X54D2497B (I have used this link
> because pasting the original seems to leave off the # symbol at the
> end for some reason). I can't see anywhere there where it says you
> have to pay a minimum of £10. Do you mean this -
> https://secure.sipgate.co.uk/user/kontoaufladen.php - is this what
> you mean by a minimum £10..? That is for the normal PAYG option,
> not for the 1000 minutes option.
>
> From the Sipgate 1000 page:
>
> Important:
>
> The price from £ 5.90 starts with the activation of your credited
> account. The amount is deducted automatically.
>
> Note it does not say there that £10 is deducted. Have you actually
> signed up for Sipgate 1000 and were you debited £10 or have you
> just read the website incorrectly..?
>
> Ivor

Actually, looking at it again, I do see that the £5.90 is deducted from
your existing balance, so yes you would have to have put £10 on initially,
but you would have done that anyway if you wanted to make fixed line calls
on the PAYG system, so it isn't really the same. Once you have used the
1000 minutes the remainder of the calls come out of the rest of the
balance.

Is this what you mean..? I don't see a problem with that. If you want the
option of paying only £5.90 then you'd have to have some sort of direct
debit arrangement and I know you don't like that ;-)

Ivor