>Yet another reason to be disgusted with USA cell phone companies... (like we need another reason..ha)
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>http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/29/technology/verizon_convenience_fee/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
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>That's pretty slick. Wonder what would happen if I told my clients I had to bill them for paying me. What a freakin joke.

Last time I bought a cell phone in the US, it was one of the throwaway "free" phones which went with the initial prepaid amount, and then you'd buy more minutes as prepaid cards in a grocery. The instruction manual was rather interesting: about 20% of the contents was about the technical aspect, how to do this or that with the phone. The rest was about various options regarding money - the cost and terms of each option. Plus small print.

The most developed feature in this branch is creative billing. And now they want to charge for that creativity too.