UK Girl Charged A Hefty Roaming Bill

[nightlitezzz]

A teenage girl was required to pay a hefty roaming bill (£3,800 to be exact) after using her cell phone in the states. [The carrier] Orange said they had numerous warning messages but the girl claimed to not have seen any.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Roaming-NYC-Orange-Bill-Casey-Snook,23484.html

 

 

Just an interesting little find. What are your thoughts on this? (Nothing came up in the search as of date posted)

[Mac]

I got charged by Orange last year £70 extra for sending a bunch of MMS, I blame windows phone entirely for it.

The group text didn't warn me that it was MMS and not SMS.

Back on topic though, never use your contract phone abroad.

[Thunderjolt]

I could believe that this girl had no idea what she was doing. This is because I have noticed how many people have no idea what roaming charges are, what they do and how damn expensive it is.

[Volbet]

Link to the story: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/british-teen-racks-up-a-4000-phone-bill-while-roaming-50011717/

 

Those roaming prices are ridiculous. There was a guy 5-6 years ago that got a 23.000 € bill for using the 3G on his Danish phone in Germany.  

[nightlitezzz]

Whoops guys I forgot the link, thanks to @Volbet for the link though it wasn't the one I was looking at (it was the same though). 

[smjpl]

Why the parents let her off to america with cellular data enabled is beyond me. If she wanted to use the internet she could have waited until she was in a wifi zone. Parents/girls fault. I'm not saying that the operators aren't assholes for extortionate data roaming charges but responsibility is still the consumer. 

[ExDreamer]

I used to sms my gf for $1 per sms because she travels to another country. Quite hefty pricetag for 1 line of sentences.

[Samdb]

Thankfully O2 are quite reasonable with their international costs, as long as you tell them, so it isn't so bad.

[Kerplex]

Reminds me of this,

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/01/bc-rogers-roaming.html

[RainbowTylernol]

I don't care how many warning messages they sent. There is nothing anyone can do on a phone that would warrant a 5000$ charge.

That's just criminal. I wouldn't be surprised if the actual cost to the company of the data she used was less than a dollar. 

It sickens me that phone companies can get away with that kind of crap.