From: "Stefan -" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains uk.telecom.mobile uk.telecom
Subject: Re: 18866 terms of agreement
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:36:42 +0100
News-Agent: OE 6.00.2800 

Wombat  wrote:

>>Sounds like you wisely took the option on 18866's web site to
>>pay by Solo/Maestro (Direct Debit) rather than Visa, Master or
>>Euro (Continuous Authorisation).

> Why all the doubts 18866 is the ONE company I would trust in
> the UK they have never put a foot wrong with my invoices which
> is more than I can say for BT and Telewest .

Sweet.  I bet all scamsters would love to have customers who were 
like you!

Scamsters do exist, you know.  Or maybe you feel that scamsters 
never give a good deal?  

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Thousands of people get scammed by offers which so entrance them by 
the improbably good deal being put forward that they forget to 
exercise their normal judgement.  They closed their eyes.

I am not saying 18866 are a bunch of scamsters.  There is no 
evidence of that.  And I don't think you can say they are not 
scamsters.  Because there is no evidence of that either.

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I am saying that if you get offered a deal which is too good to be 
true then perhaps it is, er, too good to be true.

Just because their billing is pretty accurate, as you point out, 
doesn't tell you if there is a problem or not.  I don't think anyone 
said they were "ha'penny slicing" on bills by unfair rounding.