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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T pays out for shady third-party charges]]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</guid><description><![CDATA[So the carriers overcharge customers, the customers will get something like a free ringtone download and the lawyers get 4+ million.<br><br>We can't win.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Drunk Monkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 5th 2008 4:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T pays out for shady third-party charges]]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</guid><description><![CDATA[These 3rd-party companies cause hell for us reps. The post ads online and on TV with the terms in extreme fine print and then charge the carrier. The carrier has no choice but to pass the charge to the customer that signed up for it. I know we are trying to stop billing on behalf of these companies. That would make things easier. But, so would customers taking responsibility of their actions, but that is a pipe dream.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 5th 2008 5:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T pays out for shady third-party charges]]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</guid><description><![CDATA[I got one of those silly charges taken off of my bill last month, luckily I always look over my statements when I get them. They claim to be a one-time $1.99 charge, but my rep said it came up as a $9.99 monthly thing, and removed it for me.<br><br>But it sucks for all who get stuck with it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 5th 2008 6:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T pays out for shady third-party charges]]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</guid><description><![CDATA[The jerks who run those scams also make it hell on those of us who work in companies that backend text for other folks. AT&T has changed the rules on what we have to include in messages and websites 6 times so far this year. I swear half of any message is now taken up with verbiage related to these lawsuits. Makes it kinda hard to provide actual info.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[catmc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 6th 2008 10:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T pays out for shady third-party charges]]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, this sounds like a shady way of doing billiing in the first place!  Why can't you get payment directly from your customers in the first place, like a typical retailer/service outfit?<br><br>This entire mechanism of billing through the phone carrier is too insecure, too rife with crooks, and waaaaayyyy too open for "cramming".<br><br>-tor<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tor Slettnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 6th 2008 11:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AT&amp;T pays out for shady third-party charges]]></title><link>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/05/atandt-pays-out-for-shady-third-party-charges/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey, I am doing a post because this same bogus thing happened to me in Texas this last month. I found your post researching about it... I will link to it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 11th 2008 1:21AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>