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A bit of a non-news story (IMHO), akin to the guy's mother who was griping about his test for his driver's license.
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Did you hear the one about the Canadian soldier who can't get out of his cellphone contract despite being shipped off to war?
There's one dad of a brave, young reservist deployed to Afghanistan wondering if the Taliban are more flexible in their rigid rules than some of these iron-clad cellphone agreements.
It would be hard to convince Richard Fraser otherwise.
"I thought you might be interested to hear how one of Canada's largest and wealthiest companies do their part to support our servicemen and women while deployed in defence of this country," he told me.
If he didn't already have enough on his mind.
His 20-year-old son, Glenn, the pride and joy of Birchlawn Ave. and proud and honoured member of Toronto's Scottish Regiment, was sent to the murderous war zone with the Canadian Armed Forces this month.
His monthly Rogers cellphone bill will keep coming in.
"I had the pleasure of speaking to a Rogers rep in an effort to have my son's account frozen for seven to nine months while he is deployed," said Richard. "It seems that since my son signed a contract there is no way that they could suspend, or hold his current cell number or services."
Now we get complaints about all the cellphone companies and Rogers has told me they will look into this one. But this is just stupid.
Hopefully somebody at Rogers will take it out of the hands of the insensitive people who have been dealing with Mr. Fraser so far.
He has spent hours on the phone talking to three different people who were unsympathetic -- akin to trying to convince the Taliban to let girls go to school.
"We as a family have been loyal Rogers customers," said Richard. "Our average Rogers bill is approximately $400 to $500 a month, four cellphones plus cable. The best they are willing to do is charge $31.33 per month for services that he will not be using, though I am sure they would like to ding him on the roaming charges from Afghanistan if he had to make a call."
He "explained to the Rogers rep that he was deployed and only wanted to hold his current cell number until he returned."
He got no compromise or understanding.
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I was charged monthly for several services I wasn't using when I deployed. $31 a month isn't so bad.
No offense to the soldier or his Dad but waaaaahhhhh. :crybaby:
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Did you hear the one about the Canadian soldier who can't get out of his cellphone contract despite being shipped off to war?
There's one dad of a brave, young reservist deployed to Afghanistan wondering if the Taliban are more flexible in their rigid rules than some of these iron-clad cellphone agreements.
It would be hard to convince Richard Fraser otherwise.
"I thought you might be interested to hear how one of Canada's largest and wealthiest companies do their part to support our servicemen and women while deployed in defence of this country," he told me.
If he didn't already have enough on his mind.
His 20-year-old son, Glenn, the pride and joy of Birchlawn Ave. and proud and honoured member of Toronto's Scottish Regiment, was sent to the murderous war zone with the Canadian Armed Forces this month.
His monthly Rogers cellphone bill will keep coming in.
"I had the pleasure of speaking to a Rogers rep in an effort to have my son's account frozen for seven to nine months while he is deployed," said Richard. "It seems that since my son signed a contract there is no way that they could suspend, or hold his current cell number or services."
Now we get complaints about all the cellphone companies and Rogers has told me they will look into this one. But this is just stupid.
Hopefully somebody at Rogers will take it out of the hands of the insensitive people who have been dealing with Mr. Fraser so far.
He has spent hours on the phone talking to three different people who were unsympathetic -- akin to trying to convince the Taliban to let girls go to school.
"We as a family have been loyal Rogers customers," said Richard. "Our average Rogers bill is approximately $400 to $500 a month, four cellphones plus cable. The best they are willing to do is charge $31.33 per month for services that he will not be using, though I am sure they would like to ding him on the roaming charges from Afghanistan if he had to make a call."
He "explained to the Rogers rep that he was deployed and only wanted to hold his current cell number until he returned."
He got no compromise or understanding.
More on link
I was charged monthly for several services I wasn't using when I deployed. $31 a month isn't so bad.
No offense to the soldier or his Dad but waaaaahhhhh. :crybaby:
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