I Hate Mci

[CREAMYALMONDZ]

Well, it has finally happened...MCI has put a block on my phone. I owe $266.00 and they won't take it off 'till it's paid. That's 266 calls this month! Steven helps me with my phone bill and my phone company only showed a portion of the MCI bill. So we are gonna have to write back and forth until it's settled.

If things couldn't get any worse. Just had to vent.

[vnvdvc]

I still say a boycott of a few million prisoners and their friends & family might get us somewhere!

[sweetseyes]

i hate mci to

[DJohnson]

Leonda...

Girl I know what you mean!! I have AT&T for the long distance service from where EJ is at & I found out today those little sh**heads HAD put a block on my line even though my damn billing period for my phone wasn't up!! Can you believe that??

Hang in there girl...you'll get to talk to your man soon!!

[CREAMYALMONDZ]

Ain't it DJ, you think it's all peaches n cream when the phone bill comes but the rest is hidden and you won't know its there until they block your phone!

[aprilcat]

let's face it....ALL phone companies manage to screw people over who are calling from prisons because they CAN! it's ridiculous that they are allowed to inflate their rates based on the fact that a call is being made from a particular type of facility! i would love to know if there is ANY other facility subjected to this type of price gouging. my guess would be "no"....

[DJohnson]

I believe the only type of facilities that do the "wonderful" price gouging is the prisons. I have heard that the prisons commission the highest phone company to put their systems in. Just 1 more way to make things hard on our loved 1's & us as well.
Where EJ is at right now I am paying the most on a 1/2 hour phone call than I ever did before!! Hell I can call & talk to a friend in Texas for 3 hours & pay just slightly over what they charge for a 1/2 hour call from the prison...SUCKS big time!!

[aprilcat]

dj, that's just WRONG. i guess it's tricky to complain about it, though, or else they may pull the plug on phone calls, period? the more i learn about prisons in the us, the more frustrated i become. not only are the offenders stripped of their rights, but their innocent families are, too!

[DJohnson]

You really can't complain to the phone companies because in accepting that phone call you are taking responsibility for the money charged on your phone bill. You do have the option not to pay, but then your phone gets cut off & you don't have anymore calls from the person you want to speak to the most.
It's nothing but a huge pain in the butt & 1 more thing to make our loved 1's & us more stressed out.

[aprilcat]

i have always thought, and still do think, that those of you able to actually have phone contact with your loved ones are so fortunate. now, however, i see that good fortune comes with a high price....

[DJohnson]

I agree w/you aprilcat that those of us that can talk to our loved 1's & be able to visit are lucky.
I have a friend that can't get calls or even see her man. I have been trying so hard to get her some information to help her out w/no luck at all!!
You are right though girl good fortune DOES come at a high price....

[CREAMYALMONDZ]

That is really bad I guess they think they can get over us since we are families of 'felons' and I don't think it's right. The operator was like 'Are you calling concerning calls from a correctional facility?' and I'm like DUH what do you want?!? Why don't they just put it all on one bill so you can see how much it is?

[DJohnson]

I used to get my phone calls all on 1 bill from my local phone company. I would see all the calls & how much each 1 would cost me plus all the TAXES & more TAXES on top of TAXES!! I swear 95% of the bill for the calls was taxes!!

[danielle]

It's a rip-off and we're just lining the pockets of the people keeping our loved ones in prison.

[vnvdvc]

Now thatis the highest price I have heard yet!! I 'll take my 11$ per 30 minutes a lot easier now!