‘I’m Old, Not an Idiot.’ One Man’s Protest Gets Attention of Spanish Banks

Re:‘I’m Old, Not an Idiot.’ One Man’s Protest Gets Attention... by pndy on Friday March 25, 2022 @11:15AM (#30803168)

> And do it opt in of course.

In my case, ISP charges you extra if you decide to keep the paper bills instead going for "eco bill" pdf file send by an email; same goes if you decide to opt-out from company selling your number elsewhere. Last time while getting new contract, 3 different people at local company's office tried to convince me that I can "win some fantastic rewards" if I decide to let them do with my number and personal information whatever they like.

I did opt-outed but they manage to sell all my numbers present on account elsewhere and somehow every month around time when bills arrive, I'm getting bombarded by robocalls - either about photovoltaics or central heating replacements. They claim they didn't do it but they can't explain why newly added number that has all opt-outs receives calls at the same time with the rest.

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Re:‘I’m Old, Not an Idiot.’ One Man’s Protest Gets Attention... by reaperducer on Friday March 25, 2022 @11:24AM (#30803279)

In my case, ISP charges you extra if you decide to keep the paper bills

I'm old enough to remember when banks and other companies would charge extra for the privilege of paying online.

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Re:‘I’m Old, Not an Idiot.’ One Man’s Protest Gets Attention... by Arrath on Friday March 25, 2022 @12:46PM (#30804392)

Oh they still do. Some of them, anyway. Like my electric utility.

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Re:‘I’m Old, Not an Idiot.’ One Man’s Protest Gets Attention... by Double_a_92 on Friday March 25, 2022 @12:09PM (#30803889)

It's probably still cheaper to pay that small extra fee. I am usually an organized person but in the last 4-5 years I still forgot to download my credit card bill 4 times, which caused a 30$ late fee every time.

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