Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxm!hogpc!houxe!drutx!druxm!raw From: raw@druxm.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: RE: Re: Your AT&T Oppurtunity Calling Benefits Message-ID: <968@druxm.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 10:59:19 EDT Article-I.D.: druxm.968 Posted: Thu Oct 11 10:59:19 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 03:43:53 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 42 < Let me clarify.> >> ...Having received nothing at all at home concerning Opportunity Calling, >> I decided to call the toll-free number... When I told the operator that >> I hadn't gotten the catalog describing the program, she replied, "Fine. I >> can *register* you immediately"..I protested that the original explanations >> of the program implied that I was automatically registered, and didn't the >> program begin back in April? She told me no and yes... > My experience shows this is not the case. After reading this article >I called AT&T Oppurtunity Calling. I was informed that I had indeed been >automatically signed up to the program and had received credit for calls >back to April (the operator even told me how much I had in credit). When I >asked why I hadn't received my statement yet, the operator said that they were >mailed out near the end of September. However, they went out fourth class >mail, the slowest (and cheapest) method. She was very polite, and said if >I didn't get a statement in a couple weeks to call back and a duplicate would >be mailed out first class. So I don't know what happened in Rick's case, >but it certainly doesn't appear that they sent out info that everybody would be >automatically signed up and then didn't sign anybody up. > > Douglas Blondin > AT&T Information Systems, Denver > ihnp4!druxj!blondin Sorry, I evidently didn't make myself crystal clear. The essential difference in my case (and in every case I've encountered except DJB and one other person) is that I never received the program catalog back in the spring. If you did receive the catalog listing the cooperating businesses, etc., then *you *were* automatically registered in April* (although it wouldn't hurt to double-check). Otherwise, you might have fallen through the cracks, as I did. It's not that Opportunity Calling didn't enroll anybody, it's that they didn't enroll *everybody*. **************** No, I didn't ask if they need original bills for retroactive credit, since I only have copies myself (people have inquired), Rick Windhausen ...ihnp4!druxm!raw * The above, as always, is personal opinion. *