We changed our telephone provider in 2003, the number however stayed allocated to Telstra and any odd things like "Call Home" or reverse charge calls are still billed by the number owner.
So we had a Call Home call, and paid the bill, about $3.00, over the net using a credit card. If you use a credit card, there will be a charge, and indeed there was, 22 cents in fact.
Between 2003 and 2007, we received a quarterly bill for 22 cents.
We tried to pay it, I offered 22 cents in coin, but they wouldn't take the 2 cent bit as it was no longer in circulation. I offered to pay 25 cents, but no again as that would generate a 3 cent credit. They wouldn't round down like every other merchant. I gave up worrying about it.
Eventually Telstra was completely privatized and the bills stopped. I reckon we received 27 bills at sat $3.00 each, that's $81 spent on a 22 cent bill.
May the lord help us!
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