Whats your highest ever phonebill?

danniemcq

French phone bill waived after 12tn-euro blunder A woman in south-west France who received a telephone bill of nearly 12tn euros has had the real amount she owed waived - after the company admitted its mistake.

Solenne San Jose, from Pessac outside Bordeaux, said she received a huge shock when she opened the bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros (£9.4tn).

This is nearly 6,000 times France's annual economic output.

She had requested her account be closed after losing her job last month.

The former teaching assistant said she "almost had a heart attack. There were so many zeroes I couldn't even work out how much it was".

The phone company, Bouygues Telecom, initially told her there was nothing they could do to amend the computer-generated statement and later offered to set up instalments to pay off the bill.

In the end, the company admitted the bill should have been for 117.21 euros only, and eventually waived it altogether.

It has also apologised for the gaffe, which it says was down to a printing error and a subsequent misunderstanding between the client and staff at their call centre.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19908095

blue note

HAHAHA! Offering her installments on a 12tn dollar bill! Sure she could just pay a trillion per month and she'd have it paid off in a year!

eth0

about 2,700 euros. Never paid it though

This was Esat back in the day, they didn't send a bill for 2 years.

maddragon

I got a phone bill in Asmara, Eritrea once. It's at about 7500 ft above sea level so that was probably my highest bill.

Quin_Dub

Record for me was a €4,500 bill having been travelling in Japan and India for a month on business.

In a previous job where I traveled a lot I regularly had €1,500 to €2,000 monthly bills..

Thankfully I just saw the bill and never had to pay for it as it was a company phone!!!

petes

eth0 wrote: »

about 2,700 euros. Never paid it though

This was Esat back in the day, they didn't send a bill for 2 years.

So because you didn't receive a bill you didn't owe the money?

eth0

Insurgent wrote: »

So because you didn't receive a bill you didn't owe the money?

No clue, I got out of it anyway and that's all that matters.

Blisterman

French phone bill waived after 12tn-euro blunder A woman in south-west France who received a telephone bill of nearly 12tn euros has had the real amount she owed waived - after the company admitted its mistake.

Solenne San Jose, from Pessac outside Bordeaux, said she received a huge shock when she opened the bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros (£9.4tn).

This is nearly 6,000 times France's annual economic output.

She had requested her account be closed after losing her job last month.

The former teaching assistant said she "almost had a heart attack. There were so many zeroes I couldn't even work out how much it was".

Neither could the BBC apparently, cause that's £9.4 quadrillion.

summerskin

Was €8000+ last month

petes

eth0 wrote: »

No clue, I got out of it anyway and that's all that matters.

Fair enough. Mine was €111 this year but years ago I got one for £220. Bit ****e for a month!!

petes

summerskin wrote: »

Was €8000+ last month

And this is your own personal phone bill and not just your companies?

Funglegunk

Highest personal phone bill was about €500 after accidentally enabling data roaming while in America.

Where To

My bills used average €400-500 a month in the glory days of extortionate roaming charges, down to about €35-40 now.

summerskin

Insurgent wrote: »

And this is your own personal phone bill and not just your companies?

it's my business phone that i use and run up ridiculous bills occasionally as a result of roaming and data roaming charges.

up for anything

£587.67 in the glory days of dial up. :(

CardBordWindow

I'm glad to say I've never went over 50 quid a month. That's on pay as you go though, so not technically a bill.

SunnyDub1

This is why I don't use a bill phone! Dangerous :eek:

krudler

80 quid, was while I was in Canada and had to make a really long call to sort something at home, on average about 20-25 a month, sometimes less, work in the industry and it baffles me how anyone who has more than 50 quid a month bills think its normal

Pherekydes

blue note wrote: »

HAHAHA! Offering her installments on a 12tn dollar bill! Sure she could just pay a trillion per month and she'd have it paid off in a year!

Let's be more realistic. She could pay €75 per month for 13 trillion years, though the interest accrued might be a small problem.

I just checked my landline bill, which arrived today, and the wife was on the phone to her sister, who she sees regularly, for over 3 fcuking hours on one call! What do they be fcuking talking about?

Girls, any ideas? :pac:

petes

Pherekydes wrote: »

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I just checked my landline bill, which arrived today, and the wife was on the phone to her sister, who she sees regularly, for over 3 fcuking hours on one call! What do they be fcuking talking about?

Girls, any ideas? :pac:

You!!

castletownman

Wasted 20 euro in the space of nothing one night when I rang Babestation after a day on the porter.

Didn't even have a chance to talk her out of her bra

Pherekydes

Insurgent wrote: »

You!!

Talking for 3 hours about me? LOL, I'm not that interesting.

Around 200 euro I think was my highest a few years ago, and none was roaming.

Now I have an unlimited plan for 34.50 per month, could have done with it back then.