Card transactions by proxy

[Mark Lomas]

On 8 April 2011 18:02, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:

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> On 8 Apr 2011, at 17:58, Mark Lomas wrote:
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> On 8 April 2011 13:10, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:
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>> > If there is a mobile provider I can choose which does not charge a
>> > premium for 0800 calls, I am not aware of it.
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>> Orange used to, but stopped it because of abuse via calling cards.
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> Why do you think that calling cards might be an abuse?
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> Because they lost revenue on international calls, for which they charged a
> premium.  Try taking your own booze to a restaurant that has a flashy
> winelist and see how far (in general) you get.
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> If you use a calling card then the service provider is reimbursed at
> whatever rate they have negotiated for interchange fees, which strikes me as
> a good market solution to abuse by the service provider.
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> Except for the loss of revenue for tunnelled calls.
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You have made my point. There is no inherent right to profits on
international calls. A free market should allow me to choose my
international service provider.

Indeed, retail price maintenance is usually illegal.

Mark

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