I made two call from St. Barth's( Caribbean island belonging to France) on November 17th, 2010.
Both calls togeteher were less than two minutes and they were directed to romania. When I attempted the third call I was told by an operator that he can't bill my credit card and therefore I won't be able to make further phone calls using that card.
But surprise. Few days after I was charged on my card the amount of 175 euro( aprox. $220) for a total of four transactions, each of these being more than 40 euro. So four transactions for just two calls totaling two minutes( probably shouldn't be more than 10 euro if they charge 5 euro/minute).
This is the biggest theft I have ever experienced and I contacted the callinf.com for a refund but I will definetly make everything to sue them.
Do not ever use these public phoes. IT IS A HUGE SCAM.

I made 1 or 2 international calls on 9th July from Bali (Indonesia) Airport to India through my credit card.

The charges debited to me are exhorbitant : USD 39.91 Debit

I am unable to understand the charges of USD 39.91. Such huge charges looks like fraud. I barely spoke a minute or maximum of 2 minutes. PLEASE HELP.

VINEET SHARDA
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Called for a minute at Frankfurt Airport on 17th Feb 2010 to USA. The connection was operator assisted, at no time I was told about the applicable charges for the call or any other details.

Their website - www.callinf.com (mentioned on the Visa transaction charge details) provided the contact numbers. The gentleman informed of hefty connection fees and that the call was routed via satellite (again hefty call rate). There was no breakup available and also no explanation as to why the operator did not inform of such an expensive fees or this being an satellite call.

Have decided to logde a complaint with FCC and Visa Support, to ensure their practices are regulated.

The overall feeling is of being conned. I suggest people to avoid Credit card pay phones at Airports unless it is an emergency and be prepared for a bomb of a charge if called from.

Shourabh Goyal

I was last week in Rome, and got a make some calls to Panama, my country of residence. I only get one call and they charge me 3!!! And extremely expensive... I want my money back!!