Landed at Newark Airport on Nov. 12, 2009, I went to Dollar Rent A Car in P4 to pick up a rental car. While there I need to call a friend about 20 miles away in Dumont, NJ.

Without any coins at hand, I saw a credit card slot on the Payphone. I thought that it should cost the same by using credit card as using coins, so I put my card in. Following the instruction, but the dial did not get through. Out of my amazement (after dial zero), an operator asked me for the number of my friend and my credit number, then he asked for my zip code. Since I was using a card issued in China, I told him I do not have a zip code. He then asked my name and told me to hold on. After a few second, I realized that the operator was trying to make it a collect call, so I ended the call before it got through (The collect call was later confirmed by my friend, but I am not so sure whether my friend was billed or not at this point). After about ten minutes, I tried again and the same thing happened, so I told the operator that I did not have a zip code, but somehow the call went through this time, and I talked for a minute or so.

Today going through my credit card account, I saw a $12.76 charge from LEGACY OSP 800-6700015 USA. What is this? After quite a while, I realized that this must be the charge of the Payphone call I made at Newark Airport. What a rip-off!