Fort Hood: Soldier Sues Over $41 Charge For 4-Second Call

[The Straight Story]

Fort Hood: Soldier Sues Over $41 Charge For 4-Second Call
A Fort Hood soldier and his wife have filed a possible class-action suit against a California-based company, alleging they were charged $41 for a

FORT HOOD (November 23, 2011)--A possible class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Waco by a Fort Hood soldier and his wife against a California-based company, alleges that U.S. troops returning home from deployment are being charged excessive rates for calls from public phones.

Sgt. Richard Corder and his wife told the Army Times BBG Global failed to disclose high credit-card fees for calls made from its pay phones at the Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany.

The airport is a popular refueling stop from which many returning U.S. soldiers call home to notify loved ones of changing flight schedules.

BBG Global owns 350,000 pay phones in airports, train stations and hotels in more than 30 countries, and provides long distance operator services to more than 500,000 additional public phones worldwide, according to the company’s website.

http://www.kwtx.com/ourtown/headlines/Fort_Hood__Soldier_Sues_Over_41_Charge_For_4-Second_Call_134421918.html

[riverbendviewgal]

1. Greed should be confronted

I hope they get a lot of other service members to sign up on their class action suit.

[Quantess]

2. I really hope he wins!