Optus charging payment processing fee

On 04/08/07 09:13, Giles uttered the following...

>I've just noticed on the Optus website that customers of a range of
>their services will be charged a payment processing fee if they pay
>via a credit, charge or debit card.
>
>Has anyone received any advice as to when this is supposed to take/
>have taken effect? The website lists a date of 1/8/07, but I've not
>received any advice to suggest that a charge has been or will be
>applied to my bill.
>
>(And I'm not likely to phone Optus to request it!)
>
>http://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/...extfmt=default
>http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/399...mentfeejk5.gif
>
>
>
I just got my latest Optus TV bill which had the following note on the
front:

From 1 October 2007 bill payments made with credit, debit or charge
cards will incur a
payment processing fee of 1% for Residential and Small & Medium Business
Customers.
For more information visit www.optus.com.au/payments

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On Aug 4, 12:58 am, Zyxak <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just got my latest Optus TV bill which had the following note on the
> front:
> From 1 October 2007 bill payments made with credit, debit or charge cards will incur a payment processing fee of 1% for Residential and Small & Medium Business Customers.
> For more information visit www.optus.com.au/payments

Thanks Zyxak. Does that address return a valid page for you? I'm
getting a 404 error.

On 05/08/07 09:30, Giles uttered the following...

>On Aug 4, 12:58 am, Zyxak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I just got my latest Optus TV bill which had the following note on the
>>front:
>> From 1 October 2007 bill payments made with credit, debit or charge cards will incur a payment processing fee of 1% for Residential and Small & Medium Business Customers.
>>For more information visit www.optus.com.au/payments
>>
>>
>
>Thanks Zyxak. Does that address return a valid page for you? I'm
>getting a 404 error.
>
>
>
That's the URL exactly as it appears on the bill. I didn't check it at
the time now that I do it gives me a 404 error too.

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On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:58:22 +1000, Zyxak wrote:

> I just got my latest Optus TV bill which had the following note on the
> front:
>
> From 1 October 2007 bill payments made with credit, debit or charge
> cards will incur a
> payment processing fee of 1% for Residential and Small & Medium Business
> Customers.

Whereas, presumably, BIG business customers score a freebie.

Typical Optus, these days.

"Anthony Horan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:58:22 +1000, Zyxak wrote:
>
>> I just got my latest Optus TV bill which had the following note on the
>> front:
>>
>> From 1 October 2007 bill payments made with credit, debit or charge
>> cards will incur a
>> payment processing fee of 1% for Residential and Small & Medium Business
>> Customers.
>
> Whereas, presumably, BIG business customers score a freebie.
>
> Typical Optus, these days.

No different to what Telstra does for its really large ones, some of those
have a PPF Exemption.
>

Giles <[email protected]> writes:

>I've just noticed on the Optus website that customers of a range of
>their services will be charged a payment processing fee if they pay
>via a credit, charge or debit card.

Telstra have been doing this for ages now - it's perfectly legal
(apparently).


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