[LINK] Bigpond ad -- bad maths

[Scott Howard]

Took me about 30 seconds to find
http://www.promo.bigpond.com/broadband/ADSL2PLUS2/index_html.php which has
details of their current $29.97/month-for-the-first-12-months deal.

$29.97 * 12 = $359.64, which is - last I checked - less than $1/day.

So either their fine print is simply wrong, or you're misreading it and it's
showing the "normal" price which applies after the 12 month mark.

  Scott.


On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:

> I am just seeing an ad on tv for Bigpond Under $1/day for first 12
> months on 24 month plan for eligible customers. BUT the fine print
> across the bottom of the screen says the cost is $59.95/month. As far
> as I know, months still have 30 or 31 days, except for February. So
> how do they figure "Under $1/day"?
>
> [Channel 10, Melbourne, 12:23, Thursday, 30 July 2009]
>
> I've sent a complaint to the ACCC. If anyone else wants to, their
> hard-to-find online complaint page is at:
>
> http://www.accc.gov.au/content/maintain/create/index.phtml?contentTypeItemId=9133&informationSpaceItemId=268347&inPop=1&returnUrl=.&type=Other
>
> [It's a mess in terms of its function. No tracking number; reset of
> fields if an initial submit is incomplete; no way to return to the
> website upon completion. But they did send me a copy via email of
> what I sent. Pity they don't tell you they are going to. They could
> use some help.]
>
> Jan
>
>
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