Telecoms' $0 upfront campaign got me well interested and I eventually got myself an HTC Sensation.

And in the shop it was $0 like they have said.

Today(18th August) I've had the phone almost a month, being that I got it on the 20th of July.

The plan I'm on is the $100 Smartphone plan, so I thought I'd check and see if I have a bill in yet.

There is an amount owing; $210

I've not used anything outside of my plan so was expecting maybe the $100 postpaid plan I thought I was getting.

 

I rang *123 to query this balance and here's what they had to say ....

 

When you start these plans you are charged a month upfront, so in my case $100.

My billing cycle it seems to start on the 18th(today) and I have some prorated charge of $10 for three days somewhere in there.(am I somehow paying extra for the two days of the month I didn't have the phone for?)

With my billing date being the 18th that's two months charges they want plus this prorated charge(mysterious backward charging)

 

 

I'm quite annoyed that I'm being charged in a prepaid style for a 'postpaid' plan and was not told of this fact.

Also the entire $0 upfront campain is then false advertising because there is a month upfront charge, not $0 upfront.

I'm seriously annoyed by this, what does everyone else think about it?