From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 6:36:42 PM UTC-6, Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:07:49 -0700 (PDT), Nicky   
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   > >On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:34:45 AM UTC+1, Jymesion wrote:   
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   > >> Sadly, self-publishing isn't an option for me. Because of my   
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   > >> disability, I can't use a telephone. Amazon (and a lot of other sites)   
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   > >> won't let you have an account if you don't have a phone number.   
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   > > Can't you use the number of a friend or have a disposable mobile number ?   
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   > It gets real old, real fast for friends or family to get landed in the   
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   > middle of a problem, and no site ever calls unless there's a problem.   
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   > Years ago, I had a landline for dial-up Internet access, so I'd give   
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   > out that number when required.   
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   > I never had an actual telephone connected to it.   
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   > It ended up costing me plenty when that number got out into the wild   
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   > (whether by hack or someone selling member info, I'll never know).   
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   > I suddenly had monthly termite treatments because their telemarketer   
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   > said I agreed to a year's service, and the cancellation fee was more   
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   > than the cost of treatments. By state law, they could put a lien   
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   > against my house if I didn't pay.   
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   > I got a bill for a trip. Their telemarketer said I'd agreed to a free   
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   > vacation in exchange for listening to a timeshare sales pitch. Since I   
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   > never knew about it until much later, I never took the trip, which   
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   > meant I wasn't present at the sales pitch, and so they expected me to   
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   > reimburse them for the plane ride I never took and the hotel room I   
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   > never used.   
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   > There were several others.   
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   > State Attorney General was never any help -- they responded to every   
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   > complaint with a brochure advising people to not sign up for things   
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   > they might not want.   
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   > Most things were around the same cost as to hire a lawyer to fight the   
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   > charges.   
      
   Aren't there specific phone services for deaf people?  You didn't say you were   
   deaf, but I'd think whatever it is would qualify.  My sister worked at a phone   
   service like that, which is all I know about it.   
      
   Don't feel that it's necessary to explain why not, I just thought I'd mention   
   it.   
      
   -Julie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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