Granted, the “nickel and diming” of hotline numbers (1900, 0900, etc) was nowhere as bad as today’s cash shops, but a lot of us simply forgot they were always hungry for all our money

Here’s a bunch other hotline ads for you to peruse - https://www.retromags.com/gallery/category/1729-telephone-hotlines/

PS: I never understood these american numbers that used letters, how were you supposed to know what was the actual number?

  • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    You just press the number that has the letter, regardless of if the letter was in the beginning or the end, you just press the number wherever that letter is.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      24 days ago

      And if it’s longer than 11 digits, just stop.

      1-900-737-ATARI

      1-900-737-ATAR