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How gamers were nickel and dimed in 80s and 90s (besides arcades)
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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?
I meant to keep the note since it said to, but lost the damn thing before I got to the point where you need the code. Luckily, I tried "747" out of desperation, thinking of the airplane. Boy, was that a relief!