How to call a US number collect

[on the brink]

Does anyone know how to do this? Help will be much appreciated....

 

[jeff1234]

Use Skype. Many calls are free. The rest cost pennies.

 

[gracielle]

I have the SKYPE subscription plan. Prepaid with a US credit or debit card, you get unlimited minutes to landlines and mobile phones
for US$2.99 per month.

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Or you can call from your home landline....
Estados Unidos y Canadá
En general, es posible hacer una llamada a cobro revertido desde un teléfono fijo marcando "0" y siguiendo las instrucciones automatizadas o con asistencia de un operador.

 

[on the brink]

I have Skype, but this morning it didn't work well, and I must report a credit card problem. Will try Gracielle's reccomendation. Thanks.

 

[¡Sencillamente yo!]

Does anyone know how to do this? Help will be much appreciated....

In the old days, it was simply a matter of dialing the operator and asking her / him to place a collect call for you.

I can't imagine anything has changed except for that it is probably a rarity today and that there could be some extra operator assist fee on top of what the actual transmission charges are.

 

[on the brink]

I dial 000 for an international operator but all I get is a busy signal.

 

[gracielle]

Try calling "0" after peak hours....1:00-5:00am.

 

[MercyRego]

Does anyone know how to do this? Help will be much appreciated....

US Toll free numbers don't work from abroad.
But I'm thinking you may try the following: open VPN and dial again (via computer, I mean. Skype, etc)

 

[lunar]

I am not sure it works for international calls, but you can always try.
If you are with Telecom/Personal, dial 0800 and talk to the operator.
If you are with Telefonica/Movistar dial 19+local phone number with area code.
Or you can always call to your operator's support line and ask them how to make "llamadas por cobrar".

 

[BsAs2022]

Sorry if this isn't related enough, but does anyone know how to call 0810 numbers? You can't do so via Skype it seems and I have a data-only SIM. Do I just need to add saldo with Claro to call from my phone? Or is there some other Skype-type alternative I'm unaware of? Thanks!