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?

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I remember having to beg my folks to be able to call the Nintendo hotline a couple times during childhood when I was completely and utterly stuck in a game on NES. At least the people answering were pretty prompt–I don’t think it took more than 5 mins to get the info I needed.