hmm now, let's see if this makes any sense. 1-800-collect. i have a pile of loose change on the table. rather than reach across and pick some up, enough to place a simple phone call, i think i'd much rather do this. i'll call 1-800-collect and charge the person i'm calling rather than myself. not only costing them some money, but costing them three dollars, plus a flat rate of about ten cents a minute. all this because i wa too lazy to pick up thirty-five lousy cents across a table. america, land of choices, land of justice.