… all thanks to MTNL Garuda for that… We have been using MTNL’s Garuda for quite sometime, we are in MTNL to MTNL free scheme but for past couple of months, our bill amount increased enormously. So, we asked them to send itemized bill, so we can track the over usage.
And.. this is what we got… 30 feet long telephone bill….
The worst part here is, all the pages are high quality colored pages and 90% of the numbers are of 0 paise i.e. MTNL to MTNL calls.
I never knew that these guys will be so stupid to send numbers in color printouts and that too along with free usage numbers…
Height of stupidity and wastage of money…
17-Aug-2007 at 12:39 am
[...] in the mean time read Deeps take on his itemised Garuda bill [...]
17-Aug-2007 at 1:00 am
haha…talk about paper saving and cost saving…in today’s times these people should make this info available online on internet. will save a lot of trouble.
17-Aug-2007 at 4:55 am
Reminds me of those AT&T iPhone bill images which come cardboard boxed with each and every detail (Message sent, calls, internet blah blah) and would probably equal the same 30 ft.
17-Aug-2007 at 11:09 am
Hahahhaa …
17-Aug-2007 at 11:29 am
well little similar , I got dividend check of Rs.5 & Rs.9 from Reliance Money this month, just wht waste of paper
17-Aug-2007 at 11:55 am
hehehe… stupid ppl
17-Aug-2007 at 12:14 pm
Hmm… this thing happened with iPhone bills too. At&T send huge bills for iPhone. ARS Technica reports one of their iPhone bills was 52 pages (double-sided) and another was 34 pages (double-sided).
Seems that MTNL have the same technology as AT&T for printing the bills. Apple iPrint.
17-Aug-2007 at 12:30 pm
i would say criminal wastage of paper. should invite punishment
17-Aug-2007 at 3:43 pm
LoL!! OMG!! At first looking at the pic and title I thought it happened in some part of the world, now I realize it was for you and it HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA!!
Government is trying to be TOOOO SMART to waste materials! Think wht will happen if all people of same scheme wanted itemised bill and the Paper Industry’s business would go up
and increase in price 
Ha Ha!!
Cheers,
Vinay
17-Aug-2007 at 7:31 pm
Haha,
I’m on the same plan Deep. I’ll make sure that I don’t order an itemized bill from next time.
Atleast I’ll do something for the environment. Haha
But hey, this is not a mistake by MTNL. It must be surely some fat “aaalsi” lady sitting with one big sandwich on one hand and hitting “print all” by the other :p
18-Aug-2007 at 8:40 pm
Whoa!!!
I first saw the image and was searching for a 10-figure number in the post. phew!
These govt officials are crazy!!
19-Aug-2007 at 3:24 pm
As already pointed out …
AT&T sends iPhone bill in a box
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/iphone-bill-unboxed-by-justine-tv/