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SamIam 03-07-2010 10:46 AM

I am so mad I could spit nails. I paid my electric bill on the 4th of this month, as always. I have had run ins with them before because the bill is officially due on the first. If you don't pay on the 1st they add a $20.00 late fee. I have explained to them until I am blue in the face that my check comes on the 3rd or 4th and that it is impossible for me to pay sooner than that. I don't see how it can be legal for them to add what amounts to a surcharge of $240.00/year to my bill just because I don't get paid on the first. And, no, I don't have the money to pay a double electric bill one month to catch me up.

So Saturday, I get a bill from them for $130.00 (huh?) that must be paid by Tuesday the 9th or they will disconnect my electricity. I have just paid all my bills, including rent and there is no way I can give them that amount unless I go without food and medicine. Two days does not give me time to get a payment from LEAP or other agencies that help with utility bills. I don't know what on earth I am supposed to do. I guess I can light my house with coleman lanterns and give all the food in my freezer away, so it won't spoil. This is just outrageous. I have all my receipts from the past 6 months, and I don't understand how they can do this to me. Oh. GRRRRRR! :thepain:

classicman 03-07-2010 12:35 PM

Read your PM.

skysidhe 03-07-2010 08:15 PM

I'm so sorry Sam. I've never heard of electrical surcharges.What's up with that? It's not like they have to ship electricity in.:eyebrow:

monster 03-07-2010 09:08 PM

Call them up and talk to them. Have them explain it to you. Then explain your situation to them. And if you don't get a reasonable resolution, hang up. Call back a few hours later when a diffeent shift will be on. But talk to real people rather than dealing with computer-generating automatic billing. ask to talk to a manager if you're still strugging after the second attempt.

And your food will be fine in your freezer for quite a while, just don't open it more than is necessary.

monster 03-07-2010 09:10 PM

Oh and a bill on Saturday (6th) is likely to have been mailed before your payment on the 4th was processed ...that's why i say speak to real people and have them explain it. they can tell you if that's the case)

capnhowdy 03-08-2010 06:09 AM

Oral surgery.

Griff 03-08-2010 04:36 PM

That ain't a euphemism is it?

capnhowdy 03-09-2010 07:05 AM

Not at all.

Shawnee123 03-09-2010 08:25 AM

People who think that screaming at you changes anything. Also, people who never get their mail until it is officially in the hands of a government entity that won't take "no one told me" as an answer.

:(

Queen of the Ryche 03-09-2010 03:42 PM

Got in an accident Saturday (noone was hurt) - definitely not my fault, but cop wrote me the ticket. Don't wanna go to court, but don't wanna admit guilty if I'm not.
And today would've been my dad's 73rd b-day. Happy b-day pops.

lookout123 03-09-2010 04:01 PM

Very tired and beaten. I'm really tired of working a job where I help people, get paid, and then have to give the money back 6-8 weeks later if the people change their mind. Makes it pretty hard to budget your own life if you never know if the money is yours or not.

jinx 03-10-2010 11:24 AM

Ripped my nose ring/bone out with a towel and lost it thru a crack in the floor damn it.

Pete Zicato 03-10-2010 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx (Post 639999)
Ripped my nose ring/bone out with a towel and lost it thru a crack in the floor damn it.

shopvac?

glatt 03-10-2010 12:07 PM

and panty hose

jinx 03-10-2010 01:09 PM

The cracks in our floor go all the way thru, so it's in the basement somewhere, probably behind the oil tank. I ordered a new one from amazon and have a big stupid looking silver hoop in until it arrives.


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