What's upsetting you today? - Page 349

SamIam · 03-07-2010, 11:46 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!

classicman · 03-07-2010, 01:35 PM

Read your PM.

skysidhe · 03-07-2010, 09:15 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.

monster · 03-07-2010, 10:08 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, 10:10 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, 07:09 AM

Oral surgery.

Griff · 03-08-2010, 05:36 PM

That ain't a euphemism is it?

capnhowdy · 03-09-2010, 08:05 AM

Not at all.

Shawnee123 · 03-09-2010, 09:25 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, 04:42 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, 05:01 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, 12:24 PM

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, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

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, 01:07 PM

and panty hose

jinx · 03-10-2010, 02:09 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.

03-07-2010, 01:35 PM	#5222
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Read your PM. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-07-2010, 10:08 PM	#5224
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-07-2010, 10:10 PM	#5225
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-08-2010, 07:09 AM	#5226
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Oral surgery. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-08-2010, 05:36 PM	#5227
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That ain't a euphemism is it? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-07-2010, 11:46 AM	#5221
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	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!

03-07-2010, 09:15 PM	#5223
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	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.

03-09-2010, 08:05 AM	#5228
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Not at all. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-09-2010, 09:25 AM	#5229
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	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. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-09-2010, 04:42 PM	#5230
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	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. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

03-09-2010, 05:01 PM	#5231
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	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. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

03-10-2010, 12:24 PM	#5232
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Ripped my nose ring/bone out with a towel and lost it thru a crack in the floor damn it. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-10-2010, 01:07 PM	#5234
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	and panty hose

03-10-2010, 02:09 PM	#5235
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	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. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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