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warrrreagl · 10-03-2006, 04:37 AM

Grancey writes checks every month to pay bills, but that's about it.

At one time, we were considering having our gas utility bill automatically deducted from our account - seemed simple enough. Then, we got a monthly bill for over $3,000 (it's normally about $80). It turns out that they had swapped out the old gas meter for a new one and there was a HUGE discrepancy between the last reading on the old meter and the new reading on the new one. It took WEEKS for them to straighten out their own mistake. All we could think of was THANK GOD we hadn't switched to automatic bill pay, because the $3,000 would have been sucked right out of the account and we wouldn't have known anything was wrong until the overdraft fees started piling up by the hundreds. WHEW!

10-03-2006, 04:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	Grancey writes checks every month to pay bills, but that's about it. At one time, we were considering having our gas utility bill automatically deducted from our account - seemed simple enough. Then, we got a monthly bill for over $3,000 (it's normally about $80). It turns out that they had swapped out the old gas meter for a new one and there was a HUGE discrepancy between the last reading on the old meter and the new reading on the new one. It took WEEKS for them to straighten out their own mistake. All we could think of was THANK GOD we hadn't switched to automatic bill pay, because the $3,000 would have been sucked right out of the account and we wouldn't have known anything was wrong until the overdraft fees started piling up by the hundreds. WHEW! __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.