Date Posted:08:18:43 06/02/09 Tue Author: Cpt Author Host/IP: cpe-65-24-109-145.columbus.res.rr.com / 65.24.109.145 Subject: Check this shit out...
I opened my store a couple of years ago in June 2007. The first summer, I didn't notice it, but during the first months of the second summer, I kept getting this bill from my gas company each month. It was small, only 13 dollars and change, but I was curious as to why I had to pay a gas fee when the only thing we use gas for in the store is heat during the winter.
I called them up and asked why and they let me know that it was a service fee for having their system hooked up, administration fees, blah blah blah. Basically saying we're taking your money for doing nothing, IMHO.
Since that time, I thought, "I'll get them this year". At 13 bucks a month for like 4 months (June-September), that's 52 bucks. No huge amount for sure, but still, it's no small amount either.
I called them up and told them I wanted to disconnect the service for the next four months because we don't use it and that I'd have it reconnected in the fall. The customer service rep said, that's fine, but there will be a reconnection fee.
Guess how much the reconnection fee was?
$52.00.
I am shitting you not. I laughed and said, "Well...it looks like you guys get your money from us one way or another, huh?" Customer service rep says....nothing. I say, after waiting about ten seconds, "have a nice day, now" and hang up after she returns the sentiment.
I think this is pretty fucked up. I'm talking a HUGE gas company here that handles hundreds of thousands of people. You take situations like mine where we don't use gas during the summer. Even if there were only 10,000 (and I'm sure there must be more than, but let's get an even figure to work with) people like me, they're paying the same fees I am during the summer and this company is making $520,000 for doing nothing more than sending us a bill each month for four months.
I'm no expert, but I don't think it costs that much to do that, being that it's all mostly automated. It's not bad enough that we pay out the ass for gas during the winter, but we've got to get reamed some more during the summer months? Gotta love it, lol.
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Geez! I had a similar thought abotu big companies ripping people off. In April Kenneth's sprint contract expired, he'd saved for an iphone. We make the switch to ATT. So I get a bill from Sprint, they owe me 92 cents! Why dont they send it to me? If I owed them 92cents I'd be in collection! -- dalez, 18:51:07 06/02/09 Tue(adsl-69-236-110-61.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net/69.236.110.61)
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And that's EXACTLY how you end up on one of those "IS MONEY OWED TO YOU? FREE LOOKUP TO SEE!!" scams where you pay like $9.95 to find out that some utility company owes you a few pennies or dollars. Sorry for the bold btw, I'm just having a hard time reading with this backround. Anyone else? -- Cpt, 07:08:27 06/03/09 Wed(cpe-65-24-108-141.columbus.res.rr.com/65.24.108.141)
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I can read everything just fine on this background. Yeah your gas company sucks. My Aunt used to go through that when she had gas heat in her old house. I remember one year when they came to fill her tank during the summer ans she told them she didn't need it and couldn't afford to get the tank filled when she didn't need it. They told her that if she didn't fill her tank, they would have to disconnect her service. So she had to disconnect her service for the summer and then pay a reconnect fee to reconnect it in the winter. It's a bunch of crap! -- Luna, 08:22:33 06/03/09 Wed(cpe-173-169-161-214.tampabay.res.rr.com/173.169.161.214)
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Oh yeah, and you should check your winter bills to see if you have the same $13 fee on there during the winter. If they don't charge you a "service fee" during the winter then they are just making up ways to make money during the summer months when the service isn't needed. -- Luna, 08:24:06 06/03/09 Wed(cpe-173-169-161-214.tampabay.res.rr.com/173.169.161.214)
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the service fee is there year round..unfortunately -- Cpt, 01:45:28 06/05/09 Fri(cpe-65-24-108-141.columbus.res.rr.com/65.24.108.141)
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I haven't used the bold text in at least a year dalez....way to pay attention, lmfao >;P -- Cpt, 01:46:13 06/05/09 Fri(cpe-65-24-108-141.columbus.res.rr.com/65.24.108.141)
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I noticed he hadn't used it as much but I still associate bold with CPT too. :D -- Silver, 12:55:01 06/05/09 Fri(h15.243.21.98.ip.windstream.net/98.21.243.15)
