tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post7060315408911347314..comments2023-04-28T07:40:16.827-05:00Comments on Unbagging the Cats 1: It's Not the Rain, Sleet, or Snow You Have to Worry AboutValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-71105432446312037852012-04-19T19:13:47.534-05:002012-04-19T19:13:47.534-05:00Kathy,
I can almost see you stamping your little f...Kathy,<br />I can almost see you stamping your little foot!<br /><br />You are living dangerously with that ONE check for seven accounts. We used to have three when we had a rental duplex. Now we're down to two. The barn is separate from the house. And I pay with TWO checks. <br /><br />When I lived in Cuba, MO, I had a duel with the power company. It was some weird group, not a big name. I popped in on a Friday, during a July heat wave, to check on things. I was summering in Springfield while taking Master's classes. There was a tag on my door saying the power was being cut off that afternoon. <br /><br />I hurried downtown to the office, waited in line for thirty minutes, informed the clerk that I had PAID my bill, and was told that I would have to present the canceled check.<br /><br />So I went back home and sat in a hot house digging through financial records. Back to the office I went, clutching that canceled check in my hot, sweaty, little hand. Waited another thirty minutes in line.<br /><br />"Oh. We must have missed that. I'll credit your account."<br /><br />"What about my power?"<br /><br />"It's too late now. We'll get it restored on Monday."Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-15341313012075230592012-04-19T08:33:28.754-05:002012-04-19T08:33:28.754-05:00Wow, I was a little passionate on that subject!Wow, I was a little passionate on that subject!Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-28500206756386278662012-04-19T08:32:52.968-05:002012-04-19T08:32:52.968-05:00We have 7 meters for our electric needs. Don't...We have 7 meters for our electric needs. Don't ask me why this cannot be combined into one account. A 45 minute phone call to inquire left me with an ulcer and I still get 7 bills in the form of postcards ...... and NEVER all at once. It usually takes three days of mail to get them all togther to calculate the total bill, which I pay with one check ...... much to the dismay of the billing department. I have been chastised more than once for my practice of issuing one check for 7 bills. They would prefer, I have been told, a separate check for each meter. There have been times when we never receive all 7 bills within the month. Postcards being easy to fall out of the bundle of mail and later found in a ditch while mowing.<br />We used postcards to bill our customers in our business before we had a giant brain fart and bought a kampground. We had over 3000 subscribers to pager service and the postcards were more cost efficient (cheaper), so I understand the concept. We took that a step further and if you had more than one number in service, such as a company that paid for the employees to all have pagers, we combined the bill. It can be done!Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-10015609676898796072012-04-16T20:54:01.150-05:002012-04-16T20:54:01.150-05:00Sioux,
I don't think so. She didn't offer ...Sioux,<br />I don't think so. She didn't offer me a box, a curtain, or door number three.<br /><br />************<br />Stephen,<br />I don't even want to lose my Saturday delivery! But they're plotting.<br /><br />***********<br />Linda,<br />Well, I think it works better if you don't pay at all. THEN they offer you half off out of pity. <br /><br />Merely being late makes them happy, because not only do they have your money in their hot little hands...they can also charge you MORE money for late fees. So don't pay, but call them up after the bill was due, and offer them some magic beans or a free-range chicken. Then say, "OR...I have enough money to pay you HALF right now."<br /><br />***********<br />Becky,<br />No online bill-paying for me! A debit card over the phone is not online. It is classified as OTHER.<br /><br />And nobody better ever take my picture, either. I hear the camera steals your soul.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-38599923814702175692012-04-15T23:07:50.671-05:002012-04-15T23:07:50.671-05:00Yet you don't want to pay your bills online......Yet you don't want to pay your bills online....Hmmm....BECKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184458949017900541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-67181443177848696992012-04-15T19:56:52.787-05:002012-04-15T19:56:52.787-05:00Books, letters, what's next?
HALF?! Dang, I ...Books, letters, what's next? <br /><br />HALF?! Dang, I think I'll pay late, then call and offer them half off :)Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-40562239706000596792012-04-15T18:10:45.559-05:002012-04-15T18:10:45.559-05:00I sympathize with your postal frustrations and hav...I sympathize with your postal frustrations and have had similar rough moments thanks to the US Postal system, but I confess to feeling nostalgic about it and don"t want this service to go the way of the dodo.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-43589698489148833212012-04-15T18:06:20.072-05:002012-04-15T18:06:20.072-05:00And what was that woman's name? Monte Hall?And what was that woman's name? Monte Hall?Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com