*rolls eyes*

[boodie]

I got a letter today, one of those letters in a plain white envelope, the kind that you just know are SERIOUS letters.. Well I opened it in trepidation, and then experienced a massive dose of deja-vu... It was from a company who shall remain nameless, but is well know to readers of my blog, as the company who did some nasty pretty underhanded scare tactics over a supposedly unpaid late fine.

According to their records, guess what I OWE them money... yes yes I owe them the massive sum of $4.09 which MUST be paid henceforth and forthwith or NASTY NASTY things will happen.

I was so fucking tempted to only pay $4.08 and see if they sent out a reminder for the remaining 1 cent.

I suppose I should be greatful that it wasn't twentyfive phone calls.

Comments

[ladyjaguar.livejournal.com]

Oh, it would be a hoot to see if they dunned you for the penny.

It would be worth it to me to spend the postage to send them the $4.09 all in pennies! Heehee! I'm warped like that.

Eh, be worth the silly $4.09 to get them off your back.

Petty morons!

Hug!

We had a similar thing once. We owed on our Gulf Oil (which was taken over by BP) card, and were in dire financial straits at the time. I had worked out an arrangement with Gulf (while they were still Gulf) to pay them $10 a month. The total amount was less than $75.00 all told.

After BP bought Gulf, I got a nasty letter demanding the balance, which was $30 and change, immediately, or they would send a private detective to my door to collect.

I wrote them an equally nasty letter saying I had a prior arrangement with Gulf, which they should honor, and that if they did send a private detective to my door, there would be a uniformed Clay County deputy there to meet him, for my protection, as I regarded their statement as a threat against my person.

I never heard another word from them! Paid them the lousy $30 and change -- at the rate of $10 a month, just as with Gulf.

I guess they figured they couldn't intimidate me and that the amount wasn't worth further bother.

And I have never done and will never do business with BP.

Morons. The world is full of morons.

[funnelwebkitten.livejournal.com]

You have to wonder sometimes, right I can understand that if the amount was some large sum, and it had been outstanding for over a month, then they are entitled to get their money back, but for such a small sum, it probably cost them more than that to send the letter out to me.