Oh, right, stuff *does* happen in my life.

[noahgibbs]

This morning the long-distance company deactivated my service. Apparently last time I was paying bills I looked at the wrong one and thought I owed them nothing. I frequently pay them between $30 and $50 and then ignore the bill for a couple of months, mainly because I very rarely have a monthly long-distance bill over ten bucks.

But their $7.15 was late, and apparently they're mad as hell and they're not gonna take it any more. I paid them $40, which covers the $7.15 I owe, the $4 and change for the following month, and enough more that I can ignore them for several more months. The nice lady cheerfully reactivated me.

For the record, TTI has generally been quite a good carrier, so I'm not gonna hold this against them. They are also owned by neither AT&T nor Sprint (last I checked) which is why I started using them. The whole situation was funny more than anything else, though if I'd really needed to make a call it would have been less funny.

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[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

their $7.15 was late, and apparently they're mad as hell and they're not gonna take it any more.

Hee. I once had a medical bill I'd overlooked get referred to a collection agency. It was pretty amusing recieving a letter that implied they'd have to break my kneecaps if I didn't cough up (drumroll please)...thirteen bucks. I sent 'em a check, and they sent another letter a month later demanding, in much the same tone, another four bucks. They really knew how to make a point.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Actually, we discontinued our use of TTI over something like that. We had a bill of approximately $5, which was less than a month late, and they cut us off with no advanced warning. The no advanced warning is really out of line, in my opinion. Now we don't have long distance on our home phone, but, i think its better than allowing them to do stuff like that. (Especially since we have long distance via cards/cell phones, the like.)