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$afd|1-How large companies waste money!
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Prior  to this actually happening I had only heard of this sort of thing
through  reading  those  dodgy  newspapers with the big red titles, like
"Sun",  "Mirror"  and  "Star", even "New of the World", and I had always
thought  that  they were a bit of a laugh, something to remind me of how
stupid  people  can  be  abd how they'll follow procedures no matter how
daft it makes them look in the long run.
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Basically  I  got  my  gas  bill  the other week, as did several hundred
thousand  other  people most probably, and I opened it with a feeling of
dread  because  I  was  a  little low on cash that week, you know how it
goes, but it turned out that I needn't have worried, because the price I
had to pay was...
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|2-£0.09






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Yup,  I  couldn't  believe  it,  9  bloody  pence,  I mean WHY?  Aladdin
Sane/iNDi  had  a  look at it and said "Are they so hard up that they've
got to ask for 9p then?", who knows eh?
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Anyway I turned over and carefully read the payment options available to
me...
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Post?               -   It'd cost me at least 20p for a stamp!
Phone?              -   10p (at least!) for the phone call!
Bank Giro Credit?   -   The bank would charge for it!
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Finally I decided to walk up to the Post Office and hand it over, I just
happened  to  have 11p in my pocket at the time so THAT worked out okay.
The  woman on the counter smiled and said it was hardly worth the effort
of walking up here, to which I replied "Can't help being thrifty, love",
and I walked home again, it really made my day!
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Even  better,  because  I'd  paid  this heee-uge amount as soon as I had
received  it I automatically qualify for £2 off my next bill - something
called "Optionpay Reduction", can you credit it?
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Sheesh,  I'm  sure  I could run British Gas a lot better, and I wouldn't
need paying as much as Cedric Brown either!
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