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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 14:19:46 EDT
- From: Thomas Lapp <thomas%mvac23.uucp@udel.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: MCI and Sears Lost Me?
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- When I got my local service installed, I didn't request a LD carrier.
- Instead, I used "Sears' Long-Distance" service, which is really just
- MCI service billed to your Sears credit card. I get a bill from MCI
- each month, and it lists the total amount and the breakout, and shows
- the same total billed to my Sears charge card.
-
- Along about April, I had a bill go long and ended up double paying it.
- The result was that on my April bill, I had a small credit. Sears
- said that they would issue a check if there was still a balance on the
- account the next month.
-
- Lo and behold, next month a check for that amount comes. But the MCI
- billing still shows that they are billing my account -- which isn't
- showing the billing.
-
- So, I guess the MCI to Sears connection broke down somewhere and I
- haven't paid a dime on my LD charges all summer, since they haven't
- got billed!
-
- (Yes, I'm an honest guy, and have my MCI records to tell me exactly
- what I owe. I figure one of three actions will probably trigger
- something which will get it all going again:
-
- 1. I cash the check (I've been saving it to apply it toward
- the next bill);
-
- 2. I make a charge to my Sears account and it picks up all
- the other billing;
-
- 3. Sears/MCI's billing audit will discover it after a period
- of time and I'll get a bill;
-
- I guess the only thing I have to watch for is that Sears doesn't try
- to charge me interest on the account for the stuff past due (since
- I've not received a bill for the last three months!))
-
- I just called the automated system for billing and determined that my
- bill is indeed $0.00 and hasn't had any charges since my last
- statement!
-
-
- tom
- internet thomas%mvac23@udel.edu (home) lapp@cdhub1.dnet.dupont.com (work)
-
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