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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: Rather large late fee on my cable bill
- References: <92239.113301F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> <BtnHz1.34J@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <Aug.27.13.40.47.1992.7803@aramis.rutgers.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 01:30:12 GMT
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- rinehart@aramis.rutgers.edu (Mark J. Rinehart) writes:
- >I am so fed up with my cable company's overall attitude toward their
- >customers that I recently sent them a note along with my payment,
- >about late fees - TKR in Central NJ charges a late fee of $5.00. The
- >note said that they had a choice. They could never charge me a late
- >fee again (I usually pay my cable bill once every 2 months), or they
- >could cancel my subscription, which comes to $50 per month (w/4
- >premium channels). I suppose I shall find out soon what their decision
- >is.
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- What's the billing period? Here in Champaign, we're billed every
- two months, and the bill is due by the end of the FIRST month of
- service you're paying for. I would refuse to pay a late fee
- for any bill "due" before the service is rendered.
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- >Mark
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- Mike Berger
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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