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Get this - the electric company, didn't charge me for electricity.

Jschmuck2

Jschmuck2

Diamond Member
Before someone says it - yes, I will be paying the bill. If I don't, they'll turn off my electricity.

I live in a place where we get billed bi-monthly for utilities. I moved into my new apartment in July of this past year and received the first bill in August, which was to the tune of ~$190. $150 of that was for a security deposit on a new account and the other $40 was in charges. However, I didn't really pay much heed to the bill because $190 electric bill seemed like plenty to pay at the time.

Flash forward to November, and I receive in my inbox a bill for ~$290. Naturally, after a huge WTF moment, I call the electric company to discover what the problem is. Apparently what happened - they hadn't ever charged me for electricity. At all. They had cancelled the "services" portion of the first bill ($40) and credited it to my account because of their mistake.

Let me repeat that: The electric company didn't charge me for electricity.

Not only that but I'm supposed to get my bill in the even months - here we are halfway through month eleven and I'm just getting my bill now. Someone really fucked up over there.

So while technically the bill is correct (~$290), I have to now pay it all at once. Granted, it would've been $40 higher had they not credited my account but even still, around the Holliday time, that's a big-ass bill.


Cliffs:

1.) Electric company cancels my first bill because they forgot to charge me for electricity.
2.) The ELECTRIC company didn't charge me for ELECTRICITY.
3.) They didn't tell me about cancelling the bill and instead added the past four months electric charges into one bill.
4.) Since I DID use that electricity, I have to pay it but I don't have to like it.
 
Heh I think all electric companys are on crack. Mine wildly fluctuates $140 $240 $130 $150 $250 $90(!).... So it can be anywhere from $90-$250.
 
Why didn't you contact them when you didn't receive a bill? Maybe you could ask them to stretch out your payment?
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
i don't know why you're stuck on this whole "ELECTRIC company didn't charge for ELECTRICITY"
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Even with the caps and bold I am still not understanding what is suppose to be so powerful about that statement.

As near as I can figure, the OP didn't have to pay for electricity for awhile and then the electric company finally figured out what was up and sent him the bill for the whole amount. He didn't get screwed out of any extra money, his bill just came late. And since the dollar has been spiraling down the toilet the last few months he probably came out ahead.
 
Apparently irony is lost on you. That's ok - this is a primarily technical board. Please - allow me to clarify.

The electric company deals primarily in charges for electricity. As in - you pay them (the electric company) for all of the electricity (or as some may call it 'nerd juice') that you use in your 'home.'

So, imagine my surprise when the CSR told me on the phone that they had, indeed, forgotten to charge me for the service that their very title implies they deal specifically in.

Is that better? I wish I could add a mathematical formula to further explain things but unfortunately my abilities in that area are not up to par.
 
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Apparently irony is lost on you. That's ok - this is a primarily technical board. Please - allow me to clarify.

The electric company deals primarily in charges for electricity. As in - you pay them (the electric company) for all of the electricity (or as some may call it 'nerd juice') that you use in your 'home.'

So, imagine my surprise when the CSR told me on the phone that they had, indeed, forgotten to charge me for the service that their very title implies they deal specifically in.

Is that better? I wish I could add a mathematical formula to further explain things but unfortunately my abilities in that area are not up to par.
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too punny, LOL

now change surprise to shocker.
 
I had the same thing happen to me in 2006, though I actually got a bill saying I owed $0. Called up the power company and they said the meter was probably on the fritz, but don't worry next month it will have been fixed and they have ways of calculating the missed month. So, I set aside an amount I thought would cover the missed month.
 
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Apparently irony is lost on you. That's ok - this is a primarily technical board. Please - allow me to clarify.

The electric company deals primarily in charges for electricity. As in - you pay them (the electric company) for all of the electricity (or as some may call it 'nerd juice') that you use in your 'home.'

So, imagine my surprise when the CSR told me on the phone that they had, indeed, forgotten to charge me for the service that their very title implies they deal specifically in.

Is that better? I wish I could add a mathematical formula to further explain things but unfortunately my abilities in that area are not up to par.
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The PHONE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my PHONE BILL

The WATER COMPANY forgot to charge me for my WATER BILL

My CABLE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my CABLE BILL

MY ISP forgot to charge me for my INTERNET

The GROCERY store forgot the charge me for my BREAD


Do you see why this isn't so shocking?
 
Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Apparently irony is lost on you. That's ok - this is a primarily technical board. Please - allow me to clarify.

The electric company deals primarily in charges for electricity. As in - you pay them (the electric company) for all of the electricity (or as some may call it 'nerd juice') that you use in your 'home.'

So, imagine my surprise when the CSR told me on the phone that they had, indeed, forgotten to charge me for the service that their very title implies they deal specifically in.

Is that better? I wish I could add a mathematical formula to further explain things but unfortunately my abilities in that area are not up to par.
Click to expand...

The PHONE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my PHONE BILL

The WATER COMPANY forgot to charge me for my WATER BILL

My CABLE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my CABLE BILL

MY ISP forgot to charge me for my INTERNET

The GROCERY store forgot the charge me for my BREAD


Do you see why this isn't so shocking?
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Hmm, I'll try again. My first attempt must have fallen short of my explicatory expectations. I suppose I would, in fact, be surprised if my cable company forgot to charge me for the cable - as would, I'm sure, the cable company. After all, if they continued to forget to charge me for cable, surely their business model of "we forgot" would not keep them in business for very long.

I am very interested in hearing from anyone else who would NOT be surprised should their phone company forget to charge them for phone usage or their grocery store forget to charge them for bread.

A grocery store could perhaps make up those charges someplace else, maybe charging you double for that 16oz jar of mayonaisse or triple for that pack of Orbitz gum you so impuslively purchased right there at the checkout. However, the phone company doesn't seem as flexible in their ability to recoup losses due to forgetfulness. I'm just not entirely sure what else the phone company could charge you for besides phone usage.

Cliffs:

The electric company forgot to charge me for electricity.
 
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Apparently irony is lost on you. That's ok - this is a primarily technical board. Please - allow me to clarify.

The electric company deals primarily in charges for electricity. As in - you pay them (the electric company) for all of the electricity (or as some may call it 'nerd juice') that you use in your 'home.'

So, imagine my surprise when the CSR told me on the phone that they had, indeed, forgotten to charge me for the service that their very title implies they deal specifically in.

Is that better? I wish I could add a mathematical formula to further explain things but unfortunately my abilities in that area are not up to par.
Click to expand...

The PHONE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my PHONE BILL

The WATER COMPANY forgot to charge me for my WATER BILL

My CABLE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my CABLE BILL

MY ISP forgot to charge me for my INTERNET

The GROCERY store forgot the charge me for my BREAD


Do you see why this isn't so shocking?
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Hmm, I'll try again. My first attempt must have fallen short of my explicatory expectations. I suppose I would, in fact, be surprised if my cable company forgot to charge me for the cable - as would, I'm sure, the cable company. After all, if they continued to forget to charge me for cable, surely their business model of "we forgot" would not keep them in business for very long.

I am very interested in hearing from anyone else who would NOT be surprised should their phone company forget to charge them for phone usage or their grocery store forget to charge them for bread.

A grocery store could perhaps make up those charges someplace else, maybe charging you double for that 16oz jar of mayonaisse or triple for that pack of Orbitz gum you so impuslively purchased right there at the checkout. However, the phone company doesn't seem as flexible in their ability to recoup losses due to forgetfulness. I'm just not entirely sure what else the phone company could charge you for besides phone usage.

Cliffs:

The electric company forgot to charge me for electricity.
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You're pretty dense.
 
For the record, ZeroIQ is correct. The electric company forgot to charge you. Period. There's nothnig particularly funny about the fact that the electric company forgot to charge you for ELECTRICITY. What else would they charge you for?
 
Originally posted by: Crafty35a
For the record, ZeroIQ is correct. The electric company forgot to charge you. Period. There's nothnig particularly funny about the fact that the electric company forgot to charge you for ELECTRICITY. What else would they charge you for?
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Being an idiot. They could make millions!

edit: I realize that could be taken the wrong way. I don't mean to say you or the OP are idiots, but man if the electric company just started charging an idiot fee they wouldn't need to sell electricity anymore.
 
Originally posted by: Crafty35a
For the record, ZeroIQ is correct. The electric company forgot to charge you. Period. There's nothnig particularly funny about the fact that the electric company forgot to charge you for ELECTRICITY. What else would they charge you for?
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They charge his gadgets.

charge
1. To cause formation of a net electric charge on or in (a conductor, for example).
2. To energize (a storage battery) by passing current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
 
The reason they are able to charge for the full amount even though they haven't been reading your meter is because the meter has been recording how much electric you used the whole time. So when the meter reader finally noticed your meter spinning when it wasn't listed on his route he probably reported it and they caught their error. The next time out there two months later your account is now correctly listed as requiring a read and he recorded the amount of usage on the meter. Their billing system did the math between what the last read was and what the new one was and VOILA! Gigantic electric bill.
I'm sure the phone company has something similar on their phone switches end that they could just as easily go collect the logs from and back bill you for phone service once they realized your account was misconfigured. Either way though, you used the electricity now you've got to pay for it unfortunately. It sucks but if you call they can probably set up a payment plan for you so you don't get whacked all at once since technically it was their problem not yours.
 
Originally posted by: AMCRambler
The reason they are able to charge for the full amount even though they haven't been reading your meter is because the meter has been recording how much electric you used the whole time. So when the meter reader finally noticed your meter spinning when it wasn't listed on his route he probably reported it and they caught their error. The next time out there two months later your account is now correctly listed as requiring a read and he recorded the amount of usage on the meter. Their billing system did the math between what the last read was and what the new one was and VOILA! Gigantic electric bill.
I'm sure the phone company has something similar on their phone switches end that they could just as easily go collect the logs from and back bill you for phone service once they realized your account was misconfigured. Either way though, you used the electricity now you've got to pay for it unfortunately. It sucks but if you call they can probably set up a payment plan for you so you don't get whacked all at once since technically it was their problem not yours.
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I know 🙁
 
OP, it is worth a call to them. They could allow you to make a couple of payments on that bill. Any reasonable CSR would find a way to do that.
 
Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Apparently irony is lost on you. That's ok - this is a primarily technical board. Please - allow me to clarify.

The electric company deals primarily in charges for electricity. As in - you pay them (the electric company) for all of the electricity (or as some may call it 'nerd juice') that you use in your 'home.'

So, imagine my surprise when the CSR told me on the phone that they had, indeed, forgotten to charge me for the service that their very title implies they deal specifically in.

Is that better? I wish I could add a mathematical formula to further explain things but unfortunately my abilities in that area are not up to par.
Click to expand...

The PHONE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my PHONE BILL

The WATER COMPANY forgot to charge me for my WATER BILL

My CABLE COMPANY forgot to charge me for my CABLE BILL

MY ISP forgot to charge me for my INTERNET

The GROCERY store forgot the charge me for my BREAD


Do you see why this isn't so shocking?
Click to expand...

Hmm, I'll try again. My first attempt must have fallen short of my explicatory expectations. I suppose I would, in fact, be surprised if my cable company forgot to charge me for the cable - as would, I'm sure, the cable company. After all, if they continued to forget to charge me for cable, surely their business model of "we forgot" would not keep them in business for very long.

I am very interested in hearing from anyone else who would NOT be surprised should their phone company forget to charge them for phone usage or their grocery store forget to charge them for bread.

A grocery store could perhaps make up those charges someplace else, maybe charging you double for that 16oz jar of mayonaisse or triple for that pack of Orbitz gum you so impuslively purchased right there at the checkout. However, the phone company doesn't seem as flexible in their ability to recoup losses due to forgetfulness. I'm just not entirely sure what else the phone company could charge you for besides phone usage.

Cliffs:

The electric company forgot to charge me for electricity.
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You're pretty dense.
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My electricity company charges me for more than electricity. I get charged for "Solid Waste" and "Drainage". Stop being a fucking douchebag.
 
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