ahh I remembered this other one I had.
Summary...my ex fiancee had all the bills in her name as I was in college again. One day after siphoning off apparently to buy a new townhouse (gated community) and a brand new fully loaded mustang GT she took off and turned off all utilities....no warning. So I had no cell, no phone and couldn't get the phone back on because she had it temporarily frozen and was still on the lease, no electric, etc...luckily the water could not be turned off. She took my dog also...left her ring though and a note someone told her it was 'fake' anyway....stupid, but good for me.
Anyways the water was about $20 a month, I had 3 months left on the lease and only stayed about 3 weeks maybe total there. Some my exes and girls I never hooked up with were glad to try to F the memories of her away
Well I get done with the lease and return the key. Three months later I get a call from this lady "so do you plan on paying your bills?" that was the initial contact....I asked what bill are you talking about and got the run around "so how many bills haven't you paid?"....it was just insane. She wouldnt identify herself at first and would not tell me what bill it was. She finally told me it was $230 for a water bill I owed.
I explained the water bill was not in my name and I never saw the bills (they got forwarded to my ex)....I told her I hardly stayed at my apartment but I did check it time to time and there was nothing running that could change my $20 per month x 3 into a $230 bill. I asked her to send me a copy of that as there had to be a mistake. She told me it was my problem and would not tell me who the water company even was (it was outsourced and not a local water provider).....
So I try to call my old landlord and get told to call the collection agency and this goes in circles....it was freaking ridiculous. I wanted to pay if I owed but there was only insults handed out....the one lady (they use caller id and call back any number you call from over and over again + auto route any calls from those numbers directly to the collection agent)...I finally requested them never to call any number regarding my account and I would call them....
The would call these other numbers and say illegally I believe "I would like to talk to Chris.... about the bills he has neglected to pay"
Anyways I find out the water company and call them and they tell me they cannot talk to me at all as I am not on the account. I try to explain that my lease holds me responsible and apparently there is a $230 bill for 3 months...I am told that's "cheap" and they can't help further.
The collection agency can't provide me a bill either...I say screw it and forgot about them, they already filed on my credit report anyway telling me I'd never get credit or a loan again (yeah right)....regardless my dad is a senior vice president of a loan company....I really don't think I'd ever have a hard time with a loan.
This was back in 1999.....fast forward to november where I am feeling generous and decide maybe I will get a better experience this time and work it out. I call up and have to enter the account number and am immediately greeted with "mr. ...... so are you still not paying your bills".....same freaking lady. So I go off saying look I have cooperated with you since day 1....no one wants to help me though...I have a serious problem just sending $230 to someone based on the fact they say "I just owe that". We go back and forth and she tries to bring up the terrible consequences and I explain to her I have rented, bought cars, got new credit cards at low low interest rates, all my limits raised and there has been no effect her little stunt had on my credit.
She asks me what will it take for me to make good on my debts and I tell her again I need proof of the bills, no one can get me those....she magically is able to fax me them. They were originally faxed to her from the water company 2 months before we even spoke in 1999, she had them the whole time.
Apparently one month my meter was misread or something....it went from a reading of say 55,203-56,932 to 56,932-80,102 to 58,234-58,920
I told the agent I would call and find out the next day (it was about 6pm my time and the water company was closed).
The next morning at 8am my cell rings, its the agent so I answer as my company name and tell her 'chris doesn't have an extension here, can I take a message' she tells me it's very important he calls her because he owes alot of money......that's when I went off. I told her one it's 8am the water company is not even open yet, 2) I told her in 1999 in writing to absolutely never, ever call me at any number, and 3) she doesn't have to accuse me of being a deadbeat to strangers...my credit is perfect other than her little stunt....I reminded her to never call again. I also told her I voluntarily called her back about this matter in order to fix it...if I had no intention of repairing the situation I would not have contacted them....she then told me how would i like someone owing me a ton of cash. I explained it's $200 and not a ton of cash....but I'd figure out what I really owe...she told me she could tell me that, $23x.xx...I told her I'd get back to her and not to call.
Its obvious there was a problem when the meter went back in time
The water company doesn't have that record anymore and can't do anything about it apparently (they were able to speak to me after I provided them a copy of the bills)....
My decision was to screw it. They can take the loss...I am done with the BS, if she was honest and got me these copies when it was discovered I could have straightened it out long ago.
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