So verizon wireless charged my bank account

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Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: SearchMaster

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: Quasmo
I just got a power bill for $500 for a place I kept my clothes and cats in, slept somewhere else every night.

Were the cats making cheeseburgers?

Grow lamps....their indoor catnip farm is quite impressive.

Sorry to the OP didnt mean to thread hijack.

So I checked the meter this morning

The previous reading was 4518. What the bill says is 8058, the meter says 6203 and thats after a month and a half from the 4518 reading. So unless I used 8000kwh of power I dont know what is up. So now I have to file a dispute, and the account is in my roommates name (who doesn't even live here atm). How rediculous is that.

They more than likely mistook the 6 for an 8. Humans read the meters usually so error can happen.

You don't have to pay the $500. Call them up and just tell them the situation. You aren't making changes to the account and they can just send the guy back out to re-read and re-bill you.

To the OP...they probably took your CC# at contract time and if you re-read your contact will find you gave them a right to charge any late payments, cancellation fees, etc to that card. There is usually a clause too that they can charge the card if new usuage is discovered after an account is closed.