Phone companies
About 6 years ago me and the Ex moved into our own place and promptly took up a phone and internet deal with UselessTwunts*. All was fine for a year or so, then out of the blue I get a bill for ~£1200.

Something is not right here.

Get straight on the phone, and explain that the bill has jumped up from ~£20 to something that is quite obviously not right. A few 'Oh, yes thats not right' from the call center guys, and I think its all sorted.

No such luck.

I get another bill saying that we are still in debt and need to pay imediatly. Call them back, and the explain that the bill is from ringing sex chat lines. WTF. Now, I know it wasnt me, and I was fairly sure my missus hadn't been chatting to some cunning linguist.

Rang the number that we had apparently been ringing - silent. Nothing. Not a sound. I explain this to UselessTwunts* and they dont budge.

Why would I ring a sex chat line with nobody there?!

So cancel, and tell them to shove the bill - Im not paying it.

Anywhooooo, cut to end of last year and I figure that it's still sitting on my credit report, im doing better now so lets just pay the damn thing off.

Now, last month I get a letter from UselessTwunts* informing me that I have overpaid by £364 and to ring to claim my refund. I do so, and the lady on the other end tells me "We will be sending your refund of £1456.80 within 30 days"

Me: "....sorry, what was that again?"
Her: "£1456.80 within 30 days"
Me: "Excellent, have a nice day." (trying to hide the growing smile on my face)

Maybe they finally realised that I didn't make sex calls to silent lines.


* Im not naming names until I see that cheque!
( P, Benny P, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 12:15, 7 replies)

I wouldn't have paid it off anyway
Tiscali seems to have finally given up hounding me over a £3.50 bill (yes, three pounds fifty) that I refused to pay because:

(a) I'd already emailed them to cancel the contract, and they ignored it claiming later that it needed to be in writing, and that emails didn't count (no mention of that in the T+Cs),

(b) Trading Standards advised me not to.

It's not about the money (obviously not in this case), it's about the principle.
Tiscali: useless.
( eXOBeX, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 13:19, closed)

Apparently I don't need to name names!

I only paid it off because it was affecting my credit, and it had been so long I'd forgotten whos court the ball was in.
( P, Benny P, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 13:54, closed)

If Tiscali decide to screw with my credit rating for not paying a bill that should never have been issued, god help them. I've got a letter or email filed away that said they were cancelling it before they carried on chasing, that's how much of a clueless bunch of fuckwits they are.
( eXOBeX, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 14:05, closed)

Similar...
Similar experience with o2, claiming my ex had been using sex lines. Except this was a charge every few seconds on his phone, over 2 days, from 6am until midnight, to the tune of over £1000. I would have noticed him using his phone that often, surely. Especially as we tended to go to bed at about 10-11pm and get up again at about 7-8am. I also don't think it's humanly possible to reply to texts within 1-2 seconds. I have a feeling replying to texts literally ALL DAY within seconds, constantly, would cause thumbs to bleed.

However, without proof that it wasn't him, there was nothing we could do. The company involved had his first name, and that was enough for o2 to believe he must have used £1000 worth of services.

Fast forward a few weeks and ex has decided to leave me and move to Brighton. O2 still demanding the money. With interest. Fast forward a couple of months and the bailiffs letters are arriving, with more interest and bailiff fees. Oooh it's growing close to £2000 now. Stupidly, ex had given me his new address. As much as a twat he may be, and as much as I also still don't think he actually used £1000 of sex lines, I am also a bitch, and hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned. So I ring up the bailiffs and let them know where he's run off to :) they thanked me very much.
( Bathory, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 13:54, closed)

Bailiffs?
That just reminded me, new post submitted :-)
( eXOBeX, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 14:16, closed)

That silent number.
Sex line for the deaf. Horny deaf pervs ring the number, wait for a few minutes and then furiously wank. They get the joy of paying premium rates. Equal opportunities is fucking weird.
(CaptainBalbi, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 14:25, closed)

hahaha!
I really shouldn't have laughed quite as much as I did at that :)
( P, Benny P, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 14:38, closed)