It has been a good year.
I have not been disconnected from Bigpond Broadband yet. I am used to being disconnected 2-3 times per year when they ‘forget’ to send bills for months at a time, then disconnect me for non payment. Plus the $55 reconnection fee, of course. Good for the share price, you know. In an attempt to thwart their billing incompetence, I conceived of a fiendish plan that would ensure that I never ‘forgot’ to pay a bill again. I organised direct debit from my credit card. Foolproof.
Until today.
Imagine my surprise when I opened my mail to find a letter from Tel$tra (don’t you love that?). This was a proper, formal, ‘pay or else’ type letter, not even a bill with red writing. Not that I even get bills. In summary: Telstra are threatening to disconnect me because they forgot to charge me.
By the way, the billing amount is $22 more than what I am supposed to be charged per month. Seems like some company never reversed those two additional accounts that I cancelled 4 months ago. Sigh.