I Havent Paid My Phone Bill In Months
 

Anyone have any ideas how this can happen. Here is the story. What would you do:

I have been paying my cell phone bill consecutively for 3 years. Every month its about $60 give or take a few bucks here and there. Anyway, in Februrary this year, I got my phone bill in and it said there was a credit of $350 on my account so the amount owing is ZERO. I knew there was a mistake, so I called in and the representive confirmed there is indeed a $350 credit. I didn't say much about it, but I took his employee number in case of any discrepancies. So, in March, I was expecting my credit to be for about $290(the $350 minus my usual $60 bill), but instead it was for $310. To make a long story short, from February until now, my phone bill has been receiving credit after credit. Its not from me. Would you call the company and TELL them that YOU haven't made these payments, or keep your mouth shut and continue on? Keep in mind, I called them the first month, and the employee VERIFIED that there was a large overpayment made by someone..(it just wasnt me). What would you do??:(

im telling them right now, they give $1,000 reward to report a thief

I would put the money that you would have paid aside just in case, and switch carriers as soon as your contract is up, lol. If nothing's said at that time, go shopping!

You are going to hell for this

I believe in a thing called Karma and that's all I have to say.:winkwink:

Ha, good idea. I know most people would keep their mouth shut about it. I have kept every invoice they have sent me with a credit on it, so later on, they cannot come back and say they made a mistake. I wont have to pay the money, but I have this little voice in my head telling me to fess up..I dunno. Its saving me a lotta money though..lol:)

Hey, I got 2 cheeseburgers at the local McDrive for free the other day, so I know how you feel :Graucho

I definately do too..but you can look at this in two ways..either karma will come back and bite me in the ass for this later, or KARMA is paying me back for all the good things I have done so far. I've been weighing which one it is...lol

I think that it will bw a good idea to report it, they might give you a reward.

LOL! A reward? Don't expect a reward from a phone company. Most likely, they will charge you for all the credited months.

You should tell them before they find out you got credited by mistake because they are going to bill you one day or another. And that's going to be one big phone bill. :1orglaugh

I dont really think they CAN bill me for the credited months. I have every invoice that they have sent me with CREDIT on it. Also, when I called in to confirm the credit put on my account, I got the representitives employee # incase of something like this.

I'm not sure about the statement that most people would keep their mouth shut.. I have more faith in people than that to be "good".

I went to my bank once because they showed a deposit of $1.75 in my account that I didnt make. They searched for it and it turned out it was a bank error, and they let me keep it. I made sure that it couldnt bite my ass in the future somehow anyway, then thanked them.

I used to work for a company that sold long distance service, and as a manager I got a $5 credit off my long distance every month. I called them and told them I no longer work for the company, but I continue to get the credit to this day anyway.

I'd be putting the money aside every month like said above.. I'd probably have told them on the initial phone call that I didnt make a $350 payment, but I'll take it as long as it can't hurt me someday down the road.

Just imagine a helpful son or daughter calling in payments once a month for their old grandmother so she can have a phone everymonth.. she could go to use it and it's turned off... Now go do the right thing :thumbsup

if someone made a payment then chances are they're out the money on their bill.

the phone company might put 2 and 2 together, but who knows.

Awwww..that made me feel like crap now...lol. I really should have told them I didnt make that first payment. I just think though, those phone companies are such scammers too. If you are 1 minute over your plan, they dont hesitate to charge you for it..do they?

I wouldn't say a damn word.. :thumbsup

I pay my bills with sig money :Graucho

That's what I was thinking also.. The phone company have to pay their bills also and money will be missing.. Who's going to pay for that? :glugglug

Interesting...can't say as Karma has ever paid me back for doing something good by having me lie and steal.

Would be different if you received the credit with "past overpayments of your bill" or something like that for a reason...

my motto: It is what you do when nobody is looking that truly counts?

what do you have to lose? i wouldn't tell them - besides going through all the trouble of removing it will cost way over $350 in administrative fees (that they will bill you for). Telco and karma doesn't fit.

Of course they dont hesitate.. thats part of the plan you signed up for, lol. Dont try to justify it like that, you chose them after all. hehehe.

So just BS them a bit and call and say your sister or someone has been covering it, but you're back in town and want to confirm past payments..

Thats a good idea. Thanks for setting me straight.

Yeah, lying is so much better for your karma! :)

Karma doesnt reward you by giving you something you should pay for lol. I would call speak to a manager and get it settled. THere is nothing worse than they figure it out in a year and hit you with a monster bill.

what he said...

I once had a deposit of $1k extra in my bank account so I didn't say anything for a month and then I felt guilty so I called the bank and had them check it out. The teller had put someone elses $$ in my account. I couldn't imagine if that happened to me...:)

Newsflash: Most phone company employees dont HAVE employee numbers. And even if they DO, they do NOT have to give a real one to you.

I used to make one up as I went along. I would write it down as I said it so I could repeat it if I had to.
But it was fake and meant shit.

MCI employees NEVER give out their employee number and I doubt other companies are any different.

So this number you keep leaning on is probably FAKE.

Im with Rogers wireless, and I know they have REAL employee numbers because my best friends boyfriend worked for them for 3 years.

Honesty is the best policy. I agree with the poster who mentioned 'karma'. When you do good things, I've found that the universe gives you good things back, and then some.

Someone probably is mistyping their account number when sending in their payments (probably did it once via online banking, and never had to re-enter the info).

i have a huge guilt complex, i was born with a conscience that makes me feel bad about pretty much everything i do. i feel guilty still from stealing from the candy store when I was 10.

BUT.................. when it comes to telephone companies, cable companies, gas companies, banks, insurance companies, credit card companies ......FUCK THEM FOR ALL YOU CAN!!! THEY ARE THE BIGGEST THIEVES OF ALL!!!

feel no guilt Sarah. if it was something like a clothing store you bought stuff on credit from and this happened i'd tell you to do the right thing and tell them you have been credited wrongly.

are you sure its not a deposit you made long time ago?

I thought about that..I checked with my bank too to see if the phone company took the money outta my account (I used to pay them direct deposit outta my account every month) and that never happened either. Im stumped. But every month, someone keeps paying my bill. Its weird.

the only reason i opened this thread is cause you're hot and i wanted to see just how much of a bimbo you were not paying your phone bill- when i saw that much text i realized it wasn't worth reading so i just made this post instead.

Do you think I'm a bimbo Sleazy?

the judgement call on that one hasn't been made yet - i make those calls when i meet someone in person and although i've been in the same crowds as you i've never really talked to you in person before.

the title lead me to believe you may be, but this is gfy and all isn't what it seems- i admit I was too lazy to read what you wrote so i'm still undecided and not withstanding what you wrote i wouldn't make that judgement call till having some face time with you to make a proper assesment.

Thank you very much for not judging a book from its cover. I appreciate that and respect you for it.

:1orglaugh

I agree! This is what integrity is called. If you had the opportunity to do something (that you really wanted to do) behind someones back and nobody in the whole world would ever find out......would you? If you found a wallet with 300 bucks in it and it had a drivers license with address etc... would you return it?? That is what makes you a loyal, honest person at the end of the day. What choices you make when nobody is looking.:thumbsup

Put the money you would pay every month in a separate bank account .

you shouldnt feel guilty its their mistake.. thats imo

Sarah...Ive been paying your bill...I think you owe me! :Graucho