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ceagleA weird thing has been happening with bills the last few years... I have touched on them in various entries, but this is a summary with some new info:
I pay bills on time, and yet they don't always get there on time... but due to the weirdness of this new day and age, I think. :/
A few years ago, the electric company lost TWO bills in a row that we mailed, so I went to the payment center and stood in line and paid in person for the 3rd one, and then just signed up to pay online to avoid the hassle.
Then last August, the post office somehow lost (or had stolen) all the bills I mailed that month. Luckily the missing ones never showed up, so I didn't get overdrawn.
And a few times now, the phone company has told me my payments were late, so I went down there and asked what was going on, because I place the payments right in the payment slot that has been there almost since the time Alexander Graham Bell founded the place! They casually told me that they rarely check that box... maybe once a week or so..! wot?
I do toy with the idea of doing more payments online, but I'm not too fond of the psychology it can breed... less involvement with what's going on with the bills, and more of a chance that mistakes and incorrect charges will slip through unnoticed.
*sigh* :/
I pay bills on time, and yet they don't always get there on time... but due to the weirdness of this new day and age, I think. :/
A few years ago, the electric company lost TWO bills in a row that we mailed, so I went to the payment center and stood in line and paid in person for the 3rd one, and then just signed up to pay online to avoid the hassle.
Then last August, the post office somehow lost (or had stolen) all the bills I mailed that month. Luckily the missing ones never showed up, so I didn't get overdrawn.
And a few times now, the phone company has told me my payments were late, so I went down there and asked what was going on, because I place the payments right in the payment slot that has been there almost since the time Alexander Graham Bell founded the place! They casually told me that they rarely check that box... maybe once a week or so..! wot?
I do toy with the idea of doing more payments online, but I'm not too fond of the psychology it can breed... less involvement with what's going on with the bills, and more of a chance that mistakes and incorrect charges will slip through unnoticed.
*sigh* :/
