Noah_Bodie wrote:Baby steps, my friend, baby steps. Reporters have a short attention span. We have to be thankful when they actually get something right, or mostly so.
I know 
As it is, I am trying to get my family and friends to recognize that when they terminate an account with various service providers, they need to make certain that they keep proof of final billing and payment just in case something pops up unexpectedly further down the line. Where I would normally get rid of those types of records after a few years ... that no longer seems to be a wise choice to make.
I now go so far as to suggest that service providers be contacted after the dust settles and confirm again that they have a zero balance with them. Unfortunately, sometimes all I get is a verbal confirmation and can't get a final "zero balance" statement.
Several years ago, when I moved, I turned my cable modem in (the day I left town.) Of course, they didn't tell me at that point that I hadn't included the "power supply."
Eventually, I got a bill for a ridiculous amount of money for that stupid power supply. I paid the silly thing because I couldn't figure out WHICH of the various power supplies we had around the house was the correct one to send back. Fortunately, I did receive this bill ... otherwise I would never have known that I had an outstanding "balance" with the provider. I could now be on the receiving end of a debt collector's call.