• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    16 days ago

    I had an ISP try to bill me for an unreturned modem five years ago.

    I kept the receipt because I expected them to be so incompetent. Good luck.

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      16 days ago

      I had an ISP do the same when I moved out of an apartment in 2016. I still get calls from a collection agency. The number is blocked but if I check my “blocked calls” log it’s been nearly every weekday for 8 years.

    • shadshack@sh.itjust.works
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      16 days ago

      Hah! I just recently got to switch off Comcast to a newer local fiber company. Comcast emailed and texted me for weeks telling me to return their equipment that I never had, but even their website showed I had nothing to return so I ignored it. Eventually the emails changed to “you’ve been charged”, so I called to complain. They assured me that I wasn’t actually charged, and then realized they owed me a prorated refund since I cancelled in the middle of a billing cycle. They absolutely weren’t going to give that back unless I called.

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        16 days ago

        They can’t decide whether they’re evil or they just hire the most inept and cheapest people possible.

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      16 days ago

      Was it Crapcast? I bet it was Crapcast, it sounds like a Crapcast thing to do lol