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| I can't tell if I'm tired, or just lazy  |
I just received a notice that, starting Jan. 1, 2023, they will be adding an $1.00 a month fee if you receive paper bills. I am only set up to receive local service and incoming long distance calls and the only reason I have that is because I like having a hard wired phone connection in case of emergency. Their notice makes it sounds like they are doing me a favor trying to force me to go paperless. Not damn likely! _____________________________ "The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin | ||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
So you don't have a cell phone or Wifi? I personally like paperless, less mail | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
C'mon man, it's the year 2022 There's no reason you need paper bills for stuff like this, personally I like it and have gone paper-free for most things. | |||
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i opt for paperless when offered, on recurring bill!! | |||
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| probably a good thing I don't have a cut |
You know the paper bill used to be included in the price of doing business. By them charging you for it now, it's just more profit for them. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Honestly, I'm surprised more companies haven't gone to charged billing for paper bills and higher fees for taking checks in as payment. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I have a couple of monthly bills that take checks or credit cards. They add a surcharge for credit card, which would be all electronic processing, but they do not add a surcharge for paying with paper checks. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep  |
How else are we going to kill the USPS? _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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| Thank you Very little |
Basically recovering the CC charge from the issuing company. Seems companies bury the cost of processing charges from CC along with paper check processing. Lots of places do that now, I remember when the MC/Visa contracts disallowed passing through the fee, they'd shut you off. Then "cash discounts" appeared and changed the game. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I used to love paper. But I've since gone to scanning documents and filing them electronically. I like just downloading my bills and paying them electronically. Autopay if possible. I don't need a physical tickler system to prod me then I don't have to go looking for where the bill is, etc. I think your landline phone isn't the landline phone you're used to. The old system had a 99.99% up rate and I think that was by regulation. Now, they're connected to the internet and is subject to their service levels. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
I first went to work for Bell Labs in 1960, shortly after my service in the U.S. Navy. Most Bell System Central Offices were the good old Step-by-Step, Panel, or Crossbar (No. 1 or No. 5). These offices were spec'd for a forty year service life, with a total cumulative down-time not to exceed two hours during that forty year service life. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I'm embarrassed to admit that I received paper bills for my internet for almost a year without noticing they had a $5 "paper bill" fee. The bill was $73 each month including taxes and fees. Needless to say I called and told them to stop and put it on auto pay for $68. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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I prefer the paper billing, as I like a tangible bill in case I have some issue later on. | |||
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I'll go one better . I drive to the Credit Union twice a month to make my BI-Weekly truck note . Although I do splurge and use the Drive Thru window ..This message has been edited. Last edited by: selogic, | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven! |
If only there was some sort of device that could take a PDF/electronic bill and magically transform it into paper with one click... That would be amazing! | |||
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Ok , now you're just getting ridiculous ..  | |||
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Yeah, that one was on me. I should have said for the extra cost, it is cheaper to have them do it and easier for me. It's bad enough with all of the things my kids print out without having to buy more ink cartridges. | |||
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In our former home, Centurylink was the only choice for internet service for about 14 years. They are positively, absolutely the worst company on the planet. I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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This. Plus I need the reminder archived in my bill basket, so when it's banking/bill day, I have everything all in one spot, ready to go, and ready to record in my check register (though I do very few checks anymore...it's more about the register than the checks these days). I went with paperless with Verizon Wireless a couple years ago in order to get something like $5 off a month, and it's a bit of a hassle remembering to record their debit on my register from an email and/or text they send. | |||
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