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Originally Posted by pem
That looks like nothing more than a standard reply someone has very slightly adapted. 
As for you [Stuart W] not paying the £120 you owe - NTL will most likely pass your debt to an agency and you will end up with them chasing you and a badly dented credit history. Not something you really want.  |
OK, I don't
know how ntl will play it, but here's my idea....
They will continue to bill me each month for the service they disconnected in December (I just got a bill for £151.25 including CM rental for 24-Jan-04 to 23-Feb-04) until my bill is around £200.
Then they will pass it on to a debt recovery service.
The recovery service will write to my old address and try to get payment. They will also add their own 'charge' of between £50 and £200.
Getting no reply, they will apply to my local county court to summons me.
I do not have to attend a county court hearing, so they will go ahead in my absence.
This will add anywhere between £100 and £500 onto the bill.
They will then send a bailif round to recover goods (as they will not have had any corespondance from me).
The bailif will then meet whoever moves into my old place, who will quickly prove they are not me.
The bailif will then go back to the collection agency and explain I no longer reside at that address.
The collection agency will then drop the whole idea, as trying to trace me would incur more costs at little chance of success.
It means that I will have a CCJ, which will reduce my credit rating.
It also means if I appear in county court any time in the next 5years, this case will be refered to.
Having said that, I have no bank account, credit card or loan, nor will I ever get one.
Now, It's fair to say I have 'stolen' £120 from ntl by way of non payment. But... how often do ntl 'steal' from their customers?
How about-
- Every time your DNS doesn't resolve
- Every time your proxy doesn't work
- Every time you can't use your e-mail
- Every time your CATV goes black for no reason
- Every time you don't get that callback you were promised
- Every time the engineer doesn't turn up for the appointment which you took a day off work for
- Every time they say "SOON"
- Every time you are on hold for up to 2hrs to report a fault to them at 1p per min COST TO YOU!!!!
- Every time you read yet another poast complaining about ntl's customer service and they to FRACK ALL ABOUT IT.