Awesome letter. Those bastards.
So let me get this straight: you asked them to pay for the damages, so they did, and now they want you to pay that money back ??
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
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Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2008 11:21:46 am PST #5850 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Glamcookie - Feb 08, 2008 11:25:06 am PST #5851 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
So let me get this straight: you asked them to pay for the damages, so they did, and now they want you to pay that money back ??
That's about the size of it. In Primary Asshat's letter, he acted like we deducted it without his knowledge or something, which is a flat out lie. That's why we sent the letter and check to his boss and just cced him on it. Dude is a liar!
The last sentence of that letter cracks me up - it's so totally and completely GF.
Fred Pete - Feb 08, 2008 11:36:10 am PST #5852 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
GC, I don't know the statute of limitations in your state, but I'm sure you have a while.
Just sayin'....
meara - Feb 08, 2008 12:12:24 pm PST #5853 of 10001
Yeah, if you've got a signed copy of someone from there deducting it, don't pay!
And DEFINITELY report them to the BBB!!!
DCJensen - Feb 08, 2008 12:32:54 pm PST #5854 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm going along with the Don't Pay contingent.
OTOH? Sending the letter and forgetting the check might be worth it.
If you have the information, send it to the spouses of the asshats, too.
Action news, BBB and Angie's list sounds appropriate, as well.
Chutzpah is too good a word for what they've done. What Nerve.
Vortex - Feb 08, 2008 12:43:23 pm PST #5855 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I wouldn't pay either. If nothing else, legal action will take enough time that you will be through with the planning for the memorial service. Plus, they would look even more like jackasses because they pushed it knowing that GF's dad has just passed.
meara - Feb 08, 2008 12:54:42 pm PST #5856 of 10001
Ugh. My COBRA would be $488 a month. That's insane.
I just applied for catastrophic coverage--not the lowest one, the $2500-and-20% one (the worst was $5000-and-50%, but was only $7 cheaper a month). $82/month. Better, but still freaks me out a bit in an "OMG, I need to find a job now now now!!!" way. Ack. And filling out the health questionnaire, I freaked out worrying that they would turn me down for some reason. Which, they may. Though they shouldn't. Cause it's one of those catastrophic plans! I just want it in case I suddenly end up with cancer or a broken leg! I don't expect them to pay for my migraine meds!
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2008 12:58:41 pm PST #5857 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think my COBRA was about 500$. The woman I spoke to was all "oh, so much!" Yeah. About half my migraine meds' cost.
meara - Feb 08, 2008 1:01:02 pm PST #5858 of 10001
Yeah, see, I've got a couple months worth of zomig on tap, and the verapamil is about $35 for a 3 month supply at drugstore.com (not that the verapamil is doing a ton right now, but). So I figure I'm set for that. I just can't imagine it being worth $488 a month to be able to go to the doctor, for me...
t edit: does anyone know a reason that paying the COBRA *would* be worth it, as opposed to a few or six months of a catastrophic plan? I do figure on getting a "real" job with health insurance at some point, if not right now
megan walker - Feb 08, 2008 1:03:34 pm PST #5859 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ugh. My COBRA would be $488 a month. That's insane.
Mine was $565 (i.e. about half a month's unemployment). And, in Maryland, if you don't exhaust COBRA first, you get screwed on any pre-existing conditions. If you don't have a pre-exisiting condition you can get decent catastrophic coverage for about $100 a month or so via Blue Cross or others at the various insurance websites.