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emamum 17-05-2008 10:41
BT can be helpful!!!
 
ive just called BT to say i cant pay the full amount on my phone bill and the woman told me to pay half and ring back!

i told her i need the internet for college work (:D) and she said i will absolutely not get cut off :eek:


probably a load of bull but it made me feel better :D

jaysay 17-05-2008 10:46
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There you are BT have do a heart, well that one person does:D

BERNADETTE 17-05-2008 10:51
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Ask them to send you a card to pay some off your future bills. Just use it when you go to the post office.

emamum 17-05-2008 10:52
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i asked but they said they dont do that anymore.. she said to ring back on weds when ive paid half and they will set up a monthly payment plan

BERNADETTE 17-05-2008 10:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 577800)
i asked but they said they dont do that anymore.. she said to ring back on weds when ive paid half and they will set up a monthly payment plan
Or do what I did add your phone on to your Sky package;)

emamum 17-05-2008 10:54
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i get my phone with sky i pay bt for line rental and calls i made before sky kicked in..

cashman 17-05-2008 11:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 577794)

i told her i need the internet for college work (:D)


probably a load of bull but it made me feel better :D
and that was not bull ema?:D:D;)

emamum 17-05-2008 11:20
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well didnt think it would have the same effect if i said i needed the internet cos i have nothing else to do........

jambutty 17-05-2008 20:28
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I recently discovered that my Broadband Option 2 plan was being well underused so I was able to change to Option 1 for £3 a month less. They also reduced the Option 1 fee by another £3 per month for the next 6 months because no one at BT told me that my usage was less than for Option 1 and I had been paying for Option 2. If my usage had been more than the allowance for two consecutive months they would have been in touch with me suggesting that I take on Option 3, for a higher fee of course.

Even more recently I started to get literally thousands of spam emails being returned to my mail box when I hadn’t actually sent them. In fact today they have been coming in at the rate of some 400 per hour. Unfortunately it was my primary email account so I couldn’t just dump it. In any case being the primary account and with 4 sub-accounts, dumping the primary one would have meant that the sub-accounts would also have got dumped.

BT’s answer was to suggest that I select one of my sub-accounts as a new primary account and then I could dump the old primary account and replace it with a new sub-account. The change over went smoothly without a hitch.

The best of it is, that you get 15MB of web space for each email account, so with 5 accounts I have a total of 75MB of web space – all for FREE!

West Ender 17-05-2008 21:04
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Em, you have discovered the "secret" of not being prosecuted when you can't pay a bill. You contacted, straight away, and asked for time to pay.

In one of my positions in the Inland Revenue I was a Tax Collector (for about 8 years). I had to chase people who didn't pay what they owed and, if necessary, I would destrain on their goods or put them in Court. But with those who rang me as soon as they got their tax demand and asked for an arrangement it was a different matter. If they were obviously well-off I told them, in effect, to get lost but if they were genuinely struggling I would be as accomodating as I possibly could be.

Most organisations, be they Government, Utility or whatever, won't be unfavourable if you're up front with them.

Less 17-05-2008 21:46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 577993)
If they were obviously well-off I told them, in effect, to get lost but if they were genuinely struggling I would be as accomodating as I possibly could be.
Not being funny, but, how could you tell from a 'phone call if they are struggling or not? Did they fail if they have a 'plummy voice', or if they threatened to set the hounds on you?

Without further and deeper details how could you tell over the 'phone, if they where genuine about struggling or just putting it on?

Surely, the idea would be that if they had the courtesy to ring you and apologise for any delay they would be given the benefit of the doubt about being genuine until they once again failed to pay up.

To claim that you, could tell over the 'phone who is and who isn't struggling is a little too clever even for a Tax collector!

:eek:

Royboy39 17-05-2008 21:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Less (Post 578005)
Not being funny, but, how could you tell from a 'phone call if they are struggling or not? Did they fail if they have a 'plummy voice', or if they threatened to set the hounds on you?

Without further and deeper details how could you tell over the 'phone, if they where genuine about struggling or just putting it on?

Surely, the idea would be that if they had the courtesy to ring you and apologise for any delay they would be given the benefit of the doubt about being genuine until they once again failed to pay up.

To claim that you, could tell over the 'phone who is and who isn't struggling is a little too clever even for a Tax collector!

:eek:
Not easily conned but possible :rolleyes:

emamum 17-05-2008 21:57
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maybe it was when they begged her not to take the merc or any of the plasma tv's?

shillelagh 17-05-2008 22:06
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have they told you about the new offer they are offering - if you are on jobseekers allowance, income support or pension credits - they are offering your line rental at £15 a quarter instead of £30 odd plus you get £4.50 of phone calls included. The only thing is your phone calls are more expensive than normal.


I got this from my sister - she works for bt.

West Ender 17-05-2008 22:08
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Less (Post 578005)
Not being funny, but, how could you tell from a 'phone call if they are struggling or not? Did they fail if they have a 'plummy voice', or if they threatened to set the hounds on you?

Without further and deeper details how could you tell over the 'phone, if they where genuine about struggling or just putting it on?

Surely, the idea would be that if they had the courtesy to ring you and apologise for any delay they would be given the benefit of the doubt about being genuine until they once again failed to pay up.

To claim that you, could tell over the 'phone who is and who isn't struggling is a little too clever even for a Tax collector!

:eek:

Well I won't get too technical but put it this way - the chap's turnover is very high and his tax return shows he has substantial bank interest. Does that sound like he's suffering financial hardship? Unsurprisingly, the ones who tried to "get away with it" often changed their minds when reminded that interest would accrue on the debt until it was paid off.

Less 17-05-2008 22:14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 578017)
- the chap's turnover is very high
Sexist! in future I'll get the wife to ring!
:mad:

Royboy39 17-05-2008 22:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 578017)
Well I won't get too technical but put it this way - the chap's turnover is very high and his tax return shows he has substantial bank interest. Does that sound like he's suffering financial hardship? Unsurprisingly, the ones who tried to "get away with it" often changed their minds when reminded that interest would accrue on the debt until it was paid off.
Must have been a nutter putting the money in the bank in the first place.
The black economy is something the government will never get a grip of.
Ask the travelling community.....No fixed abode..No tax returns...No Nada.
VAT......What's that...NO comprende.
You are picking on me.......and the powers that be swallow that....Joke

West Ender 17-05-2008 22:22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Less (Post 578018)
Sexist! in future I'll get the wife to ring!
:mad:

Nah, it's OK - I've retired. :D

emamum 17-05-2008 22:43
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thankyou for the red karma!!!

would have been nice if a) it made sense! b) you had given a reason and c) you'd signed it

pay no bill it is??? what does that mean?

West Ender 17-05-2008 22:49
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Oh heavens, it wasn't me! I have never done that to anyone - and I never would.

Less 17-05-2008 22:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 578033)
thankyou for the red karma!!!

would have been nice if a) it made sense! b) you had given a reason and c) you'd signed it

pay no bill it is??? what does that mean?

There seems to be a lot of it about tonight, don't worry about it luv' the person dishing it out isn't worth worrying about!
:alright:

BERNADETTE 17-05-2008 22:58
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Not me neither Em!

Royboy39 18-05-2008 08:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Less (Post 578037)
There seems to be a lot of it about tonight, don't worry about it luv' the person dishing it out isn't worth worrying about!
:alright:
I got rather a nasty email overnight from Less calling me an idiot.
He assumes quite wrongly that I have been dishing out bad Karma.
I think this email sets out plainly what you are up against if you dare to question or comment on the postings of this little clown.
I have given only one bad Karma which was perfectly justified in my mind, and was threatened with an attack on my website.
Playing Baby House seems to be the norm for some of our senior members.

Less......I think that sending a communication, which gave the impression
that it had been written by a ranting moron, will not do your street cred any good.

MargaretR 18-05-2008 08:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 578094)
I have given only one bad Karma which was perfectly justified in my mind, and was threatened with an attack on my website.
To put the facts right about this, read his thread 'Human Animals'
He gave me bad karma for a totally inoffensive remark which I thought would amuse, In later posts he was abusive, so it was then that I said I was considering sabotage.

Less 18-05-2008 09:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 578094)
I got rather a nasty email overnight from Less calling me an idiot.
He assumes quite wrongly that I have been dishing out bad Karma.
I think this email sets out plainly what you are up against if you dare to question or comment on the postings of this little clown.
I have given only one bad Karma which was perfectly justified in my mind, and was threatened with an attack on my website.
Playing Baby House seems to be the norm for some of our senior members.

Less......I think that sending a communication, which gave the impression
that it had been written by a ranting moron, will not do your street cred any good.
I do think you are an idiot, I also think you a failing intellectual bully, proof of which is shown in many of your abysmal posts and threads.
I sent the P.M. because you sent me this:-

stop giving me bad karma - RoyBoy

and I explained to you that I can't keep sending you bad karma the system doesn't allow me to!

as for threats to your website, I wouldn't bother with threats to that or anyone else's website, if you knew me which fortunately you don't, you would know that isn't my style.

So please take your whiny protestations and incorrect accusations, and place them in the same bonnet that you seem to use for bee-keeping!

Now, can we get back to emamum's thread about BT because sometimes it's nice to talk, (but not always to some people).

Royboy39 18-05-2008 09:38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Less (Post 578117)
I do think you are an idiot, I also think you a failing intellectual bully, proof of which is shown in many of your abysmal posts and threads.
I sent the P.M. because you sent me this:-

stop giving me bad karma - RoyBoy

and I explained to you that I can't keep sending you bad karma the system doesn't allow me to!

as for threats to your website, I wouldn't bother with threats to that or anyone else's website, if you knew me which fortunately you don't, you would know that isn't my style.

So please take your whiny protestations and incorrect accusations, and place them in the same bonnet that you seem to use for bee-keeping!

Now, can we get back to emamum's thread about BT because sometimes it's nice to talk, (but not always to some people).
Read the post before your one about the threat to my website.
I would not sign anything with RoyBoy...I did not take that Karma.
It would be better to ignore the rest of your stupid comments.

lindsay ormerod 18-05-2008 16:08
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Some spineless prat took it off me too for my anti McDonalds rant !:rolleyes:

jambutty 18-05-2008 18:43
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Karma, shmarma it’s all too childish for words.:p


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