From fork-admin@xent.com Mon Oct 7 22:40:45 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 238AF16F03 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 22:40:45 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 07 Oct 2002 22:40:45 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g97L3ZK16898 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 22:03:36 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3664D2940D8; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Received: from mail.evergo.net (unknown [206.191.151.2]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id E8F6D2940A1 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:02:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10982 invoked from network); 7 Oct 2002 21:02:27 -0000 Received: from dsl.206.191.151.102.evergo.net (HELO JMHALL) (206.191.151.102) by mail.evergo.net with SMTP; 7 Oct 2002 21:02:27 -0000 Reply-To: From: "John Hall" To: Subject: RE: The absurdities of life. Message-Id: <000001c26e44$d8780150$0200a8c0@JMHALL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3283394680.20021007145936@magnesium.net> X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@spamassassin.taint.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:02:28 -0700 They are legally required to do that. I got a similar check because an insurance company didn't pay a claim quickly enough. It might have been $.02. Although they spent lots more than $.33 to mail you the check, the alternative seems to be to keep the money. Do you really want companies to have a financial incentive to over-bill you 'just a bit' so they could keep it? For a company with millions of customers, $.33/customer starts adding up. > From: fork-admin@xent.com [mailto:fork-admin@xent.com] On Behalf Of > bitbitch@magnesium.net > So I get a check from Pac Bell today (SBC as they're called now). > Turns out, they went to the trouble of printing out, signing, sealing > and stamping a check just to refund me for a whole $0.33. > > They easily spent more than this just getting the materials together. > Why the hell do companies bother to do this crap? I mean, isn't there > a bottom line in terms of cost effectiveness? I don't think I missed > the .33, but I sure as hell would have appreciated lower rates in lieu > of being returned pennies. > > I'm truly stuck on this though. I don't know whether to frame the > check, burn it, or cash it in. Maybe I should find a way to return to > sender, so they have to spend -more- money on giving me my .33 dues. > > > Does .33 even buy anything anymore? Funny bit of it, is I couldn't > even make a phone call these days. > > *boggled* > BB. > > -- > Best regards, > bitbitch mailto:bitbitch@magnesium.net