On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Wesley Parish <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an automatic payment going out once every 28 days to > Paradise.net.nz. I do know what I am doing. > > Nut this is not the first time I have received this sort of dunning > email, which is why I have taken my time in concluding it is probably > fraudulent, since they have had three months already to clear it up. > I paid $20.00 by Internet banking the second time I received such an > email, into the same account that my automatic payments were going > into; so it's apparently not my bank or the Paradise.net.nz bank > account number that's at fault, since they recognized that Internet > banking payment I made manually; but that leaves TelstraClear in > arrears to me, not me to them. To wit, I am now two months ahead, not > the single month ahead, in payments. > > I think I will contact them tomorrow, let them know either they sort > it out pronto, or I go to the Police. > > It's not a case of a mere mistake when it's been going on for three > or more months. Or if it is a "mere mistake", then perhaps the > Commerce Commission and/or the Serious Fraud Office might like to get > involved.
Are you serious? I hope not! > > And you wonder why people prefer to leave New Zealand for pastures > that are to a minor extent, slightly greener? > > Wesley Parish > > On 30/09/2011, at 10:30 PM, yuri wrote: > >> On 30 September 2011 21:19, Wesley Parish wrote: >>> Hi >>> This email appears genuine. As it happens, I've checked my >>> payments into the bank account number Paradise.net.nz gave me >>> when i set up my account with them in 2002, and I've actually paid >>> one month in advance. Should I go to the Police over this, or what? >>> Wesley Parish >> >> How about just checking the terms and conditions of your Paradise >> account. >> I used to work for TelstraClear and I know that Paradise accounts are >> on a four-weekly cycle (28 days) which means you actually need to make >> 13 payments per year. >> If you are paying monthly (which many people do when they set up their >> automatic payments) then after a year you'll be one payment behind. >> >> If your Paradise service is part of a TelstraClear phone package, then >> it is billed monthly, but Paradise on its own is four-weekly. >> >> It's been nearly 6 years since I left TelstraClear, so things may >> have changed. >> >> Yuri de Groot >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
