Happened to a friend in town here a few years back. One of these discount gas utility companies wanted her to sign up. She declined then started getting bills.
She refused payment and the company said they have a signed contract. She asked for a copy, saying she lost here's(no contract was ever signed) The idiots bit and sent a copy. Signature was not even close. When this was pointed out, as well as letting them know the police would be called, was enough to stop the bills. Back in Nov, a young lady was selling Rogers phone systems door to door. I politely listened to here speech, insisted my internet and phone bills were less than she was offering, then she left. Two days later, an installation guy shows up, wanting to get in the house and install my rogers phone. I explained i told the sales girl, flat out NO. He insisted he was told to come here and install it. Show me a work order with my signature and i'll let you in. No work order was given to him he says. Two days later, different guy, same speeches. They have stopped coming around finally. Dave Dave On 5/17/07, Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > £1000, oh boy... > > I just hate when people assume I'm an idiot without giving me the > chance to prove them right ;-) > > I'm going to print that forum and put it in the laundry room, as a > little service to the building community > > On 5/17/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > similar things happen in this country, but not always to the scammers' > > advantage. My gas supply was switched without my authorisation several > > years ago, but for some reason I stopped receiving bills addressed to > > me, although some did arrive addressed to a woman I didn't know and > > who to my knowledge has never lived here. Eventually the gas supplier > > tried to collect on a bill that was close to £1000-. Naturally I > > refused to pay - if someone chooses to supply me with free gas that's > > up to them. After several increasingly irate calls from their credit > > controllers, including offers for me to pay only 50%, I told them I > > would pay in full if and only if they could produce a contract to > > supply which contained my signature. A few weeks later I received a > > letter saying that they had written off the charges. During this > > period I also searched the internet to see if other people had had > > similar problems, and there pages full of it. > > > > I get my gas supply from the PDML now. > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Fernando > > > Sent: 17 May 2007 00:54 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Waaay OT: Internet is great. Just for ppl living in Canada > > > > > > Today, I arrived to my appartment and a couple of gentlemen acted as > > > if they were working with the building management, to review that > > the > > > appartments had proper Hydro protection, they asked for my hydro > > bill > > > and came with a well prepared speech, trying not to clarify that > > they > > > were not working for the building administration nor for the Hydro > > > company, when asked directly for the name of the company they were > > > working for, they finally answer that they were from "Universal > > > Powers" I asked them to wait, and a simple goggle search with the > > > words "Universal Powers" and "rip off" gave this link > > > > > > http://www.peoplefield.org/forums/disp_post.cfm/cc.709/o_r.21/ > > > clt.13/p.htm > > > > > > revealing that there's people suing these guys for these sales > > > practices and because their energy bill went up after getting this > > > service. > > > > > > I'm not religious but, god bless internet. > > > > > > Anyway, I felt obligated to tell this in case some of you are the > > next > > > target of this guys. > > > > > > Cheerio > > > > > > Fernando > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
