Brickbat: Getting Hosed
Back in April, Tom Hoffman got a $66,000 water bill from the city of Dallas, Texas. Because he has autopay and the bill was for more than he had in his account, his bank locked down all his accounts, including his ATM and credit cards. He eventually got the problem straightened out and got an apology from the city. He also canceled his autopay. That was a smart move. The city recently sent him a bill for $67,000.
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Yo, fuck autopay. Fuck it like a Singapore whore.
It’s the government’s money anyways!
/derp
The $67,000 was the cost of the apology.
This is pretty weak. A good brickbat needs some malign or stupid human decision making. I’m not sure the second billing, given its cause, quite qualifies.
I agree.
Furthermore, I sincerely doubt someone, somewhere in government *didn’t* fuck up yesterday.
Brickbat, you’re letting us all down.
They haven’t been trying on the Brickbats lately.
I wonder how back-dated it was, since I didn’t connect to H&R until 8:30 AM today.
lol, never, and I mean NEVER use autopay for anything!
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Autopay is greatness. Every bill I have except for property taxes — they charge a “convenience” fee — is autopaid via credit card and then the credit cards are autopaid.
One thing I apparently do differently than Mr Hoffman is review the amounts I am charged.
Suggested alternate Brickbat: Newark Mayor promises to help woman with raccoon infestation; fails to deliver.
. Can’t the lady kill her own raccoons. What did she want Cory booker to come over in the dead of night with a cross bow and kill em’ all. Also I can’t put my finger on it but something about coons and booker has to be racist. I’ll think it over.
Dude, you’re asking the wrong person why she’d ask the governor to help her with her raccoons. I’d think most normal people would know how to deal with a pest problem.
Then again, this is New Jersey. Normal people, they are not.
Simply stunning. There are people alive now that think they can tweet their problems to a local bureaucrat and get a solution within 12 hours. That is the part of the story that struck me most. She thought she would get an immediate response. We. Are. Dooooomed!
Then again, this is New Jersey. Normal people, they are not.
Haters gonna hate
Raccoon City – that place has gone downhill.
Why would you promise to help infest a woman with raccoons?
How in the hell does someone rack up a water bill that high?
Here’s the city’s explanation:
I agree that that doesn’t rise to brickbat level.
Know that feeling you get when you’ve spent a night at the strip club?
He slept with Snooki.
He tried to wash his shame away.
It did not work.
Long, luxurious, relaxing, romantic, warm showers. Neverending long, luxurious, relaxing, romantic, warm showers.
According to the rates posted on the Dallas city website, simply by using 10 million gallons in the month. That’s not even 4 gallons per second!
Why did the bank lock down all of his accounts?
I have bounced checks in the past but they never locked down my savings account. Is this something new from Dodd-Frank?
I figure it has something to do with terrorism.
I am positive I have enough money in my accounts to cover the autopay for alt-text services.
Everybody wants to soak their customers.