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Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch>:

> On 2017-04-09, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
>> A week ago I got a collections notice from my ISP. Supposedly, I
>> hadn't paid my February bill, which had been handed over to a
>> collection agency. I was threatened with a disconnection and a €99
>> reconnection charge.
>
> [...]
>
> So did the collections notice come from a collection agency or the
> ISP?

ISP

> Maybe I've just been noticing it more of late, but the automatic
> handing of invalid bills to collection agencies seems to becoming the
> norm in the ISP and telco world. It also occurs to me that they are
> going on fishing trips to see who are the easy marks, for future
> "revenue generating opportunities".

I have no idea how far the process reached before it was called off. No
bike gang members ever showed up on my doorstep.


Marko

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