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Out of the Blue
[Aug 19, 2014, 09:17 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

I got a huge surprise automatic bill from DirecTV with an early termination fee, in spite of already establishing I would not be hit with one. I had to call and clear up the error, which they were going to be far more relaxed about remedying than they were about causing, so I crabbed until they got a sense of urgency clearing this up. It makes me feel cynical to suspect they may have been just hoping I wouldn't notice, but it does strike me that companies seem much more prone to making financial errors that favor them than ones that favor us.

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Re: Out of the Blue
Aug 19, 2014, 09:45

InBlack

Re: Out of the Blue Aug 19, 2014, 09:45

Aug 19, 2014, 09:45

InBlack

Ive noticed this trend too. This is especially worrying as in todays day and age of automatization where these types of errors shoud be occuring less frequently, not more so....aaaand once again we are returning to the topic of accountabiity in the western and ssupposedly egalitarian societies.

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