Note to Sympatico One Bill customers

[Peter]

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, James Knott wrote:

> teddy mills wrote:
>>
>> Our Sympatico connection was about to be disconnected unless we paid the
>> $0.00 balance owing. I asked if we should sent in a cheque or payment in
>> the amount of $0.00.
>> Actually the $0.00,  was a catch 22.  They would  not  continue the
>> service until paid, and they would accept only a payment to clear the
>> current balance. (0.00)
>> And they COULD NOT change the all mighty computer. People eventually
>> prevailed over the computer.
>
> Did they charge interest on the balance?  ;-)

No, handling and insurance fees, and registration and cancellation fees. 
These are fixed sums and would not be diminished by being a percentage 
of 0.00 . Murphy never sleeps.

Peter
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