This plan is to deter people who fake their deaths, people do that you know.

/obscure
//hotlinked

What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

wargarbl: /obscure
//hotlinked

Better Off Dead? The only line in the movie I even remember?

She must still be in peoples top 5.

Bob Barker is still alive?

this sounds like a perfect plot for a movie...

Can you hear me now?

The last thing you want is a relative calling you from the after life. Those are some damned expensive long distance minutes.

The Dogs of War: this sounds like a perfect plot for a movie...



Can you hear me now?

Read the contract, early termination fee applies.


/window seat please

spEdmonkEy1603: Can you hear me now?

I chuckled

nekom: What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

NCO Financial Services....

I wonder if she gets service 6 feet under?

BelleCurve: Read the contract, early termination fee applies.


/window seat please

© Root beer foam on keyboard. Nose highly irritated. Need to clean shorts. Etc...

Flash314: nekom: What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

NCO Financial Services....

LVNV Funding is even more classic.. They dont put a charge off date on your credit file!


/Ex-Credit Dispute Investigator.. Yes, I worked for one of the big 3..

sounds like the loc-nar.

"even in death, my powers are not diminished."

whyerhead: Flash314: nekom: What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

NCO Financial Services....

LVNV Funding is even more classic.. They dont put a charge off date on your credit file!


/Ex-Credit Dispute Investigator.. Yes, I worked for one of the big 3..

NCO called me 10 years after I was divorced about a bill my ex was supposed to take. I told the guy that his statute of limitations was up, but call her, and quit calling me. As to date, she's never heard from them, and they quit calling me.

I've seen the death notice in the contracts of the usual scummy corporations..

27. BINDING NATURE: This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

So even in death. You still is screwed over. But Judges are smarting up to one sided contracts and ruling that since half the contract is illegal,,, The whole contract shall be deemed VOID. So next time write a contract that does not guarantee first born and a toe to signify agreement to contract.

Sounds like something Bell would do

This story is such bull, I used to work for T-Mobile customer care for 5 years. the policy if someone calls in to say a relative died is to cancel the service no questions asked, they dont have you send in a copy of the death certificate. However all charges are billed for sevices allready used, and the bills are not genarated until AFTER the bill cycle has closed.
And if the bill does not get paid by the next of kin then it will be send to a collection agency just like any other past due bill.
You would be amazed to find out how many people think they call in on a past due account and say the owner died to try and get out of paying there bill, then try to open a new account under the same name and social security number.

wargarbl: /obscure

I want my 4 dollars!

dna_level_c: I want my 4 dollars!

2 dollars.

i still get solicitations and magazines addressed to my mother, who's been gone more than three years now.

Headline:Cell Phone Bills Keep Coming After Woman's Death

Man, I didn't know I had anything in common with cell phone bills...

nekom: What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

Hey now, at least they're a step up from lawyers.

Dead_Pool_82: You would be amazed to find out how many people think they call in on a past due account and say the owner died to try and get out of paying there bill

Who's bill? If your customer dies, you have every right to collect from the estate of the deceased, but to go after the next of kin is illegal in most states. It is also a shady business practice and not one that a moral person would admit to doing in public.

thebandd0rk: Headline:Cell Phone Bills Keep Coming After Woman's Death

Man, I didn't know I had anything in common with cell phone bills...

ugh.

wow

-5, but +10. So net win.

There is absolutely nothing unusual about this story. Greenlight for this is weak.

It's believeable. Bell Canada sent bills to one woman for over a year and she wasn't even a customer, nor had she ever been. Funny how companies built on communication services fail at communicating.

/had numerous problems with Bell & Rogers

My 70+ Dad had a similar situation settling the estate of a relative. After about the third collection he told them she had moved and to send the bill to Lake Cemetery, Plot 294.

Dead_Pool_82: This story is such bull, I used to work for T-Mobile customer care for 5 years...the policy if someone calls in to say a relative died is to cancel the service...bills are not genarated until AFTER the bill cycle has closed.

Well you must be getting a kick! So if I get your point, you're saying that the $163.12 arose from services rendered while the decedent was alive? If that's true, fair enough -- the estate must satisfy outstanding debts. However, it seems service was cancelled in early April, but continued through July, which was the source of the challenged debt.

FTFA: In an e-mail the company says the matter has been resolved. It wouldn't offer an explanation, citing company policy.

"We don't explain. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company."

angrymacface: Hey now, at least [bottom feeding scum sucker debt buyers] are a step up from lawyers.

Well done! And when you're sued on account, by all means, please represent yourself.

My father-in-law died in July. They went through Sprint (I think, maybe Verizon, sorry if I libel anyone). So they had one of them family plans, one line, buy another line. 2 phones total. My wife stayed to handle lots of things after the funeral so her mom wouldn't have to deal with it. So she calls the phone company and tells them what happens and they tell her that her mom will have to pay an early termination charge, around 300 bucks. My wife freaks, tells them she will fax the death certificate, whatever they need. She is still told that they will have to pay the early termination fee. He's farking dead for god's sake.

As far as I know, it still isn't resolved. Unbelievable.

Did they add roaming charges?

/No, I can't hear you now.

thebandd0rk: Headline:Cell Phone Bills Keep Coming After Woman's Death

Man, I didn't know I had anything in common with cell phone bills...

This.

/pfff coffee, meet monitor.

I can only imagine how much the phones at cemetery's ring with debt collectors, and the mailboxes must be stuffed.

They have been calling about a guy I used to work with (who isn't in the country anymore). I'm really close to changing his address to 1060 W. Addison, Chicago...

funktilious_j: My father-in-law died in July. They went through Sprint (I think, maybe Verizon, sorry if I libel anyone). So they had one of them family plans, one line, buy another line. 2 phones total. My wife stayed to handle lots of things after the funeral so her mom wouldn't have to deal with it. So she calls the phone company and tells them what happens and they tell her that her mom will have to pay an early termination charge, around 300 bucks. My wife freaks, tells them she will fax the death certificate, whatever they need. She is still told that they will have to pay the early termination fee. He's farking dead for god's sake.

As far as I know, it still isn't resolved. Unbelievable.


Jeebus, my typing is shiate. I swear, I am not a downie.

Persepolis: dna_level_c: I want my 4 dollars!

2 dollars.

eight weeks... twenty five cents a week... 2 dollars

wargarbl: /obscure

Better Off Dead isn't remotely obscure.

funktilious_j: My father-in-law died in July. They went through Sprint (I think, maybe Verizon)...My wife freaks, tells them she will fax the death certificate, whatever they need. She is still told that they will have to pay the early termination fee...As far as I know, it still isn't resolved.

The official policy for both carriers is to waive ETF if the customer is deceased. You may be asked to provide some proof of death, which is reasonable.

If you don't mind my saying so, I'm sure your wife would really appreciate it if you went ahead and sorted this out for her.

nekom: What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?

One is a bottom feeding scum sucker, the other is just a fish.

thebandd0rk: Headline:Cell Phone Bills Keep Coming After Woman's Death

Man, I didn't know I had anything in common with cell phone bills...

I feel dirty now.

I found a way to get out of mine. I just had to tell Verizon I had a dead zone (you know, those things they swear don't exist on their network) in my apartment. They sent out techs and discovered that the signal quality is poor enough that the walls do compromise the signal. Now I can cancel any time I want.

Of course the problem is that, even if you pass on the free phone, any reasonably priced plan with a good network comes with a contract.

funktilious_j: funktilious_j: My father-in-law died in July. They went through Sprint (I think, maybe Verizon, sorry if I libel anyone). So they had one of them family plans, one line, buy another line. 2 phones total. My wife stayed to handle lots of things after the funeral so her mom wouldn't have to deal with it. So she calls the phone company and tells them what happens and they tell her that her mom will have to pay an early termination charge, around 300 bucks. My wife freaks, tells them she will fax the death certificate, whatever they need. She is still told that they will have to pay the early termination fee. He's farking dead for god's sake.

As far as I know, it still isn't resolved. Unbelievable.


Jeebus, my typing is shiate. I swear, I am not a downie.

My question to you is, who's name was the account under? If it was under your father-in-law's name, then you're right, they're in the wrong and they should disconnect one of the lines and see if your mother-in-law wants to take over the account or if they want to move her line to someone else's account. But if the account was ini your mother-in-law's name, they're completely in the right as it wasn't her that's passed on and the account is her responsiblity.

You deserve what you get with T-Mobile

/previous customer
/bitter

Just typical, a normal consumer can't win against the big business, but as soon as the media's involved, they panic. They only do the right thing just to avoid bad press.

/not obscure
//hotlinked? Why yes.

nekom: What's really sad is that even after everything is resolved, some junk debt buyer will contact relatives 10 years from now to try to collect the balance. They are bottom feeding scum suckers, no doubt.

They can suck the lint from my balls. I just got out of a Sprint ETF (was with them for 13 years before I finally wised up and got out. They wanted to ETF me over 2 months... even though, at my new residence, I have to drive 10 miles to get a signal. I pointed them to this CA ruling (poppety goodness) and told them to blow it out their asses. I got a credit statement in the mail a week later showing the ETF dropped. fark them and fark bottom feeding scum suckers. fark fark fark em.

/ahhhh... that felt good.

Here's how it works for those who haven't had to deal with a death or an estate.

-Make a list of all of the bills that person has.
-Discontinue services immediately that won't be used like phones and car insurance.
-Change the main address and phone number to whoever is handling the billing.


- GET about 10 OFFICIAL(notarized / county seal) COPIES OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE You can always get more, but I guarantee you're gonna need some.

Be prepared to mail a few to some companies when you're ending services. Most will take a xerox copy. Banks and financial institutions will require you mail an original.

Be prepared to deal with shiat like this, including any lingering hospital / Medicare / Medicaid charges for equipment or services.

It's part of life/death. Sorry.