[SunRescue] Death of (yet another) ISP

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Yes, but these companies take your credit card information and say they
will bill you monthly. I'd expect that they would bill me rather than make
me call them and spend hours of my $75 an hour time trying to convince
them to bill me.

Or, to put this in sandwich shop talk, it would be like going to a deli,
ordering a sandwich and giving them my credit card.  There is a sign on
the door that says all customers are to stay till the credit bill has
cleared.  So, you eat your sandwich, and you go to see if the bill was
processed, and you find that everyone is ignoring you and you have to
fight them to take your money so you can leave.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> Maybe - you agreed to pay the bill, they never made payment contingent on
> sending it out in a timely fashion.
> 
> Think of it this way - pretend you walked into a sandwich shop and asked for
> a quote on a tuna sandwich. The retailr replies that the sandwich is $4, and
> ask you to sign a paper obliging you to pay $4 for each tuna sandwich you
> receive from him on demand. So you ask for a tuna sandwich,and he gives it
> to you. Then you leave.
> 
> Then the same the next day - he doesn't ask, you don't pay.
> 
> After two weeks of this, the owner says - hey, I'd like to get paid for the
> last 10 sandwiches - that'll be $40, and you say you don't have it on you.
> 
> Deep down, you know you were wrong - you kept ordering sandwiches without
> paying. You should have either a) offered to pay when served, b) asked the
> store owner when you would be asked to pay, or c) carried sufficient money
> to pay up your sandwich account on demand.
> 
> Your piece of paper doesn't say that he has to ask for the money each time,
> it simply says that you will pay $4 on demand for each sandwich he serves
> you.
> 
> Now if you simply walked in and asked for a sandwich, did not sign a piece
> of paper, and played out the same scenario, you could argue that you thought
> the food was free (would a "reasonable man" think so?) - but that is not the
> case here.
> 
> Ken
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 11:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Death of (yet another) ISP
> 
> 
> > Is that legal?
> >
> > --
> > Joshua Boyd
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Aaron R. Seelye wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know too much about how things happen over there, but on the
> > > other side of the state, some ISPs are well known for not billing even
> > > 18 months out, and then expecting immediate 100% payment, it's almost
> > > unbelievable.
> > >
> > > Aaron
> >
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