[SunRescue] Death of (yet another) ISP

[Les]

I would agree with you in your particular scenario but if I,
as the customer, have made 1 or more attempts to
"pay the bill" and the vendor can't get their sh*t together
to allow me to do so, I would feel no moral obligation to
continue to hound them to take my money.
Part of being in business, any business, is the obligation
to ask to be paid. Many businesses ask for a large chunk of
the payment right up front. Phone companies typically deliver
service this month that you paid for last month. Cable
is the same way.
I would expect that an ISP would have the same approach.


Les

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Lane" <d at x11.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Death of (yet another) ISP



Aww dammnit now I want a tuna sandwich :(


Dan - off to the sandwich shop!



Ken Hansen sent the following on Thu, 19 Apr 2001...

> 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
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > rescue maillist  -  rescue at sunhelp.org
> > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
>
> _______________________________________________
> rescue maillist  -  rescue at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
>

_______________________________________________
rescue maillist  -  rescue at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue