XPost: misc.consumers 
 From: shall1@canada.com 
  
 "aa"  wrote: 
  
 > 
 >Beware: Bell Sympatico (Canada) unfair billing practices 
 > 
 > 
 >If you want to get Internet service 
 >from Bell Sympatico (Canada), they 
 >ask you for your credit card number. 
 > 
 >Then they took money from the c.c. 
 >every month, upfront for the next 
 >month. 
 > 
 >So far, so good. 
 > 
 There's the first mistake.  NEVER allow a company, utility, etc, to 
 take their monthly bill directly from your credit card.  It sounds 
 convenient but it leaves you little recourse in situations like this 
 (and many people don't even notice they're being overbilled since 
 they're not actively paying their bill each month). 
  
 Get yourself set up to pay bills over internet banking and don't pay 
 an errant bill until you've straightened things out with payee. 
  
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