JH> They are legally required to do that.  I got a similar check because an
JH> insurance company didn't pay a claim quickly enough.  It might have been
JH> $.02.
JH> Although they spent lots more than $.33 to mail you the check, the
JH> alternative seems to be to keep the money.  Do you really want companies
JH> to have a financial incentive to over-bill you 'just a bit' so they
JH> could keep it?  For a company with millions of customers, $.33/customer
JH> starts adding up.
Christ, you sound worse than me.
What I -said- in my post, John, was that instead of having to dole out
stupid refunds, I'd rather they save the costs incurred, knock off one
of those bullshit surcharges that they inevitably charge for promoting
services like these, and move on.  SOmething tells me, it'd balance
out.  Problem is, they're silly, they don't want to do this, and
rather than the legislation coming up with an affective means of
controlling the situation (overcharging) they impose silly
requirements like this.
>> From: fork-admin@xent.com [mailto:fork-admin@xent.com] On Behalf Of
>> bitbitch@magnesium.net
>> So I get a check from Pac Bell today (SBC as they're called now).
>> Turns out, they went to the trouble of printing out, signing, sealing
>> and stamping a check just to refund me for a whole $0.33.
>>
>> They easily spent more than this just getting the materials together.
>> Why the hell do companies bother to do this crap?  I mean, isn't there
>> a bottom line in terms of cost effectiveness?  I don't think I missed
>> the .33, but I sure as hell would have appreciated lower rates in lieu
>> of being returned pennies.
>>
>> I'm truly stuck on this though.  I don't know whether to frame the
>> check, burn it, or cash it in.  Maybe I should find a way to return to
>> sender, so they have to spend -more- money on giving me my .33 dues.
>>
>>
>> Does .33 even buy anything anymore?  Funny bit of it, is I couldn't
>> even make a phone call these days.
>>
>> *boggled*
>> BB.
>>
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