"Brent Beal" wrote in message
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"bf" wrote in message
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for. They
told me to call the hospital. I said "If you don't have a copy of the
bill to send me, then YOU call the hospital".. Never heard from either
of them since. I still don't know if it was a legit bill or not, but
I'm not going to send anyone money without an explanation.


Did you happen to check your credit after that?


I would advise the same.

My wife and I had to have a sewer company come out on a Sunday one weekend
to fix a backed up sewer line. The person that answered the phone said that
the charge for emergencies was $200/hr plus a $75 trip charge. We had no
choice and they showed up and in 20 minutes they had the line unclogged. We
were expecting a bill for $200+. When we got it it was for $475. The person
that answered the phone neglected to tell us that there was a 2 hour minimum
charge. We got nowhere with the company and I paid what I thought was
reasonable ($225). They sent us to collections and when the collector called
I explained the story to him. The next week was the same story, new
collector, explanation, and then nothing. Well I thought it was over and 8
months later I was trying to get a car loan and low and behold they had
turned it over to the credit bureau as Non-Payment.

I finally was victorious as they took me to court and I won. They had to
remove it from my credit but it took almost 18 months.

Allen