On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:49:42 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"mm" wrote in message

OK. I've never gotten a water bill from the water company. It seems
we would have to pay someone to read each house's meter, so we just
let them read the main meter and divide by 109, the number of houses.

So I get a bill from the HOA management company, with no details at
all, just a dollar amount.

And 109 people are OK with that?

Most people are like sheep. And it's more than 109, because people
sell and new people buy, and I've only heard one person ask and no one
complain. These were starter homes for the first set of buyers, and
I'm told Americans on average move every 5 years, so in 27 years it
must be close to 400**

**I lowered this because I think they only get every five years by
counting college and grad students and the low-ranks of the army who
might move every year.

Only way I'd accept that policy is if I
was one of the user abusers and let the other homeowners subsidize me. Get
a copy of the real bill, read your own meter and see if you are getting
screwed.

It requires a 5-sided socket to open the box for my meter. Although
maybe vice grips would do it. The bill is low anyhow. I'll have to
look for a new bill but I vaguely remember years ago it was 20 dollars
every three months.