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Re: [Burloak] Usage Based Billing Nightmare said by OhNo:No joke, I'm signing for my mortage of my first place this Monday.
Oh. Jeez.
Tough time to get TOTALLY RIPPED OFF BY COGECO for $2500.
As an odd coincidence, after I bought my first house I got spanked big time for unexpected expenses. Legal fees went up, lawn mower, rakes, hose, furnace filters, all kinds of little shit came out of the woodwork I didn't see coming. Total was about $2500.
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| said by dillyhammer:Tough time to get TOTALLY RIPPED OFF BY COGECO for $2500.
As an odd coincidence, after I bought my first house I got spanked big time for unexpected expenses. Legal fees went up, lawn mower, rakes, hose, furnace filters, all kinds of little shit came out of the woodwork I didn't see coming. Total was about $2500.
Mike
Ah the good old homebuyer's curse. In my case lightning hit my house and burned every single appliance I owned. Shortly thereafter my pool emptied into my basement. |
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said by peterboro:Remember people he doesn't have to PM his details the amounts on the bills can be searched and identified.
I'm sure by now they know exactly who they're dealing with. I'd think it yet another gaff if they didn't and already have some plan to smooth this shit out. It's going to get fugly.
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said by ruddypict:In my case lightning hit my house and burned every single appliance I owned. Shortly thereafter my pool emptied into my basement.
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Mike
(Remind me to NEVER hang out with you)
Tell ya what, let me use that nifty avatar and I'll promise to keep my bad mojo at bay  |
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LMAO. In that case, please do.
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Beans and rice for the next few months I guess...maybe spice things up with rock soup every now and again. |
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This is pretty crazy, and I'm still on Page 1 of the thread.
We should also give Peter Nowak (former CBC staff writer who is on our side) a heads-up on this, plus CBC, Globe and Mail - if someone has not already.
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said by ruddypict:said by dillyhammer:Tough time to get TOTALLY RIPPED OFF BY COGECO for $2500.
As an odd coincidence, after I bought my first house I got spanked big time for unexpected expenses. Legal fees went up, lawn mower, rakes, hose, furnace filters, all kinds of little shit came out of the woodwork I didn't see coming. Total was about $2500.
Mike
Ah the good old homebuyer's curse. In my case lightning hit my house and burned every single appliance I owned. Shortly thereafter my pool emptied into my basement. I know you Canadians do things differently but maybe move your pool from the living room to outside the house. 
Joking aside, I feel for the OP and it is fantastic to see all of you rallying around him to help the situation and spread the word. Keep on fighting!
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said by Gone:said by warning :Did the OP ever acknowledge the e-mails that are sent out that notify us that we are reaching our cap? He is probably among the many thousands with more and more being added every day who do not use Cogeco's email addresses at all, and instead uses Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail or his own online service for email. As a result, he probably never got the notices. I, for example, use my first name @ my last name.com for an email address hosted on Google Apps. I haven't touched Cogeco email since the early 2000s. Cogeco should be forced into providing a method to supply an alternate email address to send these notifications. I'm the same, when I was on Rogers I never used their email sever, I too have my own domain, with Distributel they have my domain account in case they need to get in touch.
Rogers never asked, or they have have set up an account I never used, and was full of their crap.
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said by ancodia:submitted story to slashdot. Anyone else we should send this to?
Come on all you slashdotters.
Mod that baby up and let's get this puppy slashed up.
»slashdot.org/submission/1923027/···overages
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@ Gone & DH :
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said by Davesnothere:We should also give Peter Nowak (former CBC staff writer who is on our side) a heads-up on this, plus CBC, Globe and Mail - if someone has not already.
I have no contacts at CBC or the G&M.
I have notified Peter Nowak via email with a link back to here.
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I belive the OP that he didn't get notice.
When I saw this post earlier this morning, I emailed my kid sister who lives in Elora which is serviced by Cogeco (big change from unlimited 3Web in Toronto).
These were her replies :
Last I checked they charged a maximum of $10 for going over. I'll check again.
They changed it those bastards and they didn't even let anyone know!!! Fuckers! I hate Cogeco!
She has her own domain, and her husband has a yahoo account, and guess what? No notice.
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said by dillyhammer:....they didn't even know it because they don't read their bills and the money comes straight out of their accounts.
Let this be a lesson to people on Automated Debit and Credit Card payments.
Nightmare ahead !
As in "UH-OH !!!" 
Your statement needed emphasis, IMNSHO.
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said by ruddypict:We use our home connection for several business reasons. But there's no way I would sign up for Cogeco Business. If this company would gleefully charge a user several thousands of dollars in overage... its just a matter of time before they start billing business customers. The regulatory environment is completely different. Furthermore, Bell doesn't charge any overages on business accounts, so it's unlikely that Cogeco ever will. Business clients are also a lot more likely to kick up a stink and sue another company if they feel they're being wronged.
So really, I think we're safe. At least for the foreseeable future and so long as Bell and the CRTC operate the way they do, anyway. |
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Haha yeah, it was time. |
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said by Davesnothere:said by dillyhammer:....they didn't even know it because they don't read their bills and the money comes straight out of their accounts.
Let this be a lesson to people on Automated Debit and Credit Card payments.
Nightmare ahead !
As in "UH-OH !!!" Your statement needed emphasis, IMNSHO. Rule #1 never let anyone near your bank account or credit card, when they screw you over for money the bank and credit card company will not protect you.
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BTW, I started a separate thread for the below, as it may affect other things than the current topic, and would likely get lost in HERE, the way things are going  :
»Why Cogeco Subscribers are NOT Notified
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