posted by justincredibleI'm not complaining about the responses
Then I don't understand the "Screw you" part of it. The timing of their bill is not ideal, but the amount is what you anticipated. If they took you to court and demanded you pay right now, then I get the "screw you" part of it. But returning the same gesture seems to be fair (on your behalf).
posted by ernest_t_bassThen I don't understand the "Screw you" part of it. The timing of their bill is not ideal, but the amount is what you anticipated. If they took you to court and demanded you pay right now, then I get the "screw you" part of it. But returning the same gesture seems to be fair (on your behalf).
It was a joke. Hence the "ha."
Someone on their end didn’t do their job. I would think a small discount is reasonable. This probably isn’t a huge corporation like a big hospital where you can offer a much lower cash settlement now and wipe the rest away.
I would call and inquire nicely. Tell your end of it. Holiday timing is bad and that isn’t your fault. See if they offer anything. If not I’d pay it off in 7-10 months just to be slightly irritating but that just satisfies you some because they clearly weren’t missing your $3300 so you paying $350 a month instead of $550 really won’t affect them because it’s still decent money coming in.
Why no insurance coverage? This has happened to us once on return from vacation and we just paid $500 and I can’t even fathom what the actual bill was. They were in our entire house for 2 weeks with 14 blowers running and removed and replaced carpet throughout 75% of the house.
posted by justincredibleIt was a joke. Hence the "ha."
posted by Ironman92Why no insurance coverage?
Your deductible can't be this high
Insurance only covered up to a certain dollar amount. We're going to be way out of pocket to replace all of the damage.
Invest in a sub pump...
Discount no.. extention to pay yes
posted by justincredibleInsurance only covered up to a certain dollar amount. We're going to be way out of pocket to replace all of the damage.
Doesnt sound right but I believe you have looked into all of that
We have a sump pump. That wasn't the issue, it works just fine. The waterproofing failed miserably, though not necessarily due to a poor system. Turns out, after three attempts to fix it, the issue was the city paved over the end of the drain pipe that ran to the road. It runs essentially to the edge of the road, which leads me to believe our road has been widened significantly over the years since the waterproofing was installed in 1987. Due to the clog, water couldn't drain, so it was all coming back into the house. Since clearing the clog we've seen zero issues, though we're waiting until spring to reinstall flooring and make all other repairs.
posted by Ironman92Doesnt sound right but I believe you have looked into all of that
It's right. Unfortunately.
Good ole' sovereign immunity
Essentially, it was all a big giant fuckup, though not necessarily any individuals fault. But we're the ones stuck dealing with it.
On a completely unrelated note, the mandatory $12/year fee to post goes into effect on Dec 1.
Since the city covered up the end of your drain, wouldn't they have any part in this?
posted by CenterBHSFanSince the city covered up the end of your drain, wouldn't they have any part in this?
The end of the pipe was essentially invisible, they would've had no idea it was there. We had no clue it was there. Like I said, it was installed in 1987. I think the roadway slowly encroached on it, and the ground around it slowly started to obscure it.
My plan is to dig out around it and take a sawzall to it to shorten it a foot or so so this doesn't happen again.
posted by CenterBHSFanSince the city covered up the end of your drain, wouldn't they have any part in this?
This is what my "sovereign immunity" post referenced. Would this principle apply? Or am I off?
Well, you did have the use of the $3,300 for six months, and they did not (obviously because of their own negligence). That will probably be their argument if you ask for a discount. On the other hand, you can always say, “hey, we are the ones who brought the missed billing to your attention, and now you finally spring it on us just prior to the holidays …..so how about I send $2,800 and we call it even”. Might work.
posted by justincredibleOn a completely unrelated note, the mandatory $12/year fee to post goes into effect on Dec 1.
Way to ruin the weekend.
posted by justincredibleSure. My problem is that they are likely to want their money ASAP, even though they couldn't be bothered to send a bill in a reasonable amount of time. Any way you slice it, sending a bill 6 months after services were rendered, after screwing up once, and then assuring us a bill would be in the mail the following week, is ridiculous. I don't think trading a discount for prompt payment is an unreasonable ask, but it appears some do.
I’d ask for a discount. My response was saying you won’t get close to what you want. And if they say no, you’re kind of screwed (aside from making them work to get you to pay).
Honestly not sure why you would ask for a discount because it took them a long time to send a bill. They still did the work and are entitled to be compensated for it.
Just because you forgot about it and now Christmas is upon us isn't their problem......
