tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099461186781805654.post5538735402746281425..comments2009-09-24T18:58:59.141-04:00Joe Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17594401031776910608joe@joesaidso.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099461186781805654.post-58038474420854565602009-09-24T18:58:59.141-04:002009-09-24T18:58:59.141-04:00Great post (rants are good when the subject matters to everyone!), and many thanks for mentioning my book Green Gadgets For Dummies, Joe HutskoJoe Hutskohttp://joeygadget.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099461186781805654.post-46331581246965286782009-09-24T12:39:03.079-04:002009-09-24T12:39:03.079-04:00@boschii AGREED. There is no excuse in this day and age that a billing system could not red flag any refund that is worth less than a certain amount (in this case, the price of a stamp). While I understand that every cent matters to some people, it&#39;s simply irresponsible to mail a check for $.07.<br /><br />If a customer really wants a refund that costs less than the price of a stamp, he/she should be required to set up an online account in order to electronically transfer the funds.<br /><br />Not worth the trouble? Exactly :)<br />Donate the $.07 to the environment.Joe Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17594401031776910608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099461186781805654.post-63712088265545968552009-09-24T11:52:50.526-04:002009-09-24T11:52:50.526-04:00I am sooo with you. I had a WTF moment earlier this week. I will refrain from mentioning the company also for fear of libel and such, but here are the facts.<br /> <br />-I have been with the same telephone (do they still call them that anymore) company since 1997.<br />-I have 1 landline (do landlines even exist anymore?), 2 cellphones,and internet through them. <br />-I decided to get a landline, internet and &quot;tv&quot; service for my new house through same company.<br /><br />Really long story short, as a result of ultimately cancelling services on this package for my new house, I was owed some money which I wasn&#39;t even aware of. So, I received a check in the mail for the amount owed....$.07. Yes...SEVEN CENTS!!!! <br /><br />Did this huge company that relentlessly encourages customers to be environmentally responsible and enroll in electronic billing and bundle everything under the sun, stop to consider that this was really not worth the paper it was printed on? Literally? There were so many other things they could have done with those few cents. They could have donated it, they could have credited it to my other accounts. Is their technology not sophisticated enough to put 2 &amp; 2 together? This is such a waste of paper - the actual check, the envelope, the stamp and probably any associated paperwork for generating the check - since I am not even going to waste my time to cash or deposit it. It&#39;s not even equivalent to minimum wage, so there is no justification for this check - I don&#39;t have to monetize my time to figure that one out. This is absurd. Since I am not cashing it, I figure that at some point in the future my name will end up on the government&#39;s list of unclaimed funds, since that is where old funds go to die or be resurrected. This list doesn&#39;t indicate the amount sitting there waiting to be claimed. I will probably have forgotten about this incident and therefore go through all of the paperwork to claim my funds, and I will receive another check in the amount of $.07, which will sit there and go unclaimed....again!<br />Thanks for the opportunity to rant along with you.boschiihttp://boschii.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com