Whose idea was it, that if someone couldn't afford something, they pay more?
By RieRie
@RieRie (820)
August 24, 2009 3:27pm CST
I've had a revised bill recently, stating that because I can't pay about £300 all at once, I'll be charged an extra £50. If I then couldn't pay that there would be more charges.
Admin charges are sort of fair enough, but £50 is a bit much and it happens all over the place. You ask if you can pay in installments because for whatever reason you can't afford the full amount and they then add stupid amounts of charges, so then you're basically paying for being poor.
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@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
24 Aug 09
What's the point of adding extra amount to the bills when the person clearly unable to pay because he/she didn't have enough money? More amount for more burden? It is sux~~ That system is widely practise and we have to accept it without a choice. Can they find another way to make us pay instead of adding more money to the already huge bills?
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@pumpkinjam (8539)
• United Kingdom
28 Aug 09
I think some companies put such high charges on because they think it will frighten people into paying the whole thing. They have no concept of struggling and seem to think that people who can't afford to pay things are just making it up or must be stupid for not managing their money. I have dealt with such people who have more or less told me that I should have saved in order to pay a bill even though I told them, and even proved to them, that I had nothing to save.
@pumpkinjam (8539)
• United Kingdom
28 Aug 09
I guessed that. It was also that same council who said about saving money to pay a bill. Firstly, I didn't know how much the bill would be and they seemed to think I should have known. They said I "must" have known I would have that particular bill to pay and, yes, I did know that, however, I didn't expect it to be more than 10 times the amount I could actually afford. People who work for some local councils must get paid a hell of a lot and I'm sure most of think that the only bills anyone has to pay are rent and council tax.
