It's safe to assume that when they split up this agreement was ended
Problem with BT phone bill - need advice please!
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It's safe to assume that when they split up this agreement was ended
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That's not what I meant. I'm not saying he did it on purpose, I'm just saying from the tone of the OP's posts the ex sounds like he's being a bit of a tool about the situation. Probably loving the fact that he's got some 'ammo' to use against her.
But yeh, he wasn't intentionally trying to get her into debt by secretly not telling her about a phonebill. That would be completely bat**** insane.
Ah right, It's possible he is being a tool can we blame him?, in his mind he probably thinks she's been ripping him off for the last years lol
Anyways after a 6 yr gap I doubt anyone would be interested in ammo or whatever, they'd have to be pretty sad imo
tbh i'm not sure what the situation has been with my mum paying or not paying a BT bill. I know the paper bills have been going to her address as I've seen them.
I'm not saying the ex was planning 6 years ago to screw her over, more that, considering her recent engagement, it seems a bit convenient that he's suddenly turned round and gone "oh, i've been paying your phone bill for 6 years, but now i'm going to claim it all back so you owe 6 years worth of bills in 5 months" - btw the ex in question has been trying to get back with her ever since.
I'll accept the fact that it's quite possible she owes it, but lets put this into perspective; she's now expected to pay £600 a month towards a phone bill. That's double most people's rent!
I can't for a second believe that he hasn't noticed for 6 years he's being paying a second phone bill, so either he's been happy paying it, or he's been saving it up for some payback.
I'm very surprised the bank have given him the money back tbh, a couple of months I could understand, but 6 years?
Obviously I'm biased her because it's my mum, but I can't see how this situation could ever be allowed to arise? Surely as the bill has been paid, the matter should now lie between my mum and her ex, and neither BT or his bank should have anything to do with it?
I'm not saying the ex was planning 6 years ago to screw her over, more that, considering her recent engagement, it seems a bit convenient that he's suddenly turned round and gone "oh, i've been paying your phone bill for 6 years, but now i'm going to claim it all back so you owe 6 years worth of bills in 5 months" - btw the ex in question has been trying to get back with her ever since.
I'll accept the fact that it's quite possible she owes it, but lets put this into perspective; she's now expected to pay £600 a month towards a phone bill. That's double most people's rent!
I can't for a second believe that he hasn't noticed for 6 years he's being paying a second phone bill, so either he's been happy paying it, or he's been saving it up for some payback.
I'm very surprised the bank have given him the money back tbh, a couple of months I could understand, but 6 years?
Obviously I'm biased her because it's my mum, but I can't see how this situation could ever be allowed to arise? Surely as the bill has been paid, the matter should now lie between my mum and her ex, and neither BT or his bank should have anything to do with it?
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If she can't afford to pay it then it will probably go to debt collectors and she'll be able to pay them off at a fraction of the amount BT are asking for each month.
Better to pay it off immediately if she can, so it won't affect her credit rating. But it's not the end of the world if she can't.
Better to pay it off immediately if she can, so it won't affect her credit rating. But it's not the end of the world if she can't.
Its REALLY simple.
Ask your mum if she has been paying her phone bill or not?
I really dont understand the whole 'complex' issue - it really isnt.
If she hasnt been paying it, then she owes the money to BT and needs to pay it, why is that so hard to understand
Ask your mum if she has been paying her phone bill or not?
I really dont understand the whole 'complex' issue - it really isnt.
If she hasnt been paying it, then she owes the money to BT and needs to pay it, why is that so hard to understand
He hasn't suddenly done anything, it's been 6 years, and she owes BT not him so how could he possibly know the timeframe they would want her to pay it back?
Do you realise how silly it sounds to accuse him of some sort of payback? he gains nothing from it, he hasn't cost her anything as it's money she should have been paying.
You're angry and looking for someone to blame when in reality it is your mums fault, she was getting paper bills for six years and happy to ignore that her ex was unbeknowignly paying for them.
You should be angry at her for being deceptive.
All her ex has done is to rightfully claim his money back from the bank /BT, all of the money he paid is rightfully his, all 6 years worth as that is how much he has been mistakenly paying for.
do you really think he would have continued paying for the bill if he had discovered it earlier? yeah, everyone likes to pay money out for no reason
why would you think he should only receive a few months back? it's all his money, your mum was getting away without paying a thing
Of course BT and the bank are involved, it's quite a simple concept really, as the above post, it's not a complex issue to understand.
Basically your mum is very in the wrong on this one.
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Yet you can believe your mum didnt notice? If he had noticed then why on earth would he keep paying, it would have been a pretty big gamble for the sake of some petty revenge.
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Scam.
His mum didn't notice yet she was receiving paper bills and the op had seen them with his own eyes lol