Recently the company that manages the house that 30 of my friends and I live have changed our lease so that we are required to provide our own utilities.
I was in charge of this so I went ahead and opened a new account and service. The cable guys came out to the house, setup all the wires so the house was set for service.
Several months pass by and I have still not gotten a single bill for the cable service. I gave them all of my correct information and everything was legitimate.
What I think could have happened:
1. The cable provider is still billing the property management company that has a massive account with the cable provider. The ~$400/mo bill is being absorbed into their bill that is tens of thousands of dollars a month and no one at the property company remembered to check their bill, but are still paying for it.
2. Somehow the cable provider representative didn't set us up for billing so we might not be in the system?
I am stuck with the decision to call the cable company and find out what is happening. Or whether I should be quiet and accept THEIR mistake of not billing me and take advantage of it. Afterall, I called them and asked for their service, was willing to pay for it, but they have never sent me a bill.
Can I be held legally responsible for "passive cable theft"? What would you do?
I was in charge of this so I went ahead and opened a new account and service. The cable guys came out to the house, setup all the wires so the house was set for service.
Several months pass by and I have still not gotten a single bill for the cable service. I gave them all of my correct information and everything was legitimate.
What I think could have happened:
1. The cable provider is still billing the property management company that has a massive account with the cable provider. The ~$400/mo bill is being absorbed into their bill that is tens of thousands of dollars a month and no one at the property company remembered to check their bill, but are still paying for it.
2. Somehow the cable provider representative didn't set us up for billing so we might not be in the system?
I am stuck with the decision to call the cable company and find out what is happening. Or whether I should be quiet and accept THEIR mistake of not billing me and take advantage of it. Afterall, I called them and asked for their service, was willing to pay for it, but they have never sent me a bill.
Can I be held legally responsible for "passive cable theft"? What would you do?
