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Nacogdoches,#2UPDATE Employee
Sat, August 02, 2008
Cox's Credit Checks are not instant, they often take a day or so to get the results. Cox will approve the order pending a credit check. My assumption is that when Cox found that she was trying to defraud them, they denied her services. I don't feel Cox did anything wrong.
Troy
Muncie,#3Consumer Suggestion
Mon, January 16, 2006
Cox did not treat there Acct with disregard they simply found an outstanding bill from them and decided not to offer their services until the bill was paid , and I'm sure that if the OP would of asked Cox if they could set up a payment arrangement with them they would have or at least tried to work with them on the dept.
Troy
Muncie,#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, January 16, 2006
Cox did not treat there Acct with disregard they simply found an outstanding bill from them and decided not to offer their services until the bill was paid , and I'm sure that if the OP would of asked Cox if they could set up a payment arrangement with them they would have or at least tried to work with them on the dept.
Troy
Muncie,#5Consumer Suggestion
Mon, January 16, 2006
Cox did not treat there Acct with disregard they simply found an outstanding bill from them and decided not to offer their services until the bill was paid , and I'm sure that if the OP would of asked Cox if they could set up a payment arrangement with them they would have or at least tried to work with them on the dept.
Troy
Muncie,#6Consumer Suggestion
Mon, January 16, 2006
Cox did not treat there Acct with disregard they simply found an outstanding bill from them and decided not to offer their services until the bill was paid , and I'm sure that if the OP would of asked Cox if they could set up a payment arrangement with them they would have or at least tried to work with them on the dept.
Cory
San Antonio,#7Consumer Comment
Sun, January 15, 2006
Just be glad their dog didn't have a SSN. I also noticed Lisa badmouthed Cox on another ripoff report, just saying how bad they were without any specific complaints.
Cory
San Antonio,#8Consumer Comment
Sun, January 15, 2006
Just be glad their dog didn't have a SSN. I also noticed Lisa badmouthed Cox on another ripoff report, just saying how bad they were without any specific complaints.
Cory
San Antonio,#9Consumer Comment
Sun, January 15, 2006
Just be glad their dog didn't have a SSN. I also noticed Lisa badmouthed Cox on another ripoff report, just saying how bad they were without any specific complaints.
Cory
San Antonio,#10Consumer Comment
Sun, January 15, 2006
Just be glad their dog didn't have a SSN. I also noticed Lisa badmouthed Cox on another ripoff report, just saying how bad they were without any specific complaints.
Steve
Bradenton,#11Consumer Suggestion
Sun, January 15, 2006
I was a Cox customer in several different states and fell on hard times and could not pay bill in full. I told them of my situation and documented it in writing. They let me make partial payments for 6 months and never sent me to collections. After that in another state, I opened another Cox account with absolutely NO DEPOSIT! Cox is more than fair if you are fair to them. You are mad because you tried pulling a scam and got caught. That is obvious. And using false identity or the identity of a minor is both unethical and illegal. Cox could prosecute you for fraud if they felt like it. Consider yourself lucky. Cox did nothing illegal. Get over it.
George
Henderson,#12Consumer Comment
Sun, January 15, 2006
As a stock holder in DIRECTV, I am concerned that the new account will be treated with the same disregard that the Cox Cable account was.
Troy
Muncie,#13Consumer Comment
Sun, January 15, 2006
Just to let all of you know. I am a Comm Tech for a cable co. in indiana, and this kind of thing happens all of the time. The cable co. or any other co. that provides a service to a consumor has the right to decline to offer the service due to a past bill not being paid even if it was over 3 years ago. Even if they agreed to hook it back up after your initial payment but then later declined to because they found another old outstanding bill that you had ran up and didn't pay. And by putting the Acct in your daughters name, not only is that fraud but you also could have shredded your daughters credit standing before she would even be old enough to use it, which just let me add is very poor judgement on your part. And to Mike we all know that you work for a dish company or used to by your other posts. To finish up here my main point is "JUST PAY YOUR BILLS" and this kind of thing can be avoided. There is no point in calling them liars because they probably didn't find the old bill until later, and they ended up telling you about it on the phone.
Cory
San Antonio,#14Consumer Comment
Thu, December 29, 2005
Look up sarcasm in the dictionary. I pointed out that she had "not one, but two" unpaid, passed due accounts. I also pointed out that she attempted to commit fraud on the cable company by putting the new account in her daughter's SSN. It's interesting what flys over some people's heads.
Cory
San Antonio,#15Consumer Comment
Thu, December 29, 2005
Look up sarcasm in the dictionary. I pointed out that she had "not one, but two" unpaid, passed due accounts. I also pointed out that she attempted to commit fraud on the cable company by putting the new account in her daughter's SSN. It's interesting what flys over some people's heads.
Cory
San Antonio,#16Consumer Comment
Thu, December 29, 2005
Look up sarcasm in the dictionary. I pointed out that she had "not one, but two" unpaid, passed due accounts. I also pointed out that she attempted to commit fraud on the cable company by putting the new account in her daughter's SSN. It's interesting what flys over some people's heads.
Cory
San Antonio,#17Consumer Comment
Thu, December 29, 2005
Look up sarcasm in the dictionary. I pointed out that she had "not one, but two" unpaid, passed due accounts. I also pointed out that she attempted to commit fraud on the cable company by putting the new account in her daughter's SSN. It's interesting what flys over some people's heads.
Mike
Radford,#18Consumer Comment
Thu, December 29, 2005
I agree that it appears Lisa's family was trying to sign up in different household member's names in order to continue to get cable without paying all the bills for it. I agree that the company can demand payment of as much as they want, including "voluntary" payment of other cable debts that are not in the person's name but they feel are associated with her household, before restoring cable service. But the problem Lisa and I see as a rip-off is that after demanding and accepting such payment, they did NOT turn the cable back on as promised.
Christine
Racine,#19Consumer Suggestion
Thu, December 29, 2005
like Cory was being sarcastic, not defending this deadbeat.
Doug
Houston,#20Consumer Suggestion
Thu, December 29, 2005
Lisa is trying to scam the cable TV provider (FRAUD I beleive is the word) and Cory is defending her? Come on!!! If I were the cable provider I would require payment of all past due monies and then charge a LARGE security deposit to turn on anything!!! Why is Cox any different from a credit card company or any other creditor? You think Capital One will just give you a new credit card after you stiffed them a couple of years ago? No Way!! Besides, Cable TV is hardly a necessity. Get a grip, Lisa! Pay your bills and quit trying to scam the company so that the rest of us have to pay higher bills for a LUXURY ITEM such as cable.
Mike
Radford,#21Consumer Suggestion
Wed, December 28, 2005
Her main complaint is not over having to pay old bills, but that the company quoted her an amount to pay to get the cable reconnected, she paid that amount, then the company reneged. That is deceptive debt collection. Cable companies are purportedly regulated by the local government and they may be limited by law as to how far they can reach when blacklisting a customer over family members' unpaid bills.
Laurie
Maine,#22Consumer Suggestion
Wed, December 28, 2005
But she admitted to fraud! Putting this in your childs name IF she is a minor is fraud. (and yes, she did not say the child was a minor), but as a former collections manager,I have to say the above mentioned is a common pratice.
Lisa
Roanoke,#23Author of original report
Wed, December 28, 2005
BUT SINCE WE ARE IN THE SAME FAMILY THEY FOUND HIS OLD DEBT WE WERE PUTTING THIS IN A DIFFERENT PERSON IN THE FAMILY
Lisa
Roanoke,#24Author of original report
Wed, December 28, 2005
BUT SINCE WE ARE IN THE SAME FAMILY THEY FOUND HIS OLD DEBT WE WERE PUTTING THIS IN A DIFFERENT PERSON IN THE FAMILY
Lisa
Roanoke,#25Author of original report
Tue, December 27, 2005
I STATED THE ACCT WAS NOT IN THE NAME OF MY HUSBAND BUT SINCE WE ARE IN THE SAME FAMILY THEY FOUND HIS OLD DEBT WE WERE PUTTING THIS IN A DIFFERENT PERSON IN THE FAMILY
Cory
San Antonio,#26Consumer Comment
Tue, December 27, 2005
Shame on them. You put the new account under your daughter's SSN because you had unpaid balances on two separate accounts. They lied to collect on not one, but two unpaid accounts before they would let you open up a new account. The nerve of them. Shame on them. Bad company, bad company.
Cory
San Antonio,#27Consumer Comment
Tue, December 27, 2005
Shame on them. You put the new account under your daughter's SSN because you had unpaid balances on two separate accounts. They lied to collect on not one, but two unpaid accounts before they would let you open up a new account. The nerve of them. Shame on them. Bad company, bad company.
Cory
San Antonio,#28Consumer Comment
Tue, December 27, 2005
Shame on them. You put the new account under your daughter's SSN because you had unpaid balances on two separate accounts. They lied to collect on not one, but two unpaid accounts before they would let you open up a new account. The nerve of them. Shame on them. Bad company, bad company.
Cory
San Antonio,#29Consumer Comment
Tue, December 27, 2005
Shame on them. You put the new account under your daughter's SSN because you had unpaid balances on two separate accounts. They lied to collect on not one, but two unpaid accounts before they would let you open up a new account. The nerve of them. Shame on them. Bad company, bad company.
Doug
Houston,#30Consumer Comment
Tue, December 27, 2005
You owe them money on a past due account and you are mad because they won't provide service??? Is this seriously what I am hearing or am I mistaken?