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Woman Fined $2,000 For Losing Cable Boxes -- to a Tornado - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us
Woman Fined $2,000 For Losing Cable Boxes -- to a Tornado
Posted Feb 1st 2008 2:20PM by Tim Stevens
Filed under: Audio/Video
For cable subscribers, it's often only a few bucks a month extra to get the company's standard DVR, giving access to a "digital" tier of channels and the ability to record them on a rented, Tivo-like device at a fraction of the cost. That the device is being rented is an important point to remember, a point that was driven home to Ann Beam, a Wheatland, Wisconsin woman who received a bill for $2,025.45 when she failed to return five cable boxes and their remotes.
The problem was she couldn't return the boxes because they, along with most of the rest of her house, were destroyed during a tornado strike on January 7. She called the cable company and was told she was still responsible and would have to get reimbursed by her insurance company. However, it seems Time Warner Cable is relenting, perhaps due to some negative PR, and is saying that the charge will be removed from Beam's account, along with the other customers who ran into the same problem.
So, it seems all is well in the end in this case, but if you have equipment from your cable provider in your home, keep in mind that you may be held responsible for it if your cable provider isn't quite so charitable next time disaster stries.
From FARK.com and Kenosha News Online
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Wow thats so fooked up!! can u believe that they would do this to a lady who lost everything? gimme the lady a break! gosh! soo greedy of them! :rl: at the cable company!
Woman Fined $2,000 For Losing Cable Boxes -- to a Tornado
Posted Feb 1st 2008 2:20PM by Tim Stevens
Filed under: Audio/Video
For cable subscribers, it's often only a few bucks a month extra to get the company's standard DVR, giving access to a "digital" tier of channels and the ability to record them on a rented, Tivo-like device at a fraction of the cost. That the device is being rented is an important point to remember, a point that was driven home to Ann Beam, a Wheatland, Wisconsin woman who received a bill for $2,025.45 when she failed to return five cable boxes and their remotes.
The problem was she couldn't return the boxes because they, along with most of the rest of her house, were destroyed during a tornado strike on January 7. She called the cable company and was told she was still responsible and would have to get reimbursed by her insurance company. However, it seems Time Warner Cable is relenting, perhaps due to some negative PR, and is saying that the charge will be removed from Beam's account, along with the other customers who ran into the same problem.
So, it seems all is well in the end in this case, but if you have equipment from your cable provider in your home, keep in mind that you may be held responsible for it if your cable provider isn't quite so charitable next time disaster stries.
From FARK.com and Kenosha News Online
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Wow thats so fooked up!! can u believe that they would do this to a lady who lost everything? gimme the lady a break! gosh! soo greedy of them! :rl: at the cable company!
