Thanks for wrangling w/ all this, David. Whew!
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:07 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I just found out today, Waste Management are trying to
bill Sudo Room (and
therefore BAPS) for 2 extra recycling bins and one extra green-waste bin
that we don't have.
That is, WM thinks we have always had 3x 96gal recycling bins and 2x 64gal
green-waste bins in all. Whereas Sudo/BAPS have only ever had 1x 96gal
recycling, and 1x 64gal green waste bin (* technically our green bin is
also 96gal, but since WM apparently didn't actually have any 64gal-sized
bins, they just give us the 96gal and charge us for 64gal.)
So far as I can tell, what happened is: WM assigned an additional, second
recycling+green waste account to Sudo, that is not ours. This additional
secondary bill is past due ~4 mo to the tune of ~$500.
This bogus bill was not visible to us online, and I only found out about
it today after getting hit up by WM's collection department on the phone,
whereupon I asked them to email me copies of the invoices.
After looking the bogus bill over, today at around 12noon, I called WM
back and wrangled with the billing dept phone rep "Christopher", who
generated a *Case ID # 2377511* for the accounting department to "review"
this screw-up. Although it's not hard to see the error, as it is a second
bill for twice as many recycling bins at the same address for the same time
period.
Therefore, before interfacing with WM, please take note of the following
information:
Sudo room's CORRECT recycling and green waste account # (paid in full
through Nov):
*699-0009853-2216-3* (<-- right)
This other INCORRECT recycling/green account, misattributed to Sudo:
065-4415376-2216-5 (<-- wrong)
SUDO/BAPS'ERS: DO NOT EVER PAY THIS ACCOUNT.
Attached are the two different recycling+greenwaste invoices for the month
of October - one labelled *correct* (and paid), and one labelled
*incorrect* (unpaid). If you talk to WM, please refer to these. I know
these aren't the latest bills, but it's simpler to discuss them with WM
without referring past due amounts.
For the record, Sudo has a separately-billed WM account just for the
*garbage*, which is: 065-4415386-2216-4. The garbage account has thus far
not been confused, just the recycling/green.
Best,
David