jpzippo
Help Someone Today
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join:2003-02-26
Bethany, CT
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Re: Illegally taking funds ...again?!?
Companies do not go into customers checking account without their customers permission. Someone signed you up, either in your house or not, maybe like identity theft but that seems far feched. Why would Adelphia choose you to harass, it makes no sense. Just my $.02 |
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mystery45
join:2001-06-13
Titusville, FL
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I have to agree no business can take your money unless you consent for it. but at the same time you still owe them the money so they give you back the 45 bucks or whatever you just have to turn around and pay them again. if you are writing double checks they you should be getting credit on your account for it or refunded the money. but they would not pull the money unless someone gave them authorization to do so. and the only way the could do it is if someone gave them your bank account number. and that is a different issue. anyway back to work. |
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ErikO
Earache My Eye
join:2001-03-22
Cleveland, OH
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Does anyone here use an American Express Corporate card? They just started doing the same thing a few months ago. You write them a check, they use the routing and account number to withdraw the funds directly, and then destroy the check. They don't need explicit authorization to do this, because the funds begin and end out of the same account. Nothing illegal here.
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dsless
join:2001-05-16
Pittsburgh, PA | I have corporate card and just pay my bill online. Never send them a check. |
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Loco
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join:2002-11-09
So Cal
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Re: Illegally taking funds ...again?!?
said by jediman  :
If i have to go door to door to get people to go to court with me, so be it, but these are the last days of Adelphia in my town >:)
Bah! ...thanks for the laugh.
...& please do come back & let us know how many doors get slammed shut in you face.
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chanur
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join:2001-02-26
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to chanur
Ooops, I responded to dsless when I thought it was jediman making the comment. My bad.
Any event, good luck w/ your lawyer. |
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kfsutops
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join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
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said by ErikO :
Does anyone here use an American Express Corporate card? They just started doing the same thing a few months ago. You write them a check, they use the routing and account number to withdraw the funds directly, and then destroy the check. They don't need explicit authorization to do this, because the funds begin and end out of the same account. Nothing illegal here.
I actually think he/she is talking about a different situation all together. A lot of online banking companies never actually send checks either, they just do transfers without the customer ever knowing.
My understanding is that he is receiving a bill, possibly sending a check in, and all the while Adelphia "supposedly" is taking the funds also automatically. Maybe this is not the case, maybe they are just withdrawing the funds without his knowledge. I for one doubt that Adelphia is doing this without his authorization. This dude probably signed something authorizing it without even knowing it (if it happens). How many people actually read the small print.
I also feel there is more to the story than being told. I for one love nothing more than bashing Adelphia any chance I get. The regular here definitely would agree. But I also know that companies can't just "take" funds out of your bank without some type of written (or verbal, usually recorded) authorization. It would be illegal for them to do otherwise. Does the terms "stealing, wire fraud" sound familiar? I would hope that Adelphia would have something in place to prevent this, but I'm quite never surprised at would comes out of Adelphia.
This thread has really become pointless. Call Adelphia, if they don't take care of it. Call your bank. Simple.
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RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA | reply to jpzippo
"Companies do not go into customers checking account without their customers permission"
In a perfect world, no, but it happens in this one. If it didn't, card companies and banks wouldn't need fraud departments. |
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forn1x
Lag Is Fun
join:2002-05-08
Richmond, KY | reply to jediman
Kicked adelphia's ass. Go you!
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carp
join:2002-10-30
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Sure they can, not legal, but they can. So can an average Joe off the street. I went to the bank one time, gavethem my checking account number, told them I needed a draft for $XX dollars and they gave it to me. No ID check, no nothing. This was not my branch and it was probably 2 or three years since I set foot in a bank. They did not know me from Adam. |
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BurntCricket
Gotta Do What Ya Gotta Do
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join:2000-09-02
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I think there are a few people that need to change banks.
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RoacHJumper
join:2003-06-22
Moscow, PA | I think we should let Judge Judy deceide. |
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panth1
The Coyote
join:2000-12-11
Boca Raton, FL | reply to jediman
YES!!!.. do it! |
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RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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| Nah, Judge Wapner would out gavel her no prob' 
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