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Old 06-21-2013, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Baltimore Guy View Post
Just thought I would let you know this, if you are a snowbird or someone who is not here all the time, make sure you pay your electric bill on time. We just had two house's that were a few days late and they turned off there power right away. We found about it a few days later, the people where up north and had all there food in there refrigerator go bad, this was SECO and they were on the phone for a hour with SECO to get it turned back on that day.
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Originally Posted by Cobh521 View Post
According to the collection practices by SECO, if you do not pay by the due date, you will receive a second notice. If not paid, a final notice is sent with a due date and warning that the electric service will be subject to being turned off. I believe that all utilities do give final notices as this would fall under the Fair Debt Collection Act
I guess the question is which date did they miss. The due date, second notice or final notice. Somebody dropped the ball...............I doubt it was SECO.