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Just for this guy's sake they should come up with "Final Final Notice" before they discontinue any of his services. I wonder if he has heard of online payments too.
So, when was the last time you got a "Final Notice" of any kind?
So, when was the last time you got a "Final Notice" of any kind?
Oh, and once every few months I get an "absolutely final sale" notice from the local rug store that's been going out of business for 22 years. :)
Sad fact is he may not be your neighbour much longer.
I have a reason to believe he is not broke or anything, but merely a rooted habit of paying off bills at the very last minute possible. If not that, I wouldn't dare make fun of him. Not that it tells much about his status, but he does own a fairly expensive car, and heck I have seen different kind of quite expensive deliveries at his door steps (like the recent big plasma TV).
Took some doing !
I have a reason to believe he is not broke or anything
He might still be broke and bought his toys on credit. The findings in the book The Millionaire Next Door show that many people who display the outward appearance of wealth aren't wealthy because they spend they money on all of those outward appearance items. According to the authors, actual millionaires tend to be more of a Costco shopping, coupon cutting kind of crowd.
I assumed he might have had the habit of settling bills late for a reason as I have seen those notices for quite sometime now (for as long as I have been his neighbour, about 7 months).
I change my credit card # once a year
That's a very good security measure, and something which banks should make a lot easier. My home bank won't issue a new number unless I make a formal report that the card is lost or stolen; the bank where I am now charges for each card they issue. Neither make it easy for people to change their numbers.
When the bill arrived, they started arguing over who had had what, who had had the £8.00 port, and who had had the £9.00 port. Eventually one chap came up to pay...with a card from the bank he owned!
That was the moment I realised that wealthy people don't become wealthy by splashing out at every opportunity, and that every pound is as important no matter how many you have. Shame I didn't put that information to good use then, but I live by it now.
That story reminds me of the punch line to a longish joke/story I'll not repeat here. But, the punchline:
"Just how do you think a 'Rich Man like me' became a rich man like me?"
My day job, in part, involves calling on people who are about to be evicted to see if I can pull a rabbit of the hat and stop it, theres a thread to the people I see and its a bit of an office joke.
Its:
in dirt poor parts of town-
expensive to run/own car (Ancient 4x4 range rovers, even a Porsche in one case)
large Plasma TV (bigger than a cinema screen) - Even if dirt poor
SKY +
Affluent parts of town have all the above plus all the silly gadgets you can think of along with dozens of holidays a year.
I very rarely go to a modestly furnished place and find some one with money trouble, all flash no cash some people
all flash no cash some people
In the MND book they use the term "Big hat, no cattle".
In the old days, people who could hardly afford to eat might have a piano in front of the window - these days, it's a plasma TV or an entirely inappropriate car.
Went to a house once in a market town in Suffolk, place was run down as hell no carpets fiilthy sofa, place stank to high heaven. The garden looked liked the Battle of the Somme had been reenacted there, however they dozens of expensive exotic pets and a plasma screen TV. While standing trying to talk some sense into them the live room door slams shut and the handle falls off, trapping me inside. (while im trying not to laugh)
The wife looks up and says in all seriousness 'see we are so poor we cant even afford a packet of screws for the handle, so how do you expect us to pay the rent' - I guess its about prioritys.
