Two steps forward, one back?

Just when I thought I was out of the woods with AT&T, I returned the second call I got yesterday, the one from Barbara Blatt. Ms. Blatt works at AT&T’s collection agency. I half-way listened to her spiel until her mention of the amount due brought me back from my daydreaming.

“Whoa, there,” I said. “This one’s $161.23? Is this something new?”
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Filter changing time

If your home’s air filters are so clogged that they’re actually whistling when your heater runs, it may be time to change them.

Of course, mine weren’t that bad, you know. I’m talking theoretically.

Ahem. Hey, look at the ponies!

AT&T gives up?

Wow. My ongoing saga with AT&T/Bellsouth appears to be reaching its conclusion. What’s more, it is concluding in my favor! I had a message left for me yesterday from Ms. Fuller, a representative at AT&T Southeast (which I assume is AT&T’s new name for Bellsouth). She referenced the N.C. Attorney General Consumer Protection filing and apparently was empowered to make things right, because she put in an order to AT&T’s collection department to drop the matter and to remove it from my credit report (if it has been sent there, which I don’t believe it has). She said because it was a business line that AT&T Small Business Services needed to actually act on it, but said she would send her request straight to them.
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