Anyone ever been paid twice by error by agency
Oh yes.
Did I tell 'em? Did I hell!
Oh yes.
Did I tell 'em? Did I hell!
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Once I had a temporary contract in Italy where on the phone we agreed at amount X - 20% preliminary taxes (that's when you don't have the equivalent of ltd and it's an occasional job). It turned out they paid me the full amount (plus an extra 20% for taxes). I told the agency that they made a mistake and they said they didn't. I went to check the contract and they made the same mistake on the contract so I was legally allowed to keep that 20%. But then the agency manager realised the mistake and asked for the money back. Honesty is a bad habbit those days as I felt like I had to return the money. I did that, and the bank teller made a mistake as I made other two transfers on the same day and he got confused with the amounts so I gave them twice the amount I should have given.
It would have been ironical if they now kept the difference but instead they didn't. So tell me again, how much honesty does pay those days?
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Blimey, Franco, I came over all dizzy after reading that.Originally posted by FranckoOnce I had a temporary contract in Italy where on the phone we agreed at amount X - 20% preliminary taxes (that's when you don't have the equivalent of ltd and it's an occasional job). It turned out they paid me the full amount (plus an extra 20% for taxes). I told the agency them they made a mistake and they said they didn't. I went to check the contract and they made the same mistake on the contract so I was legally allowed to keep that 20%. But then the agency manager realised the mistake and asked for the money back. Honesty is a bad habbit those days as I felt like I had to return the money. I did that, and the bank teller made a mistake as I made other two transfers on the same day and he got confused with the amounts so I gave them twice the amount I should have given.
It would have been ironical if they now kept the difference but instead they didn't. So tell me again, how much honesty does pay those days?Comment
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Blame what you have been smoking.Originally posted by Lucifer Box
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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It must be the cinnammon jos stick I have burning away on the desk.Originally posted by FranckoBlame what you have been smoking.Comment
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Once worked for Motrola and had a company phone - hardly ever used it. After a few months I received a letter saying I owed £300+. I rang them up and they said they would pass it back to their accounts team. Then I got a new bill, saying I owed about £140. I queried that, and then they said 'actually we owe you a refund of £160'.
I was honest and rang them again, saying I had only had the phone 4 months, and they must have made a mistake. My boss rang them up and they said they would look at it again...
And then, a cheque arrived made out to 'Motorola UK Ltd' - for just shy of £900!! They had everything so fecked up they thought they owed me money even though id never paid a penny, as it was paid for by Motorola's European Cellular Infrastruture Division - how ironic
My boss, bless him, walked through to HR, got the cheque cashed for me, and told me to keep the money... back in those days it was more than a months take home...Vieze Oude Man
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I once had a phone on a Vodaphone contract. £200 down, 1 year no rental, then a monthly rental. Except the zero-rental period never started. I upgraded the phone at the end of the year, and I think that upset their computer system. After 3 years of free rental, I cancelled the contract and went to a new provider. I reckoned they would have caught up with me had I carried on, so cancelling was the best move. That was years back, and I've had no request for payment,
I also once ordered 10 slide films from a company paying by cheque. A few days later they arrived. Then 2 weeks later another 10 arrived. So I ordered again, and the same thing happened. Not long after the shop went out of business. I never could work out why as they gave such good value for money.
I think the moral of the above is that it pays to engage software experts who know what they are doing, unlike the EDS type tulipe ...
However, if it is a small shop that undercharges me, then I own up.
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Hyperdickehead - keep out of it. What has that comment got to do with the my original question you piece of knob smegma.- Tax will be paid on the amount overpaid and as far as I'm concerned if they don't come asking for it back they won't get it back and it will be adequate compo for the number of hours I have spent chasing incorrectly paid invoices.Originally posted by hyperD
And my name is neither Paul or BennettLast edited by benn0; 24 January 2006, 22:33.Comment
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You're a fucking hypocrite and you know it. You're just smarting cos I caught you out before.Last edited by hyperD; 25 January 2006, 01:28.If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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Smarting over what exactly? - I gave you the benefit of the doubt over the Murdoch comment although I'm not so sure now. What is hypocritical about losing my rag with an agency that has constantly paid incorrectly and now has paid the same invoice twice? As I stated in the original post, this has nothing to do with politics but you tried to bring politics into it. Can you point out where in my free lunch comment I mentioned being the beneficiary of cockups by incompenetent agencies? No I thought not.Originally posted by hyperD
Telling me I am still smarting because 'I caught you out' tells me a lot about the type of person you abviously are. Trust me, I didn't lose any sleep over you last night, nor will I ever. I'd still rip your geeky ears off if I ever met you though.
The money will sit in my account until I hear from them and I was sounding out the likelihood of them coming asking for it back. If they don't they can swivel. And so can idiots like you. You really ought to get a life.[/Last edited by benn0; 25 January 2006, 07:29.Comment
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