Ah...time to rant eh ? Well, i got some too
Three months ago i ended my membership with Canal+, since i barely watched it anymore and so the 33€ a month that it cost me was wasted money. I paid whatever i owed them, but there still was the decoder that you need to watch the paychannel, i had to return it to them of course. 12 years ago when i subscribed with them, i had to make a one time deposit of 75 Guilders, which would be returned to me once i would end the membership, and returned the decoder in good shape. Well, i figured if i don't return the decoder, i forfeit my claim on those 75 G, and everyone's happy.
Wrong....yesterday i received a letter from Canal+, in which they gave me until the 27th of this month to transfer 226€ to their account, a fine for not returning the decoder. I was stunned, where did that amount come from ? And why did i have to pay 75 G that time if they magically come up with figures of their own that weren't in any contract ?
So i picked up the phone and asked them what happened to my 75 G deposit and why that wasn't mentioned in the letter. They said, and hold on to your hats, that the 75 G was only in order if the decoder was broken, the 226€ were for when the decoder wasn't returned at all. So in both cases, Canal+ loses the decoder, but they make their own rules when the decoder isn't returned. I told the guy on the phone to hang on and listen close while i would go and grab a hammer and smash the decoder to bits and pieces, so they could be sure it was now officially broken, but he wasn't amused.
So this morning i went to the postoffice and shipped the damn thing to them in a box (a package that cost me another 12€), even though they're still claiming the 226€ from me, which i will never ever in my lifetime pay to them. They must hold me for some kind of fool. I'd love to see them sent someone to my place to collect the money, i swear to god i'll splatter his ass all over the pavement.
I am now officially pissed off. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]