So, I graduated 3 years ago this May. I recently got an email and a bill stating that my account was past due, and that per the general statutes i can be charged interest, etc. this bill has fields for "trans date" "tranaction" "description" "trans ammount", with no line item listed. Because at NC State, we're all professional and shit.

So, I call the cashier's office and ask what this is about. They state that student health billed me in June of 08 (uhhh, i already graduated and moved), and that they just billed me again for that same charge, since i didnt pay.

I asked why this is the first i was hearing about it. "well, maybe you didnt check your email?" wrong, i used my @ncsu.edu account until october 08. "maybe your address changed?" ummmm, no it's been the same address (my parents) since i enrolled. The same one i just got this bill from.

I'm so freaking pissed off. i have a supervisors number, we'll see where this goes. the ammount of the bill is trivial, but it's asinine for them to start randomly billing me three years after i graduated.

3/28/2011 3:13:51 PM

Sounds like typical cashier's office bs. Keep on escalating it and you'll eventually reach someone with some brain cells.

3/28/2011 3:16:16 PM

yeah, thats what i'm planning on doing. like i said the ammount is trivial ($9), but they need to establish that i actually owe that money before i'll fucking pay it.

3/28/2011 3:18:41 PM

yeah, it definitely sounds like cashier's office retarded.

3/28/2011 7:23:22 PM

bev cuts funding.

ncsu cuts you.

3/28/2011 7:29:41 PM

lol you'd rather go through all this instead of giving your alma mater $9? /chit chat


if it was for something health related, they usually don't bill you til the end of the year. i.e. - I had some tests + x-rays done during the school year, but wasn't billed til June. You probably got one of those crappy all caps BILLS ARE NOW AVAIL ONLINE e-mails and just deleted it thinking it didn't apply to you.

[Edited on March 28, 2011 at 7:41 PM. Reason : .]

3/28/2011 7:40:33 PM

Burn their office down.

3/28/2011 7:44:04 PM

Pay them a huge sum with your credit card and get airline miles
Get refund check and pay off card
Free vacation

3/28/2011 7:55:22 PM

^brilliant. is that legal?

3/28/2011 7:57:06 PM

^^they charge a surcharge to use your CC, iirc.

unrelated to my situation... i had a change in health insurance at one point, and had an annual mri scheduled for a couple months later. i went, and they didnt get it preapproved, so i put a large deposit down on my CC, knowing i had the cash to pay it off. insurance company paid me back. schwing

3/28/2011 8:08:35 PM

I thought it was just a small "convenience fee".

I've debated doing that with my insurance bill because they're really good about refunding any overpayment, but I worry that they'll miss it that one time and I'll have to call in and beg for a check to pay off my maxed out credit card.

3/28/2011 8:13:31 PM

small convenience fee is basically the percentage that the cashiers office is charged by the CC company. ~2.45% .

otherwise, everyone would pay for their tuition on their credit card. and the university would be out 2.45% of their income from tuition. (figure about $75ish/person/semester... 30k students... $4.5 million per school year)

[Edited on March 28, 2011 at 11:51 PM. Reason : .]

3/28/2011 11:49:38 PM

Oh. I didn't know if it was like that or just a fixed rate thing like when you pay your power bill on the phone.

3/29/2011 12:12:57 AM