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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 464551" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I've been pondering your problem and have been interested in the replies you have received. It just goes to show that those of us who live in small towns might as well be on a different planet. I, too, live in a small town, although I think mine is smaller than yours (we have less than 200 people -the business include a bar/cafe, the office of a trucking company, a farmers' coop (with filling station, grain elevator, fertilizer business, etc), a mechanic/irrigation pipe installer/earth mover, an ag business that sells seed, etc. and a post office that will be closing soon. We pay our utility bills to a guy who has a day job. We either send a check in the mail or else go to his house at night; there is no city office. Does he get in his car and drive to the town seven miles over every night to deposit the checks he received that day? Of course not. In fact, from how long it takes my check to clear I suspect he keeps them all and deposits them once a month. Does that mean he could be robbed? I suppose. Does that mean he's incompetent? No, it's just the way business is done here. He does the job as a service to the town. He isn't elected; he was asked because he is the only CPA in town. He gets paid a nominal fee but said fee would not even keep in in beer and pizza for the month. There has been a lot of criticism here of your town's way of doing business. I suspect most of it comes from people who live in larger places.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is this: you agreed to pay for utilities. So far, you have not paid. I would not beat a path to their door to give them money; I would wait to see what happens. Perhaps they have insurance to cover such an event (in a small place I highly doubt it). Perhaps they still have your check. Perhaps they will just write it off. I would set the money aside for at least 6 months and wait to see what happens. Then if they came and asked me to give them another check, I would do it as it is the right thing to do. If I didn't hear from them, I would consider it a gift.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 464551, member: 135"] I've been pondering your problem and have been interested in the replies you have received. It just goes to show that those of us who live in small towns might as well be on a different planet. I, too, live in a small town, although I think mine is smaller than yours (we have less than 200 people -the business include a bar/cafe, the office of a trucking company, a farmers' coop (with filling station, grain elevator, fertilizer business, etc), a mechanic/irrigation pipe installer/earth mover, an ag business that sells seed, etc. and a post office that will be closing soon. We pay our utility bills to a guy who has a day job. We either send a check in the mail or else go to his house at night; there is no city office. Does he get in his car and drive to the town seven miles over every night to deposit the checks he received that day? Of course not. In fact, from how long it takes my check to clear I suspect he keeps them all and deposits them once a month. Does that mean he could be robbed? I suppose. Does that mean he's incompetent? No, it's just the way business is done here. He does the job as a service to the town. He isn't elected; he was asked because he is the only CPA in town. He gets paid a nominal fee but said fee would not even keep in in beer and pizza for the month. There has been a lot of criticism here of your town's way of doing business. I suspect most of it comes from people who live in larger places. The bottom line is this: you agreed to pay for utilities. So far, you have not paid. I would not beat a path to their door to give them money; I would wait to see what happens. Perhaps they have insurance to cover such an event (in a small place I highly doubt it). Perhaps they still have your check. Perhaps they will just write it off. I would set the money aside for at least 6 months and wait to see what happens. Then if they came and asked me to give them another check, I would do it as it is the right thing to do. If I didn't hear from them, I would consider it a gift. [/QUOTE]
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