I need to vent!

[iamirondude]

i wish i could take it to court to dispute it but can't afford to. i haven't been back to work since the accident and i won't be able to get back for a little while yet. our bills are usually pretty good about 600 a quarter plus we also have solar hot water so we never really get hit by high bills but this 1 is just BS. it is like they just plucked a number out and went with that.

[1AZRAEL1]

Almost 10 times the norm? Then there has to be something amiss. Last resort, Today Tonight I'd be calling. Seems even the ombudsman is no help.

[Tober]

You could try calling Legal Aid or similar as well. Get as much legitimate legal advice as you can, many firms will even offer a free initial consultation.

As others have said, DON'T PAY IT until you have absolutely no other options. I think a court hearing is around $300-400.

[iamirondude]

legal aid won't help as i'm not a crim facing court and because i have job to go back to. well the court cost ain't to bad actually. if it is 300-400 that's pretty reasonable. i might ring a few firms tomorrow about and get hold of a few of the news stations and newspapers.

[Trent]

legal aid won't help as i'm not a crim facing court and because i have job to go back to. well the court cost ain't to bad actually. if it is 300-400 that's pretty reasonable. i might ring a few firms tomorrow about and get hold of a few of the news stations and newspapers.

First thing is to get in touch with your state member, John Hathaway. Give his offices a call and say you'd like Mr Hathaway to look into it for you and you then follow it up with a letter.

If it's anything like NSW, he will then seek an explaination from the Energy minister who will go "WTF?" to Ergon.

When you contact My hathaway, be sure to explain your personal circumstances and emphasis how this situation is placing you under a great deal of stress and you don't know how this can happen. Don't threaten them in any way but be sure to let them know that you will go to the media if this isn't resolved as you are desparate.

Hopefully that helps.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Awwww, got my special 'Big Angry Trev' Halloween Costume on but I think I must have worn it one too many times to work, no one in the staffroom even blinked when I came in with my ankle length black coat, biohazard goggles, Chun-Li wristbands, huge spiky knee-length boots, massive sword and blaster etc etc.

I'm feeling like Taryn, a girl I went to uni with who flashed her breasts one too many times. Didn't matter how spectacular a sight it was, everyone had seen it before and didn't care.

[Megatran]

Awwww, got my special 'Big Angry Trev' Halloween Costume on but I think I must have worn it one too many times to work, no one in the staffroom even blinked when I came in with my ankle length black coat, biohazard goggles, Chun-Li wristbands, huge spiky knee-length boots, massive sword and blaster etc etc.

Your Halloween Costume reminds me of Dwight's character on the TV show The Office (US version). He definitely would do something like that!

Alright, my turn to (mini) vent. Glenn Stevens (RBA Governor) made a speech several days ago about the high Aussie dollar ... and the need to lower it considerably. The Aussie dollar took an immediate drop in value against the US dollar and has been hovering around / below US$0.95. It was above US$0.97 at one point. Man, when that guy sneezes the rest of us catches pneumonia. Not good for those who purchase TF overseas.

[UltraMarginal]

Alright, my turn to (mini) vent. Glenn Stevens (RBA Governor) made a speech several days ago about the high Aussie dollar ... and the need to lower it considerably. The Aussie dollar took an immediate drop in value against the US dollar and has been hovering around / below US$0.95. It was above US$0.97 at one point. Man, when that guy sneezes the rest of us catches pneumonia. Not good for those who purchase TF overseas.

I realise a high dollar is hard on our export industry but I don't see an issue with the dollar being high overall, it's a sign of our nations wealth.

you're right, he should just keep his mouth shut.

[M-bot]

In a hurry to mow the lawns yesterday, didn't rake under the gum tree before hand and didn't change from shorts into my gardening jeans. One high-speed gumnut in the shin later... Let's just say, I won't be making that mistake again in a hurry.

[Trent]

Went riding with my brothers this morning up at Waterfall. The Sydney to the Gong bike ride was on as well and to get to the trail we were going to ride we had to join the pack of spandex wearing Kool-Kats for about 400 metres. Anyway, my brothers went a slightly different way with me sailing down the road in the pack. There is a woman on the side of the road with a mega-phone that is some sort of info person. She sees me with no race number and starts yelling at me saying that I'm cheating and robbing from sick people because if I didn't have a number then I didn't pay the entry fee.

Really? Robbing from sick people?