Can I afford it?

[vilakins]

This is part of an e-mail I got today from my ISP. (Orcon, you know who you are.)

Your current account balance is $0.00.

This balance needs to be paid within 10 days of the invoice date.

You can see how this balance is made up and see a complete breakdown of invoices and receipts online at our website.

They go on to give a snail-mail address to which I can post a cheque.

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It's 10% of the current payment, and it's not this crowd but my utilities who do that.

If it was a while ago, I suppose your $42 is gone. :-(

What's your icon from? It looks a little like a baby Totoro.

[veritykindle.livejournal.com]

It might not be gone, actually. I think my university keeps track of these things for quite a while after we graduate. I'll have to check. :)

What's your icon from? It looks a little like a baby Totoro.

Close! It's the baby turned tiny hippo (or hampster, as most people seem to call him...) from Spirited Away, which I consider sort of a sequel in spirit to Totoro. I'm very fond of this icon -- it's one of the first ones I made, and one of the few from that period that I still use regularly. :D

And I think you should call them about the bill. If only to listen to their reaction to the weird amount of money you owe. ;)