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Originally posted by Wilbur
I wish the city would make a 10-year mistake with me, then agree to give everything to me for free.
Welfare.
Not welfare. Fair. Most businesses would do the same thing, in my experience.
The ones that wouldn't would likely eat half the bill for their role in the error and then give you very generous terms on which to pay the remainder.
In this case, I think the former is more fair. They had an open account and had no particular reason to believe that they were being billed incorrectly. If you do work for me and agree that I will pay when you bill me, then you bill me for part of the charges and show that I have no remaining balance, is it really fair for you to come after me for the part you failed to bill properly? Especially ten years later?
Legally speaking, TMUA probably couldn't collect on anything more than either three or five years old anyway. Anything older and the statute of limitations would have already expired. Trying to collect anything older is just in bad faith anyway.