using my throwaway because he knows my account
I woke up this morning from a phone call and turns out I have a bill for $2000 under my name. It’s for this toll route and every time you use it they bill your license plate. Now, the account that my brothers car is registered to mine and he assured me he has been paying his bills. We weren’t getting any notices or bills to the house so I wasn’t worried. Now I get this along with an email, I check and the original bill was $500, but with interest it has now accumulated over $2000. It turns out my brother has been hiding the mail. He’s been hiding the bill and even changed the password on my online account. If I knew that there was a bill I would have paid it on time. I want to contact the company and ask them to remove some of the interest. I’m wondering if it’s best to explain the situation honestly (ie telling them my brother screwed me over). Or am I completely screwed and have to pay $2000.
Tldr; brother used a service under my name, hid the bills from me and have accumulated interest.
EDIT: he did not open an account in my name. I have a transponder which tracks every time you go on the toll route. He uses it. He assured me he’s been paying the bill. You can pay online through the web account. If you have any outstanding balances they send you a mail with the bill.
EDIT 2: okay thanks for your help guys. I can pay the bill in full, it’s just frustrating with all the interest and even more frustrating that this wouldn’t be an issue if he just told me he wasn’t paying the bill. If I knew he wasn’t paying it I would have done so. I’m going to contact the company tomorrow and just be honest about the situation. I know it’s my fault so not expecting anything much. :/
Submitted October 02, 2019 at 06:54PM by ThrowAndBurner https://ift.tt/2n28DQ7
