I was a little surprised to find a bill from the dentist in my mail. Surely I had paid the clinic during my visit, for whatever insurance did not cover? Yes, I still had the receipt in my purse. Still puzzled, I opened the envelope and what do I find? My dentist’s office had just spent $0.44 to send me a bill for $0.00.
Pic: Jason MacArthurIt’s always nice to read a $0 bill, and it’s too bad more companies don’t send me bills like that. Perhaps every service I have already paid for for online should send me a $0 paper bill? It would make my day, and certainly the USPS’s – those poor souls drive through snow and rain to deliver mostly junk marketing mails. Delivering junk bills must count as an improvement. There is also the advantage of reducing those pesky, CO2 emitting trees that we seem to be infested with.
But there was more to the bill – a last date to pay the $0 by, and even more considerately, an enclosed envelope for me to send them the $0.
It was when I looked at the envelope that I felt a little disappointment – shouldn’t it have been prepaid ?
Odis Sorel
Savvy Aggarwal
Maria
Arindom Borah
Patrix
First you deprive a dentist – A DENTIST! – of $0.00 and then you mock his billing system on the Internet?
Rather unwise, I know – what if he decides to take revenge the next time I sit in the dentist’s chair?
guess u can suggest to environment activists to push for virtual(only) $0.00 bills.
Oh yes, I’m Greenpeace would like some new themes to agitate for
I cannot stop laughing..
That’s 2 of us then..
Perhaps you will find this interesting: A cheque for exactly 33 cents
Ah, but I wouldn’t waste the coupons
The joy in receiving a 00.00 bill!
Absolutely! Every one should send me one.
And I thought this was bad: http://bit.ly/629nIG
In my case _they_ owed me money at the time this invoice was generated and sent to me..
That is an even more amazing story. Who writes these billing system software, I wonder?
hahah….yeah absolutely no regard for environment. And then they talk of global warming. I get tons of junk mail and I feel sad to just throw it in the garbage.
i have got a 2c bill once..with threats of paying it in time or else…