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As an international student, what would the consequences of just not paying that bill be?
by voodoomagicman 14y ago
As an international student, what would the consequences of just not paying that bill be?
- rdtsc 14y agoGood point, but I didn't want to find out.
- yardie 14y agoAs an expat, absolutely nothing. It drops off the credit report after 7 years. Now before everyone gets indignant. I was a Verizon customer and had taken a job abroad. 18 months into my 2-year contract I called to say I'm leaving next month and want to cancel. The fuckers wanted to put me on a 2-month pause, stop the line for 2 months add 2 more months on the contract. I told them this was a permanent move and I didn't want to bother, just shut it down. Then they wanted to hit me with a $250 cancellation fee, not prorated. I referenced the part of the contract about coverage but the rep wasn't hearing it. While at the airport I called them and paid my final bill (they charged me to pay by credit card over the phone, too). Told them to cancel the line and goodbye. I got a few very large bills in the mail after that, a few creditors calling my Google voice line, and then silence. It's been that way for 6 years.
- fpgeek 14y agoWow. That's impressively bad, even for Verizon. A few years ago, when I moved overseas, T-Mobile had no trouble waiving the termination fees (for both my line and my wife's) once I'd shown them proof of the move. And they'd already unlocked our phones for a previous international trip, which was handy because we could easily go prepaid until we picked a carrier post-move.