Canceling stuff is HARD
When you sign up for electric or phone service, they actually check your credit to make sure you're able to pay your bill. It doesn't take long at all, and you're usually connected in no time.
Approximate time to disconnect from Verizon phone service: four calls and an hour on the phone. When I finally reached someone, it turns out you need a forwarding address in order to get the final bill. I had it forwarded to my girlfriend's address, since, y'know, Rhymey doesn't know where she's living yet.
I think I'm going to put my disconnect verification number here in case I need to go back to it: D3RJ32895. That should be helpful, unless LiveJournal collapses! Large Russian bear eat puny San Francisco dewelopers!
Thankfully it wasn't nearly as difficult with the electric company. That took like 5 minutes.
As for Comcast cable, I have to call the week before I move to disconnect, and then return my HD cable box with all my Supernatural episodes on it. *sigh* *clings to Dean Winchester's bowed legs and Sam Winchester's bitchface*
Netflix I can put on hold for 90 days (and I will do that closer to the end of the billing cycle).
Everything else will just be a change of address: cell phone, ING savings, calling HR in work, change of addy at the post office, and, um, the government? Where else? Luckily my car insurance agency is also in NY, and I can walk a few blocks here in Manhattan and get to my bank, so I won't have to change that thank GOD.
When I talk to the car insurance people I'll ask about having to change the registration and plates and all that annoying stuff. I just registered the car in November for $46, and it's not due for inspection until November 2009, so I'd like to put it off. I'll get around to the driver's license -- in the one I got last year I actually look good, dammit!
Approximate time to disconnect from Verizon phone service: four calls and an hour on the phone. When I finally reached someone, it turns out you need a forwarding address in order to get the final bill. I had it forwarded to my girlfriend's address, since, y'know, Rhymey doesn't know where she's living yet.
I think I'm going to put my disconnect verification number here in case I need to go back to it: D3RJ32895. That should be helpful, unless LiveJournal collapses! Large Russian bear eat puny San Francisco dewelopers!
Thankfully it wasn't nearly as difficult with the electric company. That took like 5 minutes.
As for Comcast cable, I have to call the week before I move to disconnect, and then return my HD cable box with all my Supernatural episodes on it. *sigh* *clings to Dean Winchester's bowed legs and Sam Winchester's bitchface*
Netflix I can put on hold for 90 days (and I will do that closer to the end of the billing cycle).
Everything else will just be a change of address: cell phone, ING savings, calling HR in work, change of addy at the post office, and, um, the government? Where else? Luckily my car insurance agency is also in NY, and I can walk a few blocks here in Manhattan and get to my bank, so I won't have to change that thank GOD.
When I talk to the car insurance people I'll ask about having to change the registration and plates and all that annoying stuff. I just registered the car in November for $46, and it's not due for inspection until November 2009, so I'd like to put it off. I'll get around to the driver's license -- in the one I got last year I actually look good, dammit!