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Re: Credit reports anybody?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:43:18 GMT
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cjc@newsguy*stopspam*.com
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Beth Reiten <breiten@net-art.de> wrote:
> > Beth Reiten <breiten@net-art.de> wrote:
> > (rant deleted to save everybody's sanity)
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> > I hear you. I needed my medical records from a hospital once that
> > wanted to charge me the same kind of outrageous fee. When I told them
> > I wouldn't pay them a buck a page to make a nickel photocopy so I'd
> > like to take them to Kinko's and copy them myself they said no. Don't
> > remember the reason.
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> The reason? They "own" your records, and you leaving with them is tantamount to theft.
> Just for fun: try touching your file the next time you have an appointment!
Maybe. Their justification for charging me a buck a page was they had
to pay their employee to do that. I asked if the employee made
$60/hour since I figured he or she could probably copy a page per
minute at minimum. Didn't appreciate the sarcasm there. When I
offered to perform the labor myself they declined.
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| (...) The reason? They "own" your records, and you leaving with them is tantamount to theft. Just for fun: try touching your file the next time you have an appointment! Beth (28 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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