By Rita R. Robison
Which consumer happenings cheered you this week and which ones made you want to scream or weep?
Here are my best and worst consumer experiences this week:
My best: Getting a dentist bill paid
Recently, I had a filing done. The dentist office sent me a notice saying the insurance company had rejected the billing. They said I owed $145.
I called to see what the problem was. I asked the dentist office to provide more information to the insurance company with a resubmitted bill.
It worked. I’m pleased not to have to pay the $145.
My worst: Trying to pick out a painter to paint my fence and eves
My cedar fence needs painting. It’s huge. It goes around three sides of my property.
The contractor I was hoping would do the work hasn’t gotten back to me with an estimate. He wasted two weeks of wonderful sunshine.
I also asked for three other estimates from painters. It looks like I’ll have to pick one of those.
Another project, painting the eves of my house, also is looming. After I had a new standing seam roof installed, some of the eves need a second coat of paint and nail holes in the eves also need to be covered. I have three estimates for that job, too.
It’s challenging to find competent workers for projects in and around the home. I’ll narrow the list and ask for references to call.
$145 is quite a big cut on your expenses. My son recently had a filling too. His tooth had quite a deep hole. Yeah, he’s into everything that has sugar. So now, I closely monitor everything he eats, so as to avoid other complications due to his eating habits.