Comments on: Old guard power company making it confusing to pay http://www.baeronline.com/2008/07/22/old-guard-power-company-making-it-confusing-to-pay/ Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:52:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ron http://www.baeronline.com/2008/07/22/old-guard-power-company-making-it-confusing-to-pay/#comment-5 Ron Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:27:15 +0000 http://www.baeronline.com/?p=7#comment-5 got news for ya, PG&E doesn't take ANY credit cards now. It's the only utility I've ever seen that won't allow you to pay with one. They stopped in October of '08. got news for ya, PG&E doesn’t take ANY credit cards now. It’s the only utility I’ve ever seen that won’t allow you to pay with one. They stopped in October of ’08.

]]> By: Eric Farraro http://www.baeronline.com/2008/07/22/old-guard-power-company-making-it-confusing-to-pay/#comment-2 Eric Farraro Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:17:37 +0000 http://www.baeronline.com/?p=7#comment-2 Regarding point #1, I've seen this all over, so it's not really limited to PG&E. Transferring funds to my Paypal account takes a few days. Transferring money to my Schwab or ETrade takes a few days. When I pay a bill online through Wells Fargo, it also takes a few days. I think that's just how it works with the banks. The Visa thing is pretty silly. I've been using the bill paying thing Wells Fargo offers online, so if your bank has it you may want to look into it. It's really annoying logging into PG&E, Comcast, other utiltities every month and having to remember your specific login. Instead, I just log into Wells Fargo and once you've entered your account #'s, etc... you can easily pay your bills each month through the service. Might be worth a look. Also for the record, your power won't get shut off thankfully :) I forgot to pay once and I think they assess some sort of penalty, but I don't remember it being very much. Regarding point #1, I’ve seen this all over, so it’s not really limited to PG&E. Transferring funds to my Paypal account takes a few days. Transferring money to my Schwab or ETrade takes a few days. When I pay a bill online through Wells Fargo, it also takes a few days. I think that’s just how it works with the banks. The Visa thing is pretty silly.

I’ve been using the bill paying thing Wells Fargo offers online, so if your bank has it you may want to look into it. It’s really annoying logging into PG&E, Comcast, other utiltities every month and having to remember your specific login. Instead, I just log into Wells Fargo and once you’ve entered your account #’s, etc… you can easily pay your bills each month through the service. Might be worth a look.

Also for the record, your power won’t get shut off thankfully :) I forgot to pay once and I think they assess some sort of penalty, but I don’t remember it being very much.

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