Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Who Is Asking The Questions

And the survey says... we have been taken for a ride by American Express, Pitney Bowes, Nuvox and Milner phone systems. Seriously, it's enough to make me beat my head against the wall. However, it's not their bad, it's ours for not asking the questions years ago. I think churches have a tendancy to just pay the bills and fail to obtain adequate information. The ongoing question should be why and if you can't answer it, do your homework and figure it out? Why is this interest rate so high? Why do we have this elaborate postage meter that is so fancy it should be able to spit nickels? Why is our T1 line so expensive every month...have we ever thought about telling them we are switching to a different company just to see what they say? Why are we leasing our phone system and who signed this stupid contract anyway with hidden costs that are lawsuit worthy? Because of the economic times, my amazing team and I are going over every reoccuring payment that goes out of that place. While most of them are totally legit, some leaving you scratching your head. No more...it's a new day.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Judy,

We are doing the same thing here. If you need help with the T1 stuff, Erin is getting pretty good at it. We find it very easy to just pay it just to get it off our desk. Though I question anything that doesn't look right at work but fail to do it at home! Never enough time. NOT ANYMORE!

Sherri

David and Amy DuBois said...

I am starting to do that personally right now-beginning with our refi. We should be able to close on Sat...3.4% whoo hoo!