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bif

(23,964 posts)
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 12:56 PM Nov 2022

Some fantastic news I'd like to share!

After negotiating with Unemployment for the last 15 months, I just checked with the website, and it appears I no longer owe $8,000! It was all their fault, but to deal with a government body like that is just about impossible!

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Some fantastic news I'd like to share! (Original Post) bif Nov 2022 OP
Good for you Mark. FalloutShelter Nov 2022 #1
Excellent! Took a friend 15+ years to get VA benefits. Never give up. cbabe Nov 2022 #2
Yes it is gibraltar72 Nov 2022 #3
Great news! Hope22 Nov 2022 #4
Wow..congratulations!. RestoreAmerica2020 Nov 2022 #5
I'm still waiting for a letter from them bif Nov 2022 #6
Awesome Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #7
whew. AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #8
Congrats! I had a similar experience for $13000 because of my vindictive employer who said I was keopeli Nov 2022 #9
BRAVO !!! fierywoman Nov 2022 #10
Hip hip hooray !!!!! Karadeniz Nov 2022 #11
Yay! murielm99 Nov 2022 #12
bif............. Upthevibe Nov 2022 #13
My wife has had a very similar problem jimlup Nov 2022 #14
Congratulations! That must be Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2022 #15
When resolving issues with bureaucracies, persistence pays off dlk Nov 2022 #16

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
3. Yes it is
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 01:06 PM
Nov 2022

Had an issue under Snyders admin they retroactively changed my home from residential and hit me with a huge tax bill. My home was never reclassified. But because assessment people had wandered into my garage and noted wiring was heavy duty and looked like commercial they had reclassified me because that word was used. My pleas fell on deaf ears and bucks were passed my local authority said they had not reclassified me and nothing had changed for 35 years. I had to go through three appeals before it was fixed. Much anxiety and screaming at assholes in power.

Hope22

(2,828 posts)
4. Great news!
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 02:59 PM
Nov 2022

True words. Whenever dealing with the government about money it is always a long painful stress test. Good job getting through it. Be sure to take a screen shot of that and put it in the file!

keopeli

(3,579 posts)
9. Congrats! I had a similar experience for $13000 because of my vindictive employer who said I was
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 03:17 PM
Nov 2022

still working after they had fired me. It took months and an adjudication hearing, but they couldn't prove I was still working after they had fired me.

jimlup

(8,002 posts)
14. My wife has had a very similar problem
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 08:48 PM
Nov 2022

She was able to resolve it but they still owe her money. We'd probably need a lawyer to actually get it. The bureaucracy is way understaffed and set to not work in favor of releasing money.

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