A while back I wrote a post entitled “Health Care Like the DMV” in which I chronicled my efforts to collect a tax refund from Jackson County, Missouri after they double billed me for my ‘07 property taxes and pulled the money out of my bank account.
I paid the taxes on November 21st of last year, found out about the mistake just before Christmas, and begin my appeal to the good bureaucrats of Jackson County that same day. It is now February 28th , over three months later, and the county has yet to reimburse me for the interest-free loan I have provided them. Up until today my efforts to collect included numerous phone calls/voice mails to the county, several emails with scanned copies of my duplicate receipts, and several actual conversations with live people assuring me the glitch had been fixed and was being processed.
I had enough. I physically went to the collections office today, spoke with a very nice mustached lady, and filled out the same paperwork I filled out in December. I was assured once again that the refund would be mailed to me in 2-3 months. From today. At the 6 month mark, perhaps I will provide another update.
Why do post about this? Because I wouldn’t ever want to trust these people with the task of keeping track of my blood type…
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