My son had an opperation on his hand that was covered by medical aid. The fee for the anethatist was transfered into my personal account instead of paying the supplier directly.

After a few months I realized the error and paid the anethatist directly. Soon after I was contacted by Tatham Wilkes attorneys who were acting on behalf of the anethatist and were actioned to collect the outstanding ammount. I explained to them that the account was settled months earlier and that they should close the file immediately.

To my horror 3 years later I received a summons from this attorney for the ammount of R3000 for collection fees of an account that was paid 3 years earlier. How do you pay someone for 'collecting' something that was paid 3 years earlier?

Firstly - What a rip off! How do they justify this ammount? The orriginal account for the procedure was only R2100, and this was paid?
Secondly - It is obvious that this firm are desperate for funds, as no matter what I tried to do to get them to understand they simply ignored me.

I was forced to pay the 'COLLECTION FEE' of R3000 for an account that was paid 3 years earlier to avoid my credit record bieng effected!!!