OT as usual: Legal Technicalities

[Thermodyne]

Hypothetically speaking, you should not pay them a shilling. Then, hypothetically, you could then tell their solicitors to bugger off and pack chips where the sun don’t shine. Then, hypothetically, they would send some ex IRA leg breakers to have nip with you and discuss the outstanding balance. You would, hypothetically speaking of course, object to this treatment and introduce them to the sensation of bullets in their butts. This would hypothetically cause the coppers to show up with the military types in tow. You know the types, ex SAS and such. And even though you had a hypothetical change of heart and wanted to promptly settle the hypothetical outstanding account. They would tell the world that you were a terrorist, and shoot your knickers off. Then, hypothetically, you could spend the next 20+ playing SE from the SuperMax lockdown or in a plea deal join the SAS and go to Afghanistan. In which case they would garnish your pay to settle the hypothetical outstanding balance.

[Slick]

Do the right thing. Inform them and pay what you agreed. You would want the same kind of treatment. You will feel very good about yourself for being honest. Too often in this world we resort to "legal technicalities" to take advantage of the situation whenever possible. Legal technicalities arise when people find new and sneakier ways of not doing the right thing. We really learned (or should have learned) life's most important rules before kindergarten...

do the right thing,
play nicely with others,
share,
help others that are less fortunate,
if it isn't yours, don't take it,
keep your hands to yourself,
if you make a mess, clean it up,
etc.

[Combat Wombat]

Oh man, back when I used to live in Texas we had cable for awhile and we called to cancel it multiple times but they never stopped the service. But they did stop billing us, so for years we had free cable. Possibly the people that live there now continue to have free cable. Good times

It was completely their fault and there was nothing illegal about it.