I am in a dispute with my local cable company. I lost (was probably mistakenly thrown away) a cable box during a recent move. I went to the customer service center to turn in other equipment I had and the customer service personnel looked up the missing box. He told me that I would be charged $80 for the missing box. I was willing to pay the fee at that time but for some reason they wanted to charge an additional $2 for a payment received at the window. He stated that it would be better wait for a final bill and to pay it via my normal payment process.

My final bill did arrive and now is says that I owe $155 for the box. I called that cable company and I was told that I had been mis-quoted for the box. I said but If I had paid the $80 at the window this would be mute. Long story short they wouldn’t reduce the amount owed.

I recall taking a business law class that dealt with contracts/check instruments etc, and that if you write in the memo field of a check something to the affect of “paid in full” (I plan on sending $80) and they cash/deposit that check they are agreeing to/or accepting my terms to forgo the balance of my debt ($75).

Here are my questions(finally)…Will this plan work? What exactly do I have to write on the check? If it matters I live in Michigan.

Thank you for any response.