Absolutely true, but if they’re hiring international interns and providing lodging and transportation, it sounds like they have an established program and do this a lot. They might know more than you think.

Did you get the letter today?

I doubt it, it seems to me the first notice even if it’s pretty important would probably just be standard first class service.

In the past week, I’ve gotten a letter from my local municipality reminding me to file my taxes and something from the Department of Revenue showing the interest earned/owed for my over/under payment last year.

It could be anything, wait patiently until it actually comes and see what it says.

In addition to what maxwellington has said, you can look at their toll violation page at https://www.drjtbc.org/toll-violations/ and contact them directly. Especially being in another country, if you want to make sure it’s taken care of, you might want to take the initiative and skip any international conflict over not getting their mail or something.

LOL, there’s no way they charge $75-100 for missing a $3 bridge toll.

Honestly, the way you’ve written about the state makes me say no, it isn’t for you. Don’t come here, you won’t enjoy it and you’ll end up bitter about it. That’s just my two cents based off the few paragraphs you wrote, but it seems you’ve already made up your mind and have preconceived ideas about what you’d find here.

I love our state, I’ve been all over it and think it’s great, but it’s not for everyone and if someone comes in having already decided not to like it, nothing I can say will sway them.

Each of the areas you’ve mentioned have something going for them. They’ve got active businesses, they’re at least stable if not growing, they have culture and restaurants and generally some sort of nightlife. You haven’t told us specifically what you like to do, but if you can’t be happy in any of the places you mentioned — especially Lancaster, Pittsburgh, or the Lehigh Valley — then I think you should keep trying for somewhere you know you’ll be happy.

Then that’s pretty much it — they can try to change the agreement, you can reject that change, and what happens next depends on how valuable you to them are compared to how much you need that particular job. If you can find another job, which I would recommend at this point, tell them no you do not want to change your rate, and see what they say. I would say that doing that would lead to being fired outright or then making you so miserable that you choose to leave, though.

I am not an expert on unemployment compensation, but I believe if they were to fire you because you don’t agree that you would have a very good chance of being awarded UC, which could help while you job hunt.

These sorts of things rarely end happily — either they resent you for making more than they think you are worth or you end up staying somewhere you feel undervalued and mistreated.

Is this for work that’s already been performed or to apply to the future? Are you part of a union or collective bargaining agreement?

I suspect that it’s very wrong to change the agreement for work that’s already occurred, but in general they’re allowed to renegotiate new terms moving forward, and you’re free to take their terms, make a counter offer, or outright refuse. See question 11 at the DLI site, for instance

What motivation do they think they’re giving you for working more hours for the same pay, that’s ridiculous. Handling it with tact depends a little on how dependent you are on this job and how much you want to stay there, though.

That was my first thought, too. When I switched from oil to gas, the guys installing my new furnace made a big deal about capping it, plugging the other end, and somehow gluing the cap in to place. It’s really easy to see how a small mistake could compound if some installers weren’t as thorough.

Wow, thanks for making that comment. I mixed up reading the date and thought it was 1870, it wasn’t until I saw your comment that I realized I had misread it.

It’s crazy that it happened this recently.

Is there a V-TOLL charge showing? That’s the indication they use if the transponder can’t be read but they match your license plate number (which is different from roll by plate because you have an account, but the transponder didn’t read, and is charged a penalty).

They set the rates, it’s not like some third party has to update the website six months later, and I’ve always seen it be accurate so I figure there’s something else. Is there a chance you put the wrong entry or exit point — some of them are confusing in the web page. V-TOLL seems most likely to me although I don’t remember the rate for that off hand.

They’re generally helpful and friendly, you could give them a call after the holiday and talk to someone even if it’s just to get clarification about what happened so you can prevent it in the future.

I tend to agree; to me there seem to be more east-west routes than north-south. You certainly could go either way, but might limit your road choices a bit if you force the north-south routes.

Seems like a great opportunity, hope it was a fun project!

You might also have luck with asking the historical society.

Yep, and as far as I could tell growing up with an R.D. address, it didn’t really correlate to anything directly. It probably made sense for the post office and letter carrier route, but there was no way to find my house based on the address.

Also, if I remember correctly, I at least had some numbers with the address — some time before that addresses could simply be R.D. cityname and the post office just had to know by the name on the envelope where to deliver it. That was before my time, though.

> House Bill 987 aims to provide retroactive relief for citizens of the commonwealth whose licenses were suspended for non-driving offenses.

So this is apparently an effort to return driver’s licenses to people who have had them taken away for other matters not related to driving.

The bill is waiting on Governor Wolf’s signature.

You’ve got a really good point. What’s the saying, “Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity?” It is definitely plausible that the previous owners did not realize there was a problem, painted to make it look nice to sell, and did not intend to deceive OP. For that matter, I suppose it’s possible this happened with the owner before them, and they never even knew. OP should definitely investigate this from a legal aspect, but if they don’t get satisfaction they can’t let this eat at them for the next 30 years.

I really appreciate your perspective on this.

In addition to talking to the lawyer (and even getting a second legal opinion), I’d also talk to your Realtor and your home inspector. Even though they’re unlikely to be able to do anything, you might even want to call the title insurance company just to ask if they can be involved at all.

Where did you find the inspector who handled the termite inspection?

I don’t have firsthand knowledge of this, but I imagine if you were able to find a pest treatment company that had a history of coming out, that might count as proof for the lawyer. What did the lawyer you talked to say they could use to prove that there was an attempt to cover it up?

Yeah there’s definitely something to that thought. They were pouring out of the city like rats from a sinking ship, to Lancaster, the Poconos, and who knows where else. They made quite a mess of things.

I mean, I’m not even really sure what sutisuc’s point is but anecdotally, Lancaster County was overrun with New Jersey and New York license plates during the pandemic. Especially in the early days when all I was leaving home for was groceries and an occasional hike, probably 40% of the cars I saw were from New York, 30% from New Jersey, and 30% from Pennsylvania. We definitely had a lot of New Yorkers.