Final bill is incorrect and being threatened with ...

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I moved to PlusNet for broadband and phone in November. I paid my November bill, which actually left BT owing me money, and cancelled my direct debit. Good thing I did as they decided to keep charging me and now three months later are still chasing me for £50 I don’t owe them. I called every month as each new bill arrived to try and sort it but was assured each time to ignore the bill and it would be sorted out. It's now February and I am being threatened by email "We'll pass your details to a debt collection agency, which could affect your credit rating and any future credit." BT.
I have no more confidence in BT’s call centres now so I am emailing, tweeting and posting on forums to desperately try and get this sorted out. Please please can someone within BT answer me and finally give me some resolution?
All bill and phone call details below:
Broadband transfer date – 27th Nov
Telephone line transfer date – 12th Dec
Last paid Bill was on 21st Nov for the period 11th Nov to 10th Dec (You can see this over pays when both service are combined)
Dates called after receiving on-going incorrect monthly bills:
13th Dec at 13:44 – Told to ignore the incorrect bill and await a final one that I was assured would resolve the error.
12th Jan at 10:43 – This time I was transferred to Luke in the UK based Customer Options Team. I was told my phone line order was incorrectly left active so charges continued past the 12th Dec. Luke told me it would be fixed and back dated so the additional charges for phone and late payment charges removed. Told to await a corrected final bill.
26th Jan at 13:37 – Received a bill in the post still asking for £50 which included late payment charges and called BT customer service. I was assured this was still not my final bill and I would get a correct one soon.
19th Feb 19:52 – I received another bill electronically along with a threatening email. I immediately called customer service and was speaking to a customer representative when the line went to a ringing tone mid sentence. I was then greeted by an automated message saying that the office was now closed and to call back tomorrow. What an awful customer experience.
Regards
Duncan

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