power companies aaaarrrgggh(slight rant)

[wing nut]

just got my gas and electric bill through the door this morning ,now in november i changed from my last supplier (too damn expensive )to this one ,anyway i stated i wanted monthly direct debit . so what do i get this morning  a whopping bill estimated (first bill as well ) and when i checked they hadnt been taking it out monthly like i told them too ..just worked out my gas and they have estimated it  by nearly double .they offered to correct it, but i think ill leave it  coz come christmas i usually get a big cheque back from them :lol: as i did with my last supplier

ill have to put getting my snorkle off for another month now  :?  :x  :roll:

[barnhill4x4]

When I moved into this house 10 years ago there was a token prepay meter installed for the electric. We bought a  small 120litres Marine fish tank and didn't want to risk the electric running out and killing the fish.
  With the token meter I was putting in £40 a month and with that I would have about £100 rebate every year as I had paid more than I used.
  A year ago they put the normal meter in and said that based on our previous usage we should set up a DD for £50 a month, I thought this was more than I was already using but though that as I was over paying I would get a rebate now and then, Just had a letter through the door saying that £50 a month is not enough and they want £69!!!!!
  I cannot believe that a litte fish tank like this can use £30 of electric a month when the whole house with electric cooker, Washing machine, dishwasher etc costs £40

[Thrasher]

Our leccy bill has recently gone through the roof, but we're in less, and there is nothing new in the house. Baffling me - especially as a breakdown of the usage shows weekdays when we are at work as the high usage times?!

In other news BT credited us £170 which was nice as they've been overcharging for ages!

[v8kenny]

The house I have now used to be an old folks home before we bought it 5 years ago
The gas and leccy were on commercial rates so first thing I did was contact relevant suppliers to change to domestic supply
Leccy co. were no bother but according to Scottish Gas there has never been a gas supply at this property - would love to know what we have been using to run our gas central heating and cooker on for the last 5 years !  :shock:  :lol:

[Range Rover Blues]

Hey, I've just got another bill followed by a snotty letter from Scottish power for over £200, for gas and electricity in an empty house where I don't live.

Just like they sent me last year and had to change :roll:

Better still I had the council tax bill too, now I have to pay 100% of the council tax, becasue the house is empty :shock:

If I lived there on my own it would be 75%

So I rang them up to check and this is very much the case.

"alright" I said, "I'll move in then, you can give me the discount"

"you can't do that" I was told.

It's my pigging house, of course I can move into it.

So it's up for sale now, anyone want a house in Stocksbridge?

[wing nut]

ok just got off the phone again as i worked out my gas ,i have been charged almost double for my gas ,read my metre and gave em a roasting :lol:  :lol:  feel better now

[hobbit]

Trawled through the utilities bills for my place and my father's bungalow, he was paying half as much again then be for gas and electric

My house is a 30's 3 bed, he has a 12 year old bungalow :shock:

[BrumLee]

Our leccy bill has recently gone through the roof, but we're in less, and there is nothing new in the house. Baffling me - especially as a breakdown of the usage shows weekdays when we are at work as the high usage times?!

You're not growing plants in your loft are you    :lol:  :lol:  seems to be the trend in Birmingham at the moment  :shock:

[wing nut]

my leccy was £56 for this quarter and £170 estimated for the gas  :?  no hydroponics here lol :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[gtomo2]

We had fun with the elec board when we moved in to this house are 1/4 bill was about £500 :shock:  which they said was normal for this type of building. So lots of letters and phone calls to offwatt. and found out they had the wrong serail number for our meter and the wrong address. We were paying for a ind unit down the road and they were paying our bill :roll: . So we stoped paying the bill and they soon put everything right thats to offwatt and the ind unit owners complaining for been cut off and taking them to court. Oh and a nice Very big refund :D

[Stormin]

You can't rely on the utility companies. Expecting the usual power cuts this winter, I bought a diesel generator I came across. Rigged it up so I can run the house off it.  :D  Guess what. :?:  Not ONE single power cut. :roll: BTW. We keep getting letters to change our gas supplier. We don't have gas. We can't get gas.