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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2008 13:02:01 GMT
I had my gas and electric bills yesterday - both of which show me up to dat (indeed the Gas shows we recovered from owing them about £100 earlier in the year) So I was rather shocked to find that my bills had gone up from £18->£30 (electric) and £44 -> £83 gas.
I found it hard to believe that price increases could account for 66% and 88% price increases.
The man on the phone (after the woman we first spoke to cur us off) was trying to make excuses (and indeed made a different calculation that still showed the gas at an astonishing £65 pound a month)
I told them where to go and have taken my business elsewhere.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2008 13:05:23 GMT
Good call, the utilities companies are assholes. They will immediately increase prices to cover any increased costs but take a dogs age to pass any benefits back down.
A few months ago, when I was through at Ralph's we were blethering about this subject and both agreed any political party who decided to renationalise or at least take a controlling interest in the utilities industry would get into office by a massive landslide.
The money-grabbing bastards at these firms are so short-sighted they forget the damage that they will suffer when the tragically inevitable winter deaths from hypothermia due to families not being able to afford heating occur.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2008 15:53:24 GMT
The price increases are a cause of concern for me right now. I was paid up with the electricity via monthly direct debits but am finding that the recent price rises mean I am suddenly in receipt of arrears. Which I can't pay as I have no job. I could pay it when I get the flat deposit back and use some of that...but I can't get the deposit until I prove the utility bills are paid off. Catch 22.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Nov 18, 2008 21:13:39 GMT
You are not the only one who has noticed large increases in the cost of utility bills. My gas bill for the last quarter jumped up significantly by comparison with this time last quarter. The increase in my electricity bill has made me even more disciplined than I already was about turning off things that aren't currently in use, and making sure I only light the part of my house that I am currently in.
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 18, 2008 23:20:02 GMT
Bills? I'll tell you about bills. I feel like a pelican. Everywhere I look I've got an enormous bill infront of me.
(AAAAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Black Adder 198whatever! Marvelous!)
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 19, 2008 7:22:00 GMT
The price increases are a cause of concern for me right now. I was paid up with the electricity via monthly direct debits but am finding that the recent price rises mean I am suddenly in receipt of arrears. Which I can't pay as I have no job. I could pay it when I get the flat deposit back and use some of that...but I can't get the deposit until I prove the utility bills are paid off. Catch 22. Well, if you need a short-term loan to sort that out you only have to ask, but I'd have thought you could just request the landlord to pay the bills themselves and deduct it from your deposit, and have the utilities companies reissue the bills to the landlord. Or is that too sensible an arrangement for the real world? Martin
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 19, 2008 8:40:43 GMT
Martin speaks the truth. In the past, I had similar arrangements with my landlord(s). It requires a certain amount of trust, though!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2008 11:34:43 GMT
The terms of the lease preclude the use of the deposit to pay for utility bills.
The only way I can solve this is by talking reallyfastlikeDavidTennantinDoctorWho when I hand my keys in and see if that works.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2020 11:52:43 GMT
I wonder how I solved that.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 9, 2020 18:34:26 GMT
Seduction.
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