By: missy2pipin

missy2pipin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:39:17 +0000

i have to agree there,and no, it does feel like you can’t win joyce

By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:20:28 +0000

I am one of those customers that have prepayment meters. It is so unfair and unjust to be charged so much extra because you pay for your utilitiy bills as you use them. I pay between £18 – 20 each for electric and gas, that’s per week! It is unreal to expect us to pay so much. But because I’m disabled and need the warmth, we have no option but to pay this ridiculous amount. We have a 3 bedroom bungalow, so that amount of money we pay is so unreal. We are with Southern electric for our gas and electric and a little while ago they promised me cheaper fuel costs … but so far that hasn’t happened. They also sent us a letter saying that if I went to the main post office to get my gas then they would put £12 on the card as a good will gesture. So down we went … a bit out of our way but we went none the less. I gave the cashier the letter and my gas card, she took the lettter as it had a bar code on it so you had to give the letter as that was what the money was on. I also gave her a further £15 cash to go on the card. Which makes that a total amount of £27. When we got home, my son put the card in the meter and within 10 days all of the money had gone!!! So much for a good will gesture. I know which kind of gesture I would use and it wouldn’t be lady like! It seems to me you just can’t win where these big companies are concerned.

By: CCHE DebK

CCHE DebK — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:17 +0000

I can now pass on the good news that an announcement was made yesterday by British Gas saying that it will no longer charge a premium to its gas prepay meter users.

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By: missy2pipin

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