Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 10 August 2008, 22:18:24
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Not got mine yet......but Southern Electric came out to read my meter last week.....
Just interested in how others leccy bills are.....since the fuel hike in prices....
TB is excluded from this......as he has a secret blast furnace he carnt find ;D
And i'll make it anon by adding a poll :y
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>:(
Did you have to remind me >:(
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For a quarter bill not a month :y
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anything under £250? You're having a Bobby Moore >:(
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Waspy - it was a Quarter, not a fornight!!
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Hard to say what i'm paying as i'm on a prepayment meter for gas & leccy despite being an employed home owner. Reason being i'm mostly here on my own & estimated bills are based on my 3 bed semi being a family home resulting in phone calls & hassle on recieving estimated quarterly bills wildly higher than my real usage.
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Voted :y
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Waspy - it was a Quarter, not a fornight!!
Would you like me to take a pic of my monthly DD & post it up?
Gas is the same too :y
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>:(
Did you have to remind me >:(
Oppps sorry :-[.....says me sitting in the dark to save leccy ;D
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anything under £250? You're having a Bobby Moore >:(
Theres always the 'more' option ;D :D
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Waspy - it was a Quarter, not a fornight!!
Would you like me to take a pic of my monthly DD & post it up?
Gas is the same too :y
Errr No.....You probably have a leccy and gas fetish ;D :D
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break me, I'm double the next highest >:(
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248 quid last quarter.I did cap it just before the latest increase,until dec. 2009,otherwise i would be bankrupt by then. >:(
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Voted
On the bright side been informed by my gas supplier they owes me £600 :)
Not that i will see the cash,or any interest it is generating.
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Voted
On the bright side been informed by my gas supplier they owes me £600 :)
Not that i will see the cash,or any interest it is generating.
Is this due to overbilling on monthly direct debit ?
I have heard some horror stories about this system and refuse to sign up to it. :-/
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£140 on E-on duel fuel online but this was before recent price hike, just swapped it to a capped for a year at much higher price :o
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Voted
On the bright side been informed by my gas supplier they owes me £600 :)
Not that i will see the cash,or any interest it is generating.
Is this due to overbilling on monthly direct debit ?
I have heard some horror stories about this system and refuse to sign up to it. :-/
And your dead right not too...my final bill from british gas was £50....then a few days later £400...disputed this so new bill week later £900....£800...£350 REFUND..bill £580....£830.....and im averaging 2 new bills a month.
Oh and not knowing i had TWO accounts with them..... :D
Id advise anyone too steer clear of british gas...prices are high,customer service terrible and the tell blatant lies....despite energywatch proving there lying they still insist on lying ;D
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Voted
On the bright side been informed by my gas supplier they owes me £600 :)
Not that i will see the cash,or any interest it is generating.
And they're getting your interest on that..... >:( I pay late and I get their interest.... Ba5tard5..... :D
We are capped at the moment with British Gas until 2010... I'm seriously considering taking out the gas fire, which we do not use, and burning coal and wood, drop the combi temp to virtually nothing and fit more energy saving bulbs... :y
My wife is having an exercise cycle with a dynamo fitted so that we can watch telly too ;)
Other than that, it's live in the towable home... :-X
DC :P
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On the bright side been informed by my gas supplier they owes me £600 :)
Not that i will see the cash,or any interest it is generating.
And they're getting your interest on that..... >:( I pay late and I get their interest.... Ba5tard5..... :D
We are capped at the moment with British Gas until 2010... I'm seriously considering taking out the gas fire, which we do not use, and burning coal and wood, drop the combi temp to virtually nothing and fit more energy saving bulbs... :y
My wife is having an exercise cycle with a dynamo fitted so that we can watch telly too ;)
Other than that, it's live in the towable home... :-X
DC :P
Since my £100 per month leccy bills first started arriving, I've been on an energy drive - low energy bulbs, lower powered server, phones charged at work, more efficient laptop, lights off when not in use, down to 1 fridge freezer (from fridge freezer, fridge and freezer) etc. This has kept leccy bill stable to £100 per month, despite the increases over last 18-24 months.
Not sure how to reduce it further? Turn off the OOF server? :o
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6 squids a week, sometimes less ;D ;D ;D ;D
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6 squids a week, sometimes less ;D ;D ;D ;D
What ... you must live in a box ,survive on takeaways and read by candle...... ;D
We're on 175 euro ( £150 ) every TWO months and it's going up by 20% next bill. :(
I'll be reading this thread with interest .........
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6 squids a week, sometimes less ;D ;D ;D ;D
What ... you must live in a box ,survive on takeaways and read by candle...... ;D
We're on 175 euro ( £150 ) every TWO months and it's going up by 20% next bill. :(
I'll be reading this thread with interest .........
i work nights, have no time for tv unless my boy is here. if im not working im usually out doing something at the moment so not usung anything. my gas is probably about 4 quid a week as well, thats if i use it at all. boiler is so large it stays hot for 4 days :)
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In my flat we're on a pre-pay key meter which works out to around £60.00 a month at the moment. We tend to put £20 on it every 10 days which might work out a bit dearer than having a normal meter but then we don't have any unpleasant surprises every quarter. ::)
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where is your option for £0?
;D ;D
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I do about £25-30 a week pre pay electric and £5 gas .
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I've voted, but mine's so bad I can only afford to switch my PC on to cast it; now I have to switch off again if I am going to afford a loaf of bread for this week! :o :o :D :D ;D ;D ;)
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where is your option for £0?
;D ;D
You have obviously got a good system there Tunnie; meter bypass, induction coil or straight from the street lights via a transformer? ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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where is your option for £0?
;D ;D
You have obviously got a good system there Tunnie; meter bypass, induction coil or straight from the street lights via a transformer? ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Well he was a student ;D ;D :D
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£224 converted from euros. Electric is so expensive in Spain. Like most countries (Britain excepted) you contract what electric supply you might need , in our case 5.5Kw. If you use more you get surcharged!! That no doubt is a remnant from Francos days and explains much of the lack of customer service ethos.
All meters are read every two months without fail no matter how rural the premises. No estimated bills and the only option for payment is direct debit. :o
Some people very erroneously think Spain is a cheap country to live in. ;D
varche
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where is your option for £0?
;D ;D
You have obviously got a good system there Tunnie; meter bypass, induction coil or straight from the street lights via a transformer? ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Well he was a student ;D ;D :D
That explains a lot TD I know!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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where is your option for £0?
;D ;D
You have obviously got a good system there Tunnie; meter bypass, induction coil or straight from the street lights via a transformer? ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Well he was a student ;D ;D :D
That explains a lot TD I know!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
It was great being a student, when we had our house we got the Council tax bill though £1,280 :o
... we sent of 4 proof of studentness.
Bill came back, with a new invoice of £0.00 :D
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where is your option for £0?
;D ;D
You have obviously got a good system there Tunnie; meter bypass, induction coil or straight from the street lights via a transformer? ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Well he was a student ;D ;D :D
That explains a lot TD I know!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
It was great being a student, when we had our house we got the Council tax bill though £1,280 :o
... we sent of 4 proof of studentness.
Bill came back, with a new invoice of £0.00 :D
Indeed Tunnie, that is one of the advantages of being a student; no Council Tax for three years!! :y :y :y
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i put £10 a week on the meter, and that is 4 adults and a child living in here......
put the meter in when things were a little tight and didn't want unexpected bills, never got round to having it taken out as we have got used to just popping down the shops on a sunday, pick up the paper, croissants and £10 'leccy'