I owe npower £ 152 000. Apparently.

[Pinkie Brown]

Privatised utility companies are the scum of the earth. I've been having a similar fight with edf on behalf of my Mother. They claim she owes a four figure sum for her combined electric & gas which is utter crap. They sent out an amended bill for the electric but are claiming the gas was an exact reading despite my Mother having a letter stating the gas reading was an estimation!

The other favourite stunt is being changed from one company to another without your knowledge. They all claim its not possible. Thats complete crap because it happened to my Mother.

The sooner the utility companies are back in public ownership the better. The whole industry is a complicated webb of corperate spivs.

Re the OP & his problem: I'd strongly suggest going to the papers but as we know, many get their source material from this forum anyway. I expect they're already on the case & you'll be getting a call very soon!

 

[Biscuit]

I have had a dispute for npower for about a year. They keep sending me estimated readings with ridiculous amounts owing and ignore the actual readings. This culminated on Xmas Eve, yes Xmas Eve when I got a letter demanding over £ 2000 or they were threatening to cut me off.

I had, I thought resolved the matter when they accepted the correct readings and apologised and even bunged me £ 50 back off my bill.

NO, today I have got a letter demanding £ 9535 for Gas and £ 142480 for electricity ! As I live without central heating and use a minimal amount of electricity you have to laugh. I am not running a nuclear power station here !

Is this worth sending to the press do you think as I have had enough now ?

All joking aside it is very stressful and they do not reply to correspondence and keep sending out these letters and sending meter reading men around weekly.

If it's any piece of mind I've gone through something very similar and demanded they come out and check the meter themselves. They did, apologised and then charged me shit loads anyway. Just tell them they've agreed they were wrong, offered you a token gesture and then somewhere along the line this hasn't been communicated as you've just received a crazy bill.

They try it on, and will make a lot of money out of you just from queuing on their phone lines - keep going, it'll all resolve.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Where's @Walt Jabasco when you need him?

 

[SK1NT]

Its been a battle for a year. £ 2000 was bad enough but £ 152000 ! I am at my wits end as whatever I do is ignored.

Electricity costs have gone up and it was fairly cold this winter

 

[Simster]

If anyone has any media contacts or wants this " scoop " I would be happy to assist. I reckon its is a good story.

Give it to Richie - perhaps you could feed him ALL the juicy details for a small contribution to REMF?

 

[Everest]

£142,480 for electricity?

Just how much cannabis have you been growing?

 

[Triggaaar]

Do you leave your TV on standby - it all mounts up you know, £1, £2 then before you know it .... £150k.

Don't give this story to the Daily Mail, sell it to them. Got to be worth a couple of hundred

 

[Badger]

See if you can find a tenuous link to Princess Di or immigration in this country, that should sell it

 

[perseus]

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[upthealbion1970]

Do you leave your TV on standby - it all mounts up you know, £1, £2 then before you know it .... £150k.

I believe this type of estimation is called the "zaha method", bill likely to be worth at least 10 million sometime soon......

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can I interest you in some solar panels Uncle?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I may just go the whole hog and live without gas and electricity now and read a book by candlelight in the evening, eat cold food and stock up on candles.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Without being nosey how do you heat your house without CH?

Copious amounts of hot air, I would have thought.

 

[Mr Blobby]

Ahhhh so US gets himself angry by reading NSC to keep WARM! I expect to see a more mild US now that the sun is out and temperatures are up!

 

[SK1NT]

I may just go the whole hog and live without gas and electricity now and read a book by candlelight in the evening, eat cold food and stock up on candles.

 

[vulture]

If anyone has any media contacts or wants this " scoop " I would be happy to assist. I reckon its is a good story.

scoop pmsl...what planet are you on........Uncle S in a shock look at me attention seeking thread why do you feel the need to tell us everything about your life? You are now going on my ignore list as you are the biggest ---- on this board

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

WTF are you going on about Vulture ? This I think it an interesting matter and quite amusing. Most people post stuff about their day to day things and occurences. It is not an attention seeking thread. I have no idea what your issue is but PLEASE do not bother opening any of my threads. Thanks.

 

[arewethereyet?]

can you pay it back through installments ?

 

[WhingForPresident]

Posting in this thread on the off chance the Daily Mail takes quotes from NSC and puts them into a story again.

If a Daily Mail journo is reading this: "I am utterly outraged- I blame the illegal immigrants working for nPower. Hearing this makes me as sad as when I heard about Diana, God rest her soul. What a marvellous, majestic lady she was"

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I once got a bill from Southern Water for 80 pence. It came with an offer to pay it off in 10 monthly instalments of 8 pence, which I accepted. They never bothered to send me the Direct Debit form.