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# There was an article on fuel poverty on the BBC news this morning
And they interviewed this guy, examined his fuel bills. There was obviously something else on his mind when he was worrying about his payments. I had to look it up.


(barst Rdli Hakkis 4eva in r hartz, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 9:37, archived)
# *Googles* at least we know wherre McDonald's gets its meat now.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 9:39, archived)
# mmm yummy...
won't be long before we're putting the brown bins out every fortnight too! NSF veggytarians??

(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 9:53, archived)
# I remember when I was a student I got a final demand from the gas board. We had a key meter.
On top of that they threatened to cut is off it we didn't pay the amount in full. So I went up to the British Gas shop (yes it was in the days when such things existed), showed the woman at the counter the final demand, the amount due, I put 2p on the counter, told her to keep the change and marched right out.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 10:24, archived)
# I used to spend
alot of time making calls on behalf of clients to agencies like this. And it never ceased to amaze me how effective a polite attitude (or a bit of flirtatious charm) got when negotiating paying their debts off. They're just humans in these companies after all, they will always reasonably negotiate (most times)

also water utility bills, no matter how much threatening they do, cannot cut you off for non payment - it's a basic human right. just sayin' ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 10:40, archived)
# A lot of people know this
Someone from one of the water companies told me that most of the people who owe them money are not poor people struggling to pay, but loaded people who just refuse to pay their bills.
(I helped save b3ta! thistle, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:37, archived)
# they should be able to transfer the debt onto the electricity bill instead
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 14:26, archived)
# In Scotland
You pay for water along with council tax and it's treated as one debt which makes it difficult not to pay for one and not the other.

It stops the rich sticking two fingers up at the water board.

(I think the same applies in the Isle of Man - you pay water along with your rates.)
(azgiles, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 15:45, archived)
# heheeeee
when I lived in less-than-fragrant West Kensington, my room had a phone socket, which I used for dialup - the first bill came and there was no dialup usage on it. So I checked and found it was a completely different number to the main house phone...so I kept using it expecting them to cut it off, and they never did, so someone must have paid for 18 months of my internet. Bargain.

I hope it wasn't anyone here
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:22, archived)
# You owe me £384.12
(I helped save b3ta! The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:23, archived)
# I too lived in West Ken
before I managed to sneak off to Brackenbury Village. It's not as glamorous a postcode as some people imagine.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:30, archived)
# haha yeah
glamorous North End Road, opposite one of the many 24-hr kebab shops
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:33, archived)
# I was really impressed when a friend of mine moved into a flat in West Kensington about ten years back
then I went to stay with him and it was a right dump. He moved up to Holloway Road and it was much nicer, at least until Arsenal moved in over the street.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:52, archived)
# I've been to many a gig there at the Nashville Rooms in the 70's
My mate used to live a few doors down from there and if there was a long queue that used to stretch past her front door, we'd managed to join the queue by leaving the front door and merging ourselves with it.

We saw many a top act but for the life of me I cannot remember any of them except Elvis Costello.

Happy days
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 12:24, archived)
# West Ken is one of my favourite area of London!:O
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 11:58, archived)
# I hope it wasn't anyone.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 14:28, archived)
# So that's why I kept getting 'line engaged'
when I called my chum in West Ken...
(I helped save b3ta! HairyTwatter certified eel and sodium salesman, Sat 22 Oct 2011, 19:17, archived)