ConnedswiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
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chthonic, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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Anglian Water"One hundred and fifty seven pounds? I think that's somewhat excessive for six months!" I opined.
"Well sir, that's about normal. Seriously, I don't see a problem there" replied the laughingly titled 'customer service operative'.
"Well, it's just me. Can you explain these charges?" I challenged
"Yes sir, you've used xxxx units of water. You owe us £156.95".
One year on I'm now a customer of Thames Water. Despite bathing AND showering daily, my water bill for the last six months was £80.99...
Anglian Water have not only royally ripped me off, but bent me over, whipped off my shorts and fisted me too for good measure.
I hope they all drown slowly in the effluent they overcharged me to dispose of.
Robbing cunts.
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 10:43, 8 replies)
Pay to bring, pay to take away ...I too find it entertaining how water companies charge you to deliver (what passes as) fresh water to your abode, then charge you again to get rid of it ...
There is a meter on the incoming stuff, but none on the outgoing. My friends are an EnviroNut lot, so piss in a bottle and pour it onto a reed bed (lovely crop of 'herb' every year hidden between the reeds) but still get charged as if they had pissed it down the bog. Likewise they siphon the bathwater to water the garden (lovely crop of ... oh). Charged twice. "Rip-Off Britain"?
What gives?
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 10:52, closed)
RateWhy don't you get it metered (if possible)? If you live on your own it's more likely to be cheaper that way than paying the estimated rate.
Or simply don't drink, wash or flush the bog.
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abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 11:16,
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Metered?I was metered...
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 11:20, closed)
In that case.....it must have been mineral water pumped from the Pyrenees or something.
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abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 11:23,
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You could be right...What annoyed me was the fact that they attempted to justify the charges as being "average" when they clearly weren't.
I guess I suspected some neighbourly water meter related skullduggery but the fact remains that a) I was metered and b) I was charged a fucking fortune.
Actually, come to think of it I was dating the younger sister of the guy who used to read my meter... Begins to make sense now...
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 11:28, closed)
Or...c) given how leaky the pipework is in your area ... you have contributed back to the water table in the 20yds from the meter to your door.
Recycling, innit?!
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 12:21, closed)
Count yourself luckyLiving in Devon I get no choice in using South West water, listed as the most expensive water company in Britain since they have the most coastline to maintain, thus ALL their water has to be cleaned properly rather than kinda cleaned and dumped in a river like Thames water ;-)
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 12:56, closed)
Thames WaterPerhaps Thames Water are cheaper because they are still riding high on the wave of cash/publicity that Coca-Cola gave them.
Remember the flood of Dasani news stories back in 2004? Launching a drink in the UK as "Bottled spunk" was their first mistake, revealing that it was filtered tap water was the second error but filling it with carciogenic minerals was the final drop in the ocean.
P.S. See how I've managed to seamlessly crowbar in a few water-based turns of phrase there? Impressed? I was!
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e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 13:43,
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