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Free Gas and Leccy for a year
When we first moved to London we rented a shitty flat in Newington green. The place was a dump but it was cheap and when we cleaned it up it wasn't too bad.

Anyway we got our gas a electricity through Gritish Bas and all was fine for a year until I started receiving Red letter from Powergen saying I owed them £600 odd and they were going to cut me off. Phoned Powergen and they claimed that I had signed up with them for my Gas and Electricity (which I hadn't) and they had not received one payment that year.

This was all baffling and annoying as I was skint. After numerous phone calls to GB and Powergen I worked out that I was being billed for the wrong flat.

Turns out the Little Scottish Scrout who lived in the flat below me had signed up for Powergen and put my name and flat number down. Not only that I was paying GB for his flat as well. GB and Powergen didn't care and just wanted their money. So I phoned Energywatch who were very helpful. Once GB and Powergen got wind that I was making an official complaint all was squared.

GB refunded me a years worth of bills which something close to £500 and Powergen went after my neighbour (who had done a runner) for their money.

Moved about a month later into a flat in Finchley and never bothered paying for gas or electricity for a year (they never sent a bill).
(Wed 20th Sep 2006, 10:54, More)