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Old 01-02-2023, 01:25 PM #1
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My normal pay as you go gas meter is not using the money that’s on it but giving me gas?
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You can fix most problems by wiping your key or card with a clean dry cloth and putting back in your meter

i have read?
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You can fix most problems by wiping your key or card with a clean dry cloth and putting back in your meter

i have read?
But I’m getting free gas
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But I’m getting free gas
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That's what we call a "Tell no one and never mention it to anyone ever again" situation.
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Class...take a photo of the meter reading just in case
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Class...take a photo of the meter reading just in case
I’m sure I will end up paying in the end
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I’m sure I will end up paying in the end
Probably, so best to have a note of the reading
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But I’m getting free gas
Isn't that illegal!? Lol
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Isn't that illegal!? Lol
Only if you intentionally bypass the meter
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Only if you intentionally bypass the meter

Yeah .. I guess most people wouldn’t even notice anyways - I never look at ours


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Its jam isnt it.
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Isn't that illegal!? Lol
Only if it's intentional - I once got a few free weeks because the olde-style meter froze in place and it took them weeks to come and replace it, and when they did they just had to take the reading as what it said on the dial (which was of course exactly what it had said 2 weeks earlier).

Back then that was only about £20 free - would be loads these days

Think that was the leccy actually not gas, they tend to fix gas meters pretty quick, so no one gets blown up etc.

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Plead ignorance.
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Yeah I wouldn't be telling them
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If you are with Octopus Sherriff, this might explain it?

Thousands of energy customers have received a shock 99.9pc discount on their energy bills.


Unfortunately for them this was not the deal of the century but a glitch at supplier Octopus which meant customers had hundreds of pounds wiped from their bills.

Octopus sent an email to several thousands customers last week admitting it had billed them just 0.01pc for the amount of gas they used over the past few months.

The provider blamed the blunder on a “data feed error from a third party” affecting several thousand customers who have old imperial gas metres. All new gas metres are metric (that is, they record usage in cubic metres) but many households’ meters still register in cubic feet.

Octopus said it will not be seeking repayment from the customers who were undercharged and all of them have now been contacted.

A spokesman for Octopus said: “Several customers have since let us know they were aware the payments were lower than expected but that they were enjoying the discounts. Of course, we are offering further support to any affected customers as required.”


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No, I’m not with octopus, I’m with edf and have a newer meter
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Is it still happening no wonder EDF posted losses
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Is it still happening no wonder EDF posted losses
Yes I’m still on free street
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To think there’s families eating out of food banks and living with no heat.
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To think there’s families eating out of food banks and living with no heat.
then some good news about the Sheriff's free heat will cheer them up

if not then they may want to take a good look at themselves
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To think there’s families eating out of food banks and living with no heat.
What are you doing about it.
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What are you doing about it.
So you have free gas...telling EDF isn’t going to mean they will give your free gas to someone else...enjoy Sherriff
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So you have free gas...telling EDF isn’t going to mean they will give your free gas to someone else...enjoy Sherriff
Exactly , I was asking what is Glenn going to do to help the people he mentioned
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