BG late payment charges

bogwart

Premier wrote: »

Now how do you know what type of shirt a poster is wearing???
Presumptious? Your post speaks for itself!

Take my advice and stick to your day job; you'll never make it as a comedian. Try something that gives you a company bandwagon. And do make an effort to improve your spelling.

Premier_2

Ooh we've a feisty one here! :eek:

Registered for 18 months, only 15 posts to date, 10 of which are in this thread, mostly abusing other posters!:rolleyes:

What other id's do you post under?

bogwart

Premier wrote: »

Registered for 18 months, only 15 posts to date, 10 of which are in this thread, mostly abusing other posters!:rolleyes:

Mostly being patronised by other posters, you mean. Do the statistics you have quoted really count for anything? This isn't about who's got the biggest one.

If you - and most of the others who have responded - had actually tried to deal with my question we wouldn't be having this conversation. It seems that in the absence of any knowledge of the law you (generalisation) fall back on what seems to come easiest, which is a series of attacks on aspects of my character.

Well you can take it, and insert it slowly where the sun doesn't shine. But then you'll probably enjoy that.

Premier_2

bogwart wrote: »

... It seems that in the absence of any knowledge of the law you (generalisation) fall back on what seems to come easiest, which is a series of attacks on aspects of my character.
...

I think you're confusing me with someone much closer to home

bogwart

Premier wrote: »

I think you're confusing me with someone much closer to home

Don't start what you can't finish, moonbeam. Now do us both a favour and get lost. Please.

*Chattie*

So unless you like the answers given no-one should post on this thread or if they do then face abuse from you? Try going back to when you first posed this question eighteen months ago.

Cardew

bogwart,

I, for one, am not sure what advice you are seeking.

You are quite correct that the legislation you quoted earlier only allows a company to charge for expenses occurred and not impose a 'penalty' or 'fine' - which was the essence of the bank charges saga.

From what I posted earlier, the BG T & C's clearly allow them to make a charge.

So surely the only issue is if £14 is reasonable or not? you can take that matter up with Bg and the Energy ombudsman.

What other advice are you seeking?

smidgey

Of course the £14 is justified. Lets have a look at the path you go down...

28 days after your bill is produced you get your red reminder (Letter number 1)

35 days after your bill is produced you get a telephone call from a debt agent (telephone call number 1)

42 days after your bill is produced you get a disconnection notice (Letter number 2 - stating unless you pay withing 10 working days you will be charged £14)

49 days after your bill is produced you get another telephone call from a debt agent (telephone call number 2)

56 days after your bill is produced you get issued a telemessage and are charged £14

KimYeovil

Five months to save up some money. Five months of pension credit payments. Five months to glance at your meter and estimate how much you should be saving.

You are, of course, correct - it is more trouble than it's worth for British Gas to go through the Courts and demand the penalty you owe them. This does not justify your specious, vexatious complaint. Other branches of these forums may celebrate such petty-minded arm-chancing. Here, however, many of us are more interested in what is fair (other than when we are pig-piling on nPower.)

You still haven't explained why you short-mindedly are voting for Christmas.

bogwart

Cardew wrote: »

bogwart,

I, for one, am not sure what advice you are seeking.

You are quite correct that the legislation you quoted earlier only allows a company to charge for expenses occurred and not impose a 'penalty' or 'fine' - which was the essence of the bank charges saga.

From what I posted earlier, the BG T & C's clearly allow them to make a charge.

And that is precisely and exactly what I asked, and the only people who have answered that specific question are yourself and WhistleBlower.

And I certainly didn't expect the patronising !!!!!!!! I got from the rest of the people here. I have been paying utility bills for 45 years now, and I do believe that I have the hang of it. I have never been cut off and I have never had to make special arrangements for payment.

But what do I get? A load of bleating from people who fit the Daily Mail demographic to a T. People who, instead of answering (or not) the query I made prefer to offer me sermons about how I should pay my bills, as if I was a waster and scrounger. That is something I resent deeply.

Oh well. They won't be seeing me on these boards again.