electricity cut off by the courts, help!

property.advert

Premier wrote: »

As well as the excellent advice given by basmic above, perhaps you could teach your friend the importance of concentrating on paying the essentials first (like the leccy) before splashing out on luxuries (like mobile phones)!

I'll lay odds that this blessed woman has done some of the following:

Smoked
Done drugs
Drunk alcohol
Bought scratch or lottery tickets
Bought some rubbish on a catalogue
Sent meaningless text messages
Phoned someone just around the corner
Bought prepared food
Gone out for an evening
Has Sky
Has any PSP etc.

I could go on and on.

A single parent with one kid can get their rent paid, £15 a week on top of their rent for free, £64.30 income support, £54.31 tax credits and £20 child benefit. So there is over £150 a week. Another 2 kids means around another £26.40 or so in child benefit plus more tax credits. I bet she is probably near £1000 a month (entitled to came to £249.93 a week before the £15 a week rent uplift.)

If you cannot pay your bills on £1000 a month or more of free money then I don't know what to say.

Aytoun27

property.advert wrote: »

I'll lay odds that this blessed woman has done some of the following:

Smoked
Done drugs
Drunk alcohol
Bought scratch or lottery tickets
Bought some rubbish on a catalogue
Sent meaningless text messages
Phoned someone just around the corner
Bought prepared food
Gone out for an evening
Has Sky
Has any PSP etc.

I could go on and on.

A single parent with one kid can get their rent paid, £15 a week on top of their rent for free, £64.30 income support, £54.31 tax credits and £20 child benefit. So there is over £150 a week. Another 2 kids means around another £26.40 or so in child benefit plus more tax credits. I bet she is probably near £1000 a month (entitled to came to £249.93 a week before the £15 a week rent uplift.)

If you cannot pay your bills on £1000 a month or more of free money then I don't know what to say.

Well, heaven forbid that anyone on benefits should go out for an evening or make a phone call and obviously if she's a single parent she must be drinking and/or taking drugs:rolleyes: Sometimes I don't know why people bother coming on here for help at all....

samtastic7

Aytoun27 wrote: »

Well, heaven forbid that anyone on benefits should go out for an evening or make a phone call and obviously if she's a single parent she must be drinking and/or taking drugs:rolleyes: Sometimes I don't know why people bother coming on here for help at all....

i dont think thta is what is meant but what is being said is things LIKE sky are a luxury and you only have them if you can afford it

muckybutt

samtastic7 wrote: »

i dont think thta is what is meant but what is being said is things LIKE sky are a luxury and you only have them if you can afford it

Who said anything about her having sky !!!!!!, the only "luxury" the op has said she has is a mobile, for all we know it might be a payg and she puts a fiver a month on, christ the op came on here for help and the help she gets is folks slating her, whats to say the ops friend has a mental disorder or cant write or read, help is what this person needs not flaming :mad::mad::mad:

Premier_2

muckybutt wrote: »

... help is what this person needs not flaming :mad::mad::mad:

... or being suggested as being a head case or illitterate. :rolleyes:

Even £5 per month on a mobile (which is your assumption) is £60 per year spent on that luxury, whilst not paying the essential i.e. the leccy bill.

Good advice was given as early as post#2 and by me in post#8, but I was accused of being a troll! :eek:

What help have you given the OP regarding the problem described?

samtastic7

muckybutt wrote: »

Who said anything about her having sky !!!!!!, the only "luxury" the op has said she has is a mobile, for all we know it might be a payg and she puts a fiver a month on, christ the op came on here for help and the help she gets is folks slating her, whats to say the ops friend has a mental disorder or cant write or read, help is what this person needs not flaming :mad::mad::mad:

!!!!!! i was not slating her i used sky as an example i was just pointing something out like i did in an earlier reply that if she spoke to the company and made small regular payment they would help her . they DON'T want to cut people offI was once told if you are having trouble paying someone you are best making small regular payments even £1 a week as when it goes to court it shows you are still trying to pay and as they are recieving somthing it goes in your favour


don't have ago at me

timmmers

Premier wrote: »

... or being suggested as being a head case or illitterate. :rolleyes:

Even £5 per month on a mobile (which is your assumption) is £60 per year spent on that luxury, whilst not paying the essential i.e. the leccy bill.

Good advice was given as early as post#2 and by me in post#8, but I was accused of being a troll! :eek:

What help have you given the OP regarding the problem described?

Saying nothing is better than kicking someone when they are down.

I have a mobile that I paid 5 quid credit on 3 months ago..and it's still there apart from a couple of quid, hardly a massive expense would you say? A woman alone with kids that could get sick who can't afford a LL probably would feel that value for money. essential even.

The damn meter doesn't belong to either the LL, the customer or the supplier....it varies from region to region who owns it. It could one of many companies.

Usually the company visits the premises to survey prior to fitting a pre pay meter...so maybe the LL got involved and interfered there? I had a mix up where I missed letters when my Mum dies..the guy who came to survey sorted it all out on his mobile (he was a very rich man obviously having one)....right there and then with the supplier.

I'm 99% sure he told me that the reason they visit was partly to ensure that the person involved wasn't elderly or had kids...obvioulsy a vulnerable group.

Amazing how such a large proportion of replies on this thread are clever dicks crowing over an unfortunate person who can't even post herself (luckily as it happens) ...what a way to get your kicks eh? :rolleyes:

t

Premier_2

timmmers wrote: »

Saying nothing is better than kicking someone when they are down. ...

Who's kicking anyone?

timmmers wrote: »

...Amazing how such a large proportion of replies on this thread are clever dicks crowing over an unfortunate person who can't even post herself (luckily as it happens) ...what a way to get your kicks eh? :rolleyes:...

Question answered. :rolleyes:

Sponge

property.advert wrote: »

I'll lay odds that this blessed woman has done some of the following:

Smoked
Done drugs
Drunk alcohol
Bought scratch or lottery tickets
Bought some rubbish on a catalogue
Sent meaningless text messages
Phoned someone just around the corner
Bought prepared food
Gone out for an evening
Has Sky
Has any PSP etc.

I could go on and on.

Totally out of order. You have absolutely no evidence to back up anything you have written. In fact, I'd say this is worthy of reporting as abuse. Heck, accusing someone of having/had a drug/alcohol problem (which is effectively what you've done) could be construed as libellous. This forum has rules about how what you can and cannot post. I suggest you look them up.

deano19690

no one mentioned the cost of..

school uniforms
school trips
bus fares
other school equipment.... :rolleyes:

and can they legally `break in` to your house....
i dont think they can, even a baliff cant do that !!! :mad:


however she must have had previous letters and warnings