Moved to Scottish Power last Novemeber and yesterday they send me a bill for £780?

tryingtobegood

If you register your account online with Scottish Power they have a facility to allow you to inform them of your metre readings. I currently read the metres around the 1st of the month and enter these readings online.
I do this so basically so that Scottish Power can't issue me with estimated bills :eek:and also so that I can actually monitor how much gas and electricity we use monthly.:money:
Maybe this would help in the future ( I know it doesn't help clear your £780 bill at the moment).

Martin_McCarthy

tryingtobegood wrote: »

If you register your account online with Scottish Power they have a facility to allow you to inform them of your metre readings. I currently read the metres around the 1st of the month and enter these readings online.
I do this so basically so that Scottish Power can't issue me with estimated bills :eek:and also so that I can actually monitor how much gas and electricity we use monthly.:money:
Maybe this would help in the future ( I know it doesn't help clear your £780 bill at the moment).

Ah this sounds like a great way to do it! Many thanks

espresso

Martin_McCarthy wrote: »

Hi

My complaint is why they have left it so long and let the bill get so big before highlighting this fact to me, plus I think it could be incorrect, but I'm going to work it out now thanks to the help from here

Martin_McCarthy wrote: »

Ah this sounds like a great way to do it! Many thanks

Strange that after not bothering to read your meters for a year, you now think that it's a good idea to read them monthly!

:rolleyes:

Antispam

You appear to have fallen into the trap that many do that it must be cheaper to leave and go to a new supplier because you DD are lower, they are lower for a reason to hook you into a false sense of security

You should keep regularly meter readings and tell the supplier and also keep notes of this so when you compare you compare with how much you use rather than by payments

Martin_McCarthy

espresso wrote: »

Strange that after not bothering to read your meters for a year, you now think that it's a good idea to read them monthly!

:rolleyes:

Well after being hit with a large unexpected bill why would you think it strange?

Is your purpose on these forums to belittle and embarras new members?

All I'm aking for is some help and support which everyone except you seems to be very good at doing.... If your not going to help only take the mic then please don't waste your time posting here....

Thanks guys

Martin_McCarthy

Antispam wrote: »

You appear to have fallen into the trap that many do that it must be cheaper to leave and go to a new supplier because you DD are lower, they are lower for a reason to hook you into a false sense of security

You should keep regularly meter readings and tell the supplier and also keep notes of this so when you compare you compare with hoe much you use rather than by payments

Hi there

Yes your right and moving forward I will do this on a monthly basis...

Many thanks

1carminestocky

I'm sat here wondering what us 'utility-savvy' will have left to make us feel superior when everyone has a smart meter, lol.

property.advert

Whilst I find people who get into this situation as rather stupid not to take charge of their usage and not check meter readings, I also have some sympathy if they are on old fashioned tariffs. Unless the customer has changed the tariff to one where they have to do the work, then it has been traditional for the companies to come round every 3 months and check the meter.

Now these companies cannot be bothered to come round and then they want to shirk responsibility for crap estimates or wrong readings.

You're going to have to pay, perhaps with some discount but should be given time.

[Deleted User]

head stuck in the sand eh OP?

We are with sp and input our readings every month so that we can keep track of our expenditure. Don`t blame sp, blame yourself for not being on the ball re YOUR usage and costs

RHYSDAD

Martin_McCarthy wrote: »

Is your purpose on these forums to belittle and embarras new members?

All I'm aking for is some help and support which everyone except you seems to be very good at doing.... If your not going to help only take the mic then please don't waste your time posting here....

Thanks guys

Get used to it mate, it's what some members on here thrive on.......:whistle: