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KimYeovil

aliasojo wrote: »

Is it?

Yes it is. I know what it is like to be poor and I know what the more sensible strategies are. Stop making idiotic assumptions. It may or may not apply to the OP. Being tied to one supplier for years paying off a debt at £3 per week is pretty pointless if they are paying over the odds for ongoing useage.

KimYeovil

Aunt_Harriet wrote: »

£110 out of £258 Does Not = £170!

£64.30 x 52 + £64.30 / 7 (for day 365) divided by 12 is £279.40

tommo812

this lady needs to go to Age Concern and take her bills with her. A trained negotiator will help her for free. I had a problem with fuel company and it took her 45 minutes on the phone to get any sense from them. How do you expect a pensioner to make any head way. My problem was solved for me by that volunteer. Iam 73yrs of age and all I got was a load of Jargon from the fuel company.

aliasojo

Amazing. I'm making idiotic assumptions? :rotfl:

Re-read your posts and mine. Explain where I'm the one making the assumptions?

In fact, don't bother.

neas

must admit...

if you get JSA.. you are getting benefits... which means you aren't 'paying' for anything in a sense.

Obviously this is just getting the person indebted and poorer unfortunately.

I think because the individual cannot manange his/her finances correctly or do have the responsibility to manage the credit meters or tone down usage then a key meter would be appropriate.

I now understand why key meters are used as in this situation soemone will just 'not care' about the meter... and assume (blindly) that a DD is covering their usage... all the while a debt uis building up. At least a key meter will show them that life is hard and sometimes an extra jumper or two will be what is needed when key meter runs out.

The other solution is to find some employment of course... and earn some dooh to pay for things in life.. just like the hunterer gatherers went out working to get food.... and clothing... so must the 2010 people go out earn some 'money' to afford food, clothes, and commodoties like gas/elec.

savemoney

I am not sure AC will help, I believe she isnt a OAP as it says in her profile she works in IT

Maybe Citizen advice but if anything like mine, they are cutting back on hours because of funding cuts

If they OP cant pay and assuming she is consuming that amount then she needs to cut back and get some payment plan to pay the debt off.

Perhaps maybe also improve insulation in the property, and if rented landlords can also get help with insulation

tommo812 wrote: »

this lady needs to go to Age Concern and take her bills with her. A trained negotiator will help her for free. I had a problem with fuel company and it took her 45 minutes on the phone to get any sense from them. How do you expect a pensioner to make any head way. My problem was solved for me by that volunteer. Iam 73yrs of age and all I got was a load of Jargon from the fuel company.

tommo812

To Kim Yeovil, your lack of sympathy for Aunt Harriet is astounding. £64.30. works out at £9.18.per day.She needs help not sarcasm. My question is WHY £64.30 per week only.I know we old people can be a nuisance Iam 73yrs But when I was young I served my country for 14yrs as Royal Marine. I believe the Aim of this site is to try and HELP each other

janninew

neas wrote: »

must admit...

if you get JSA.. you are getting benefits... which means you aren't 'paying' for anything in a sense.

Obviously this is just getting the person indebted and poorer unfortunately.

I think because the individual cannot manange his/her finances correctly or do have the responsibility to manage the credit meters or tone down usage then a key meter would be appropriate.

I now understand why key meters are used as in this situation soemone will just 'not care' about the meter... and assume (blindly) that a DD is covering their usage... all the while a debt uis building up. At least a key meter will show them that life is hard and sometimes an extra jumper or two will be what is needed when key meter runs out.

The other solution is to find some employment of course... and earn some dooh to pay for things in life.. just like the hunterer gatherers went out working to get food.... and clothing... so must the 2010 people go out earn some 'money' to afford food, clothes, and commodoties like gas/elec.

Unless they have been paying into the pot for years and were then made redundant (which is happening to alot of people at the moment!) JSA is there to help people when they most need it. I'm not defending lazy people who sit on benfits for years, but we don't know the OP's full situation and there are alot of assumptions flying about.

OP - Your gas does seem to very high, are you submitting readings often?

KimYeovil

If nurses are expected to not be fat or unhealthy then it is surely fair to expect householders on a low income to keep an eye on their meters and monitor their spending.

robchap_2

KimYeovil wrote: »

If nurses are expected to not be fat or unhealthy then it is surely fair to expect householders on a low income to keep an eye on their meters and monitor their spending.

all i can say about you is your one jumped up !!!!
i realy hope one day someone knocks you off your high horse ppl come here for HELP and ADVICE
not to make a sad person's like you day better from putting them down and attacking them why don't you go back in to the hole you came out off