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Thames Water sneaky price increase

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I think i am not dreaming......

Last year when i paid my annual water bill to Thames water i am sure i paid 10 installments by Direct debit

This years bill only allows you to pay the annual bill with
1, 2 or 8 direct debits.

If that isnt an underhanded way of increasing prices i dont know what is.

Anyone else noticed this ?

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  • Rex_Mundi
    Rex_Mundi Posts: 6,312 Forumite
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    Reading your message made me look at my bills for this and last year. The payments are over the same period (8 months), but the price has gone up 21.33%!!!

    Obviously the shareholders need new jags this year!!! (Robbing B******S)
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  • Xbigman
    Xbigman Posts: 3,915 Forumite
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    How many direct debits there are is immaterial, the bill is still the same extortionate amount.

    You do however get less time to pay it with less DD's.

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  • surfcat
    surfcat Posts: 734 Forumite
    yeah the dds are a pain! Ours start in april for this year and we're moving out in July. I asked them to change to monthly but they wouldn't, offering only 8 (the current), annual, or 6 monthly. So what I'm gonna do is cancel the dd after 2 months, when it will have paid our bill for the 3 months we'll be left in the house.
  • Loobeylou
    Loobeylou Posts: 901 Forumite
    Yorkshire Water have been doing this for years and it is spread over eight months.
  • boofy_2
    boofy_2 Posts: 422 Forumite
    I pay by instalments through a payment book. The new year's prices have gone up by £7 a month! Outrageous.
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