Is anyone else obssessed with giving their supplier meter readings?

divadee

mr divadee always chuckles as at least once every 4-6 weeks i trot off round the house to the 2 meters and take the readings and call them through and the freephone meterline.

He says its to obsessive and its really only necessary twice a year.

Is it only me that is obsessed that there bill is totally up to date and we are not going to get stung for a massive bill?

I just worry especially through the winter that we are using far to much elec and gas and that our bill is going to be hideous!!!!

Come on obsessives who else checks there meters this often.

tomstickland

I update my online readings every week, plus keep a spreadsheet so I can see the rate of usage.

Snow_Dog

we pay by direct debit and have in the past worked out annual consumption and agreed the payments with them.

this stopped the stupid annual fluctuations, it would jump by £15 per month and at the end of the year we would be £100 up so we would get a cheque and they would drop it by £15 per month, then we would owe £70 so they would increase it by £20 per month.

once we agreed an amount it rarely deviated as our annual usage didnt really vary much so the only thing to take into account was price variations.

divadee

tomstickland wrote:

I update my online readings every week, plus keep a spreadsheet so I can see the rate of usage.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

i thought my 4 weeks was bad!!!!!

but now you are giving me ideas :rolleyes:

masonic

tomstickland wrote:

I update my online readings every week, plus keep a spreadsheet so I can see the rate of usage.

Ditto, but I only pass readings on to my supplier if they overestimate my usage on a bill.

withabix

Sheesh...weekly???

I'm a once-a-month man myself

Don't forget to accidentally under-read your meter the day before the forthcoming price reductions take effect, to complement the accidental over-readings just before the price went up...where did I put my glasses??? :D

artic_fox_2

ive got new meters for both gas and elec so at the mo im reading them weekly