£5 disappeared from prepayment key twixt shop and meter

dan3811991119

actually I know a hell of a lot about both forms of meters so your wrong 100%. and as I said before nearly all providers have recently introduced a standing charge. your reluctance to name your provider makes you look like a forum troll. I asked you more then once to name your provider so people can help and you have not so your the one trolling not me. I am going to mark this thread as spam. without knowing the provider no one here can help you

Kernel_Sanders

FWIW it's Equipower, whom I have been with for many years and never paid a penny in SC to. But I could switch to any supplier, so how would the operation of the prepayment meter be different in such a change?

k66yla

there is a button on the prepayment meter that if you press it will tell you what the minimum is you need to top up with. Your key will store the £5 you have previously put on it. When it happens again, top up with £6 and that will cover the emergency

lstar337

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

I don't use my overdraft, so you are wrong (again) in your assumptions.

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

My bank has recently introduced a £6 charge just for using a day of my pre-arranged overdraft (used to be interest only). I might need that fiver to allay such a penalty.

But you don't use your overdraft?;)

Nice contradiction. :T

Kernel_Sanders

lstar337 wrote: »

Absolute rubbish!
Makes no difference at all.

How silly of me. Having an extra £5 in my current account could never make any difference as to whether I accidentally went into debit.

lstar337 wrote: »

But you don't use your overdraft?;)
Nice contradiction. :T

If I used avoid instead of allay, would that make it clearer? I stopped using the overdraft in order to avoid the £6 charge.

k66yla wrote: »

there is a button on the prepayment meter that if you press it will tell you what the minimum is you need to top up with. Your key will store the £5 you have previously put on it. When it happens again, top up with £6 and that will cover the emergency

There is no such button but I believe your other two points are correct.
I noticed on the display there was an item saying '£1 token credit'. I went back to the shop and put a pound onto the key to test it; when I inserted it the display changed from £0.06 E to £1.06. No money has been lost, so it has proved that the 6p of emergency left was incorrect and should have shown that all emergency had been repaid, with 6p credit on top.

ratty67 wrote: »

You have to be at least £1 in credit in order for the emergency credit to be available next time you need it.

Well I'm £1.06 in credit ATM but want another £5 emergency as I'm going away for a few days. Thing is, I can't have it until I drop below £1!

lstar337

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

Well I'm £1.06 in credit ATM but want another £5 emergency as I'm going away for a few days. Thing is, I can't have it until I drop below £1!

Learn how to handle finances. Immediately.