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Npower meter check - am I being unreasonable?

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  • turnbui
    turnbui Posts: 16 Forumite
    edited 20 September 2013 at 5:35PM
    I don't know; give some people a little authority and you get anther hitler wannabee.
    NO you are NOT being unreasonable. What does it matter if the meter is read on a particular day of their initial choosing or 6 months later?
    If they suspect a meter has been tampered with then get a warrant and police backup!
    That's my opinion.
    That said I've always had very polite meter reader/checker people.
  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
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    turnbui wrote: »
    I don't know; give some people a little authority and you get anther hitler wannabee.
    NO you are NOT being unreasonable. What does it matter if the meter is read on a particular day of their initial choosing or 6 months later?
    If they suspect a meter has been tampered with then get a warrant and police backup!
    That's my opinion.
    That said I've always had very polite meter reader/checker people.


    Police are only required if breach of the peace, also all these extra costs puts everyones bills up.
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • sickparrot
    sickparrot Posts: 816 Forumite
    Result at last, got a saturday appointment for november whoopee
    Out on blue six..
    It's Chips and Jackets, Peas and Trousers.
  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
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    sickparrot wrote: »
    Result at last, got a saturday appointment for november whoopee


    suppliers do have them, just not many as you can imagine its out of hours pay for the staff
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • undaunted
    undaunted Posts: 1,870 Forumite
    Good for you. Lets just hope they turn up now.
  • sickparrot
    sickparrot Posts: 816 Forumite
    undaunted wrote: »
    Good for you. Lets just hope they turn up now.

    Update: No they didn't:mad::mad::mad:

    A valuable saturday wasted. We couldn't get through to customer services over an hour on hold. Also got a letter last week saying once again they cannot provide a bill.

    Npower are worthless wastes of oxygen.

    We have switched.
    Out on blue six..
    It's Chips and Jackets, Peas and Trousers.
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    One of NPowers readers refused to come in to read the electricity meter as we had large dogs in the house. I had to shout the readings out the door to him. Can nobody lend you a bulldog or a mastif OP? Luckily our gas meter is in one of those box things in the front garden.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • sickparrot
    sickparrot Posts: 816 Forumite
    One of my neighbours has a Rottie but he's soft as a brush.

    I sincerely hope they don't ring me up to find out why I've switched, whoever unfortuanate is on the other end is gonna need years of councelling.
    Out on blue six..
    It's Chips and Jackets, Peas and Trousers.
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    sickparrot wrote: »
    One of my neighbours has a Rottie but he's soft as a brush.

    I sincerely hope they don't ring me up to find out why I've switched, whoever unfortuanate is on the other end is gonna need years of councelling.

    Our two greyhounds and the mate's Johnson's bulldog are big softies too, but the reader was unconvinced by our protestations.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
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    Why don't you, or your wife, read your own meter, and give the caller the readings?
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