Disconnection

dogshome

Inviting BG to contact the Council is not the same as getting copy documents from that Council and sending them to BG.


As post 31, it seems that either a Final Meter reading wasn't given to BG, or it was, and they 'Lost' it.
However, when the Council took over the property, it was their duty to advise BG they were now the owners and and give a meter reading


To what use did the Council put the building to when they bought it?
If it is used for municipal services and carries a sign as such, a photograph is good evidence - For even if they were renting it, they would still be liable for the Energy bills.

VictimOfBG

dogshome wrote: »

Inviting BG to contact the Council is not the same as getting copy documents from that Council and sending them to BG.


As post 31, it seems that either a Final Meter reading wasn't given to BG, or it was, and they 'Lost' it.
However, when the Council took over the property, it was their duty to advise BG they were now the owners and and give a meter reading


To what use did the Council put the building to when they bought it?
If it is used for municipal services and carries a sign as such, a photograph is good evidence - For even if they were renting it, they would still be liable for the Energy bills.

It seems British Gas employees or their fanboys are incapable of basic reading and comprehension if you are anything to go by.


You are a great example of why it is impossible to get anywhere with British Gas. If you had any genuine interest in anything other than trying to protect the reputation of British Gas you'd have acknowledged posts 1, 18, 29.Instead you try to conflate and mis-direct.


Looking at this forum British Gas obviously hire people to pollute social media with spin in favour of this vile corporate entity.



Consumers, such as myself, would prefer British Gas to act reasonably and take genuine steps to resolve matters amicably rather than pay people who apparently can't read or are deliberately trying to distort the truth o other peole do not get the accurate impression of this company and avoid them like the plague.


There are plenty of comments on this forum that suggest that Ofgem is not much use in many cases. Despite that how many rulings have British Gas had against them?


I hope anyone reading this that is not a British Gas customer looks at the huge number of issues involving British Gas on this forum and the internet generally and does not use British Gas.

[Deleted User]

I am not a British Gas employee by the way but maybe you should think about avoiding anymore warrants or "stand offs " which would need a locksmith. All this is does is to add another £300 to any debt .All suppliers pass on costs of warrants directly to the occupier. Its hidden away in the small print in their T. and C.s
BG can disconnect gas supply but they cannot disconnect electricity supply if there is an occupier who is classed as vulnerable. This would include any children and anyone on medication for depression for instance.
The definition of what is a vulnerable adult is maybe worth researching to see if you can use this to keep BG out of your property.

macman

OP seems to have signed up here merely to have a platform to rant about BG (hence their choice of username) rather than seek advice on a resolution of the issue.
And of course resorting to suggesting that anyone who tries to see another side of the story must be a BG employee or stooge. I'm out.

PennineAcute

macman wrote: »

OP seems to have signed up here merely to have a platform to rant about BG (hence their choice of username) rather than seek advice on a resolution of the issue.
And of course resorting to suggesting that anyone who tries to see another side of the story must be a BG employee or stooge. I'm out.

My thoughts exactly.

VictimOfBG

Houbara wrote: »

I am not a British Gas employee by the way but maybe you should think about avoiding anymore warrants or "stand offs " which would need a locksmith. All this is does is to add another £300 to any debt .All suppliers pass on costs of warrants directly to the occupier. Its hidden away in the small print in their T. and C.s
BG can only disconnect gas supply , they cannot disconnect electricity if there is an occupier who is classed as vulnerable. This would include any children and anyone on medication for depression for instance.

I told the Court I am suffering from depression and prescribed Trazadone this can be confirmed by my GP and they have my permission to contact them. For some reason nothing I said made any difference this time in court unlike th other 36 occassions. I suspect many other of BG's customers suffer depression too.



As for defending my home, what do I have to lose? I'm not going to roll over for such an unreasonable abusive company. They adversly affect my health, waste my time, refuse to listen to reason, ignore documented evidence, I am not going to surrender to them.


After reading comments from some of their employees here, and their desire to see me without heating, hot water and an unlivable home. Part of me is looking forward to it. There is a certain freedom that comes from facing the loss of everything.



No doubt this dodgy company will be adding the cost of all their unsuccessful applications to their dodgy invoices.

PennineAcute

If you are on a commercial tariff, then they do not have to treat you as vulnerable.

VictimOfBG

PennineAcute wrote: »

If you are on a commercial tariff, then they do not have to treat you an vulnerable.

Yes, all they have to do is keep refusing to put the supply in my name, and they can bypass the legislation designed to protect people they put in a vulnerable state.


Similarly, instead of issuing debt proceedings in a civil court (that I'm confident they would lose) they use legislation devised in 1954 to allow entry to deal with dangerous electricity and gas supply faults to force payment of legitimately disputed bills under duress.

PennineAcute

Even if the supply was in your name, you still have that problem. You are not on a residential tariff, so you lose a hell of a lot of rights.

VictimOfBG

PennineAcute wrote: »

Even if the supply was in your name, you still have that problem. You are not on a residential tariff, so you lose a hell of a lot of rights.

I'm on an out of contract tarriff that they determined and won't let me change it nor let me transfer to a better supplier.


That is obviously a tactic they use to force payment of bills they might struggle to justify in civil debt proceedings.