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Old utility bills owed from ages ago

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  • phillw
    phillw Posts: 5,666 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 18 May 2021 at 11:49AM
    I simply cannot pay £1500 at this point or for a very long time. I have no savings. I have been appealing to their better nature on and off for 7 years and gotten nowhere. I have tried to get them to add their names, tried to get them to negotiate payment plans, at first many replied but then as the years have gone by noone replied to me!

    I'd pass their details onto the utility company.
    You could also take your ex house "mates" to small claims court.
    They obviously don't care about you.

  • t0rt0ise
    t0rt0ise Posts: 4,495 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Is it just your name on the account? If so there is no point keep calling to ask if anyone else has paid the bill. The company aren't interested in anyone else. If it were me I would either ask the company for a payment plan that I could afford, or wait until the company contacted me and then ask for a payment plan. I would give up asking others to pay.. they aren't going to.
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