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Dad wants to pay energy bills every quarter

Giraffe76 · 2021-06-24 17:26:45

Hi all, My dad was with engie energy until they moved their customers to octopuss energy in 2019. He is very old fashioned, hes had a laptop for 3 or 4 years but only uses it a few times a month and refuses to pay by direct debit if he can help it as hes heard ONE scare story of someone who had more money taken out of…

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Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite

27 June 2021 at 7:18PM

MWT said:

Doing it for your children is one thing, but taking away a measure of perceived control and ownership from a determined parent is something else...

I am a determined parent, and would love my children to pay my bills - ALL bills!

However my equally determined children say they would prefer to revert to the system we had during their school/university days!

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