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Is it possible to run up a £2000 bill on a prepayment meter ?
Slammeddeluxe
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Hi - we have a rental property that we have recently taken back from the tennants who were there for around 10 years. It has a pre-payment meter for electric and gas in the house. We have quite a lot of letters for the previous tennants but by accident my wife opened the gas and electric bill addressed to them and it shows a debt owing of almost £2000 for electric used ? The gas was circa £6. My question is - how is it possible to run up such a large bill on a pre-payment meter ? The readings are correct. Regards
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Hi Slammeddeluxe,
It's hard to say what might explain this bill, especially on a prepayment, but this came to mind when I saw it: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/jan/14/pre-pay-meter-scottish-power-debt-bill-owe
Do ask the supplier to explain the bill to you and feel free to let us know if you manage to get a breakdown from the supplier.
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MSE_Chris said:
Do ask the supplier to explain the bill to you and feel free to let us know if you manage to get a breakdown from the supplier.Given this was a rental and the bills in the tenants name it is really none of the landlord's business to be asking about it at all.I would strongly suggest they do nothing other than register a new account in their own name to cover the period before a new tenant arrives and avoid all involvement in the old debt...
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