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« Reply #4635 on: 11:27:33, 03-02-2008 » |
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Weekend at my Dad's place. Feeling RATHER unsociable, and generally more adolescent than I have for a while. I *almost* flipped out when offered porridge this morning, having hoped on cooking breakfast by myself, and am generally feeling mightily put-out by anything that might be called hospitality.  Inks, I doubt you're alone in reverting to adolescence in the company of parents. I do it. I have a 59-year-old friend, mature, intelligent, even-tempered, who has rows with her 82-year-old mother about overfussiness in the placement of cutlery on the dining table and has been known to flounce out and shut herself in her room for less.  |
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« Reply #4637 on: 11:53:27, 03-02-2008 » |
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Excuse me asking what is probably a silly and borderline-paranoid question, but my excuse is I've only been back on the, er, fairest isle a few months - does anyone know anything about a company called Accuread?
I had a card through the door yesterday saying that while I was out they'd been round to read the meters "on behalf of your supplier" (who isn't mentioned by name on the card, and neither am I) and asking me to send the meter readings to them by phone, by e-mail or by posting the card back. I've never heard of this company before, though they seem to have a website, and with all the dodgy stuff going on I'm not going to respond to this card until I have some evidence that it's on the level. Any comments? Thanks.
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« Reply #4638 on: 11:58:44, 03-02-2008 » |
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Many companies outsource their reading, richard; I'd contact your supplier and ask them who does their reading before going any further.
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« Reply #4639 on: 12:02:42, 03-02-2008 » |
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Richard, since moving here I get "We were but you weren`t" cards from Accuread on behalf of British Gas. They just stick the card through the door without bothering to ring the bell. I wait for the bill to come.
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« Reply #4640 on: 12:09:20, 03-02-2008 » |
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Inks, I doubt you're alone in reverting to adolescence in the company of parents. My "children" certainly do with me, the younger one much more than the elder. I'm not sure whether I did or not - I think I reverted to childhood rather than adolescence, and assumed they would do things for me. |
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« Reply #4641 on: 12:10:28, 03-02-2008 » |
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Excuse me asking what is probably a silly and borderline-paranoid question, but my excuse is I've only been back on the, er, fairest isle a few months - does anyone know anything about a company called Accuread?
I had a card through the door yesterday saying that while I was out they'd been round to read the meters "on behalf of your supplier" (who isn't mentioned by name on the card, and neither am I) and asking me to send the meter readings to them by phone, by e-mail or by posting the card back. I've never heard of this company before, though they seem to have a website, and with all the dodgy stuff going on I'm not going to respond to this card until I have some evidence that it's on the level. Any comments? Thanks.
The general rule applies, Richard. Find a bill or service agreement from the supplier, ring the number on that and ask if this sub-contractor is for real. (in other words "Wot Ron said" - just seen the 'crossed posts' warning !) On a slight tangent; has anyone else had experience of companies who really should know better phoning up and asking for details we should all know not to give. BT is worst offender in my experience. Someone phones up reminding me that my account is overdue (always because BT has failed to get the bill to me) and inviting me to pay by card there and then; on phoning BT to tell them someone's using their name to pull a scam I get told that it actually is their agents. Breathtaking! |
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« Reply #4642 on: 12:20:34, 03-02-2008 » |
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A not-unrelated grump which has been brewing for a while. British Gas seem to think that my house has a 'Flat 2'. It doesn't. It's a house house. I got the usual string of bills, addressed to 'the Occupier', becoming more threatening and red as time went on, and threatening court action/ police visits as well as disconnection. Meanwhile I of course phoned the helpline several times, waiting hours each time to talk to someone real, and was told a) nothing would happen, don't worry (I wasn't) and b) there was nothing they could do to stop the computer believing that 'Flat 2' existed (uh??).
So two days ago, there was a card on the doormat waiting for me when I got hoime from work. The bailiffs/police/ some other agency HAD come to disconnect/ issue a court order or something! And THEY'LL BE BACK! I'm not worried at all, since I'm up to date with payments on my REAL account and I'm not named on the phoney bills. But even so, if I was a vulnerable old lady I'd feel well intimidated.
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« Reply #4643 on: 12:22:15, 03-02-2008 » |
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Re the "official" R3 board: I haven't posted there for about 11 months. I do very occasionally look over there but I haven't been tempted to break my silence. Why bother when there are a lot of nice people here? <obsequious toady emoticon>
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« Reply #4644 on: 12:24:50, 03-02-2008 » |
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...and that's not even to mention the cruel killing fields of 'New Musical Connections'.
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« Reply #4645 on: 12:28:06, 03-02-2008 » |
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there was nothing they could do to stop the computer believing that 'Flat 2' existed (uh??).
Wha? Surely it is not beyond the wit of some IT geek there to delete the details? Oh hang on, you said British Gas. Ah well ....  |
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« Reply #4646 on: 12:32:37, 03-02-2008 » |
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a) nothing would happen, don't worry (I wasn't) and b) there was nothing they could do to stop the computer believing that 'Flat 2' existed (uh??).
So two days ago, there was a card on the doormat waiting for me when I got hoime from work. The bailiffs/police/ some other agency HAD come to disconnect/ issue a court order or something! And THEY'LL BE BACK! A similar thing happened to me a few years ago, martle. I was actually living in a flat but the disconnection/bailiff notices I got were for another address. The similarity with your case - and imo the most sinister thing - was the way they kept telling me not to worry. I nearly exploded on the phone pointing out that it wasn't my place to worry but there was, presumably, somebody about to be cut off without warning because the notifications were going to the wrong address. I told them that, nevertheless, what they were doing to me amounted to harrassment and if they didn't sort out their 'computer' at once I'd take the notices to the local police station. It seemed to work. |
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« Reply #4647 on: 12:34:55, 03-02-2008 » |
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I wait for the bill to come.
What Mort said - if they really want to read your meter they'll come back another time. |
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« Reply #4648 on: 12:39:53, 03-02-2008 » |
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The 'Flat 2' syndrome might be down to this way that many companies nowadays simply feed your postcode into a computer and automatically produce an address from that, mightn't it?
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« Reply #4649 on: 12:41:55, 03-02-2008 » |
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I wait for the bill to come.
What Mort said - if they really want to read your meter they'll come back another time. Trouble is they then estimate your consumption which can lead to your being asked to give them a long-term interest-free loan or (as happened to me) getting several underestimates and a nasty shock when they actually read the meter. |
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