Estimated
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before or not, but the electricity bills I’ve been getting for the past 18 months have been lower than they should have been. This is because nobody has ever come and read the meter, and even the time I phoned up and made an appointment with them, they didn’t turn up. So each quarter when I get the bill in they’ve been estimating it based on previous usage, the only problem is that they’ve been estimating low.
So now I’m switching to a different supplier, something I’m being forced to do by my letting agency, and I had to give a final reading. Turns out that reading is 6000 units higher than the last estimated bill.
The final bill, which clocked in at an impressive £579, was so large that they actually sent me a letter yesterday telling me that it was on it’s way and that it may be larger than I expected, and that they apologised for the inconvenience. Not much consolation it has to be said.
I’ve been really thrifty for the past month or two, so the money is available to pay it, but nothing quite kills your appetite for saving than somebody coming along and taking it all away and giving you no sense of satisfaction or tangible goods in return.
