Blimey... How much!!!

Bertie1974 · 02-01-2009, 10:10 PM

just had my bill for gas and electric, nearly fell over

£533 since end of September!!!. It wouldn't be so bad if I was a housewife and at home all the time with the heating on. But I work full time, so does the other half. I've checked the readings and they are right. Crazy world, how can these companies charge so much for something that is such a necessity!!

One very annoyed

Sam x x

cazzykins · 02-01-2009, 10:20 PM

Oh My God! That's bloody extortion! I don't have gas in my flat (thank god) but elec bills are still pretty big, no where near as big as that though! Jeebus... What company are you with?

anna m · 03-01-2009, 01:14 AM

Bills are really excessive in this country. My daughter had estimated bills for 6 years and when they came to read the metre said she owed 4 figure sum. Nightmare. Now she has to pay it off

ME SHELL · 03-01-2009, 09:36 AM

omg Sam that is alot.

**Alan1** · 03-01-2009, 10:02 AM

Well with a pond pump and a fish tank light, heater and pump going 24 hours a day 365 days a year and now 2 x 125watt Solar Glo bulbs going 12 hours a day I hate to think what our bill will be.

shafach · 03-01-2009, 10:18 AM

we have 3 ponds with koi carp in, and last year used to have the heater going right through the winter... well, that was til we had the bill

needless to say this year they are shivering!!! apparently the heater was costing us the equivalent of having a large hot tub on the go 24/7... are far more careful with electric use these days...

**Bindi** · 03-01-2009, 10:27 AM

I have swapped all our bulbs for low energy ones (bar 1 in the office) I now never leave things on stand-by, the heating doesn't come on till about 3.30 in the afternoon and basically am obsessed with trying to save energy after getting a bill in excess of £300 the time before last, and that was just for electric. I really begrudge paying so dearly for something you can't even see!

fantapants · 03-01-2009, 10:36 AM

i got an electricity bill on christmas eve for £1003.......from august to december. needless to say, i freaked out a little. that is JUST leccy, gas is an extra £25 a week. my husband is really cheesed off about it.

wilsonathome · 03-01-2009, 10:59 AM

sam i had a gas & electric bill for £533 this time last year, in the summer i had a combi boiler fitted and i've just had a bill for £220 so my advice : invest in a combi boiler

put your heating on timer and get some energy saving lightbulbs

**Bindi** · 03-01-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by fantapants

i got an electricity bill on christmas eve for £1003.......from august to december. needless to say, i freaked out a little. that is JUST leccy, gas is an extra £25 a week. my husband is really cheesed off about it.

Ouch,nice Christmas present,

02-01-2009, 10:10 PM	#1
Bertie1974 Member Hatchling Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Willenhall. West Midlands Posts: 505	Blimey... How much!!! just had my bill for gas and electric, nearly fell over £533 since end of September!!!. It wouldn't be so bad if I was a housewife and at home all the time with the heating on. But I work full time, so does the other half. I've checked the readings and they are right. Crazy world, how can these companies charge so much for something that is such a necessity!! One very annoyed Sam x x __________________ 2 Cockatiels (Bertie and Billie) 1 Pigeon (Benji) 0.0.2 Ibera (Doug and Pebbles)

03-01-2009, 10:18 AM	#6
shafach Member Juvenile Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 795	we have 3 ponds with koi carp in, and last year used to have the heater going right through the winter... well, that was til we had the bill needless to say this year they are shivering!!! apparently the heater was costing us the equivalent of having a large hot tub on the go 24/7... are far more careful with electric use these days... __________________ Shafach two hermanns - Mikey and Ralph two moggies -Kenny and Roisin one hamster -Trev

03-01-2009, 10:27 AM	#7
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	I have swapped all our bulbs for low energy ones (bar 1 in the office) I now never leave things on stand-by, the heating doesn't come on till about 3.30 in the afternoon and basically am obsessed with trying to save energy after getting a bill in excess of £300 the time before last, and that was just for electric. I really begrudge paying so dearly for something you can't even see! __________________

02-01-2009, 10:20 PM	#2
cazzykins Member Hatched Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 474	Oh My God! That's bloody extortion! I don't have gas in my flat (thank god) but elec bills are still pretty big, no where near as big as that though! Jeebus... What company are you with?

03-01-2009, 01:14 AM	#3
anna m Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 4,091	Bills are really excessive in this country. My daughter had estimated bills for 6 years and when they came to read the metre said she owed 4 figure sum. Nightmare. Now she has to pay it off

03-01-2009, 09:36 AM	#4
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	omg Sam that is alot.

03-01-2009, 10:02 AM	#5
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Well with a pond pump and a fish tank light, heater and pump going 24 hours a day 365 days a year and now 2 x 125watt Solar Glo bulbs going 12 hours a day I hate to think what our bill will be.

03-01-2009, 10:36 AM	#8
fantapants Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 542	i got an electricity bill on christmas eve for £1003.......from august to december. needless to say, i freaked out a little. that is JUST leccy, gas is an extra £25 a week. my husband is really cheesed off about it.

03-01-2009, 10:59 AM	#9
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	sam i had a gas & electric bill for £533 this time last year, in the summer i had a combi boiler fitted and i've just had a bill for £220 so my advice : invest in a combi boiler put your heating on timer and get some energy saving lightbulbs

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