Donk Yore
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Thu Feb-14-08 08:47 PM
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I own two houses. One I live in, one I don't |
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and neither does anyone else.
My gas heating bill was IDENTICAL for both houses this month.
Identical to the last cent.
Another example of the bullshit one has to put up with in this fucked up country.
Have you ever tried talking to the people who bill your utilities? It's an experience, and one that does not lead to satisfaction.
Rant over.
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Thu Feb-14-08 08:56 PM
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1. I see the problem........... |
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.....I have 3 houses, two I don't live in, but somebody else does! Those two pay my electric bill AND my insurance bill And my car payment each month! Simple logic my dear Watson!
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Donk Yore
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Thu Feb-14-08 08:59 PM
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2. I don't like to rent to others |
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too much crap to put up with.
Still. It doesn't change what I said in the initial post. An identical bill for two houses. One that someone lives in and one that no one lives in.
:-)
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Thu Feb-14-08 09:00 PM
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4. do you think they are just making up numbers? |
Donk Yore
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Thu Feb-14-08 09:01 PM
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but try telling that to the friendly vacant face at the utility office.
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Thu Feb-14-08 09:00 PM
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3. You're not in CT by any chance? |
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http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hcu-cngmeters0214,0,337.storyThis has been a bit of a big story here. Lots more misbilling and wrong billing and malfunctioning meters.
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:06 PM
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6. Read your meters yourself and compare to the bills. |
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Use a digital camera to document. Ask for itemised/comprehensive account, even if you have to pay a couple of bucks for the privilege. Do you have the central in the other place turned on to prevent freezing damage? If so, how well insulated is this second property. What differences are there in the plant. What are your thermostat settings? Is the meter in the second property accessible?
And finally: Coincidences happen. Wait for it to happen again before crying conspiracy.
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Thu Feb-14-08 11:11 PM
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15. Many times they estimate for months and then do a "catch-up" bill for actual usage. |
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:09 PM
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7. i think it's because you disrupted poorly. |
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:12 PM
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:15 PM
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9. Angry DU mods get revenge via utility companies! |
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:57 PM
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12. even a gold star didn't save him. |
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:53 PM
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10. water company charged me for 60000 gallons when the average |
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is 17000 in the same period, when I first bought the house. A house I owned that I rented to a family of four used less water - I know because I paid that bill too. I told my cats that they had to cut down on their baths.
I complained to the water co., but they refused to change it; and there was nothing I could do since they claimed it was based on actual readings. But I have never been hit with that big a bill since. If I had, then I would have had to find a way to fight it.
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Thu Feb-14-08 10:56 PM
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11. are they estimating the bills? |
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or is billed on actual usage? how many therms were used by each house? do both houses have the same rate?
how hard do you examine your bill?
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Thu Feb-14-08 11:08 PM
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13. as Bones would say . . . "he's dead, Jim." |
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Thu Feb-14-08 11:09 PM
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14. hehe. Dead man walking, don't bother talking. |
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