gas man cometh

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Hi all,

I popped in Sunday to read the meter as the weather has been so cold. sit down now with a nice drink!

My estimate is that the last 2 weeks cost you £129 so £30 each which is £20 more than I allocate in your bill payment for a 2 week period. Your electricity , in my calcu;ation was bout the same as b4 and as last year at this time. About £12+per month.

I suggest that you prepare to pay an extra £10 a week in gas if you keep the house heated most of the time. This is fine by me..

The next meter reading will be March 3rd so I need to have your extra cash in by the end of Feb. please.

At present I need you to choose when to pay an extra £20 to A&L on your £50 bill as long as I have it well b4 march 8th [ when I pay the gas].

Alternatively you can ring with the real meter readings and get the accurate costings almost as often as you like.

I am conmcerned that you will think I am horrid about this but actually I'm trying to make sure no -one gets a £200 bill which they'd loose off their deposit.

Pl could you tell me if you have rec'd notificatio fof DPS deposits recently?

I'm going to get my own house gas reading this am and just don't want to do it at all!

Pl keep in touch, Xine

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I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm getting fucked here. I appreciate that the price of gas and electricity has risen in the last year, but to charge each of us the equivalent of £60 a month is absolutely criminal. I will be ringing each company individually to ascertain the real figures.