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[Guest]

No, the energy firms aren’t at fault or greedy at all…

[lost]

Shock, horrify, outrage 😆 only if you haven't a clue what the standing charge is. Dude's going to have a heart attack if someone tells him what his line rental is without making a phone call or using the internet.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, lost said:

Shock, horrify, outrage 😆 only if you haven't a clue what the standing charge is. Dude's going to have a heart attack if someone tells him what his line rental is without making a phone call or using the internet.

Show some empathy for once, it’s not nice to laugh at others difficulties. 

[lost]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Show some empathy for once, it’s not nice to laugh at others difficulties. 

its gone up 1p 

[steviewevie]

Scary thing is people saying they won't use any gas. Govt need to step in and do something to reassure people.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, lost said:

its gone up 1p 

Show some empathy and don’t be asshole all the time. 

[lost]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Show some empathy and don’t be asshole all the time. 

Mummy and Daddy probably pay his bills that's the only explanation for not knowing what the standing charge is. I refuse to accept anyone is that stupid.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, lost said:

Mummy and Daddy probably pay his bills that's the only explanation for not knowing what the standing charge is. I refuse to accept anyone is that stupid.

Or double down on being an asshole. Good choice. 

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

15 minutes ago, lost said:

Mummy and Daddy probably pay his bills that's the only explanation for not knowing what the standing charge is. I refuse to accept anyone is that stupid.

Not everyone can have a massive brain like yourself.

[steviewevie]

Russia have turned off that Nord stream pipe indefinitely, gas leak or something.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

Well this won’t go wrong at all. 

Talking of deep shit... Brexit: Britain’s ‘uncontrolled’ sewage dumps may breach trade deal, warns EU | The Independent

A saner group of people might think that starting a trade war with the EU at a time of out-of-control inflation is an idiotic idea. But that kinda nihilistic thinking wouldn't be a surprise.

[Neil]

1 hour ago, lost said:

Mummy and Daddy probably pay his bills that's the only explanation for not knowing what the standing charge is. I refuse to accept anyone is that stupid.

if people weren't that stupid we wouldn't have allowed our nukes to expire.

[steviewevie]

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Lol go on Truss call an election and see what happens. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

If you are literally using no gas at all (like in the example above) is it even possible to disconnect so you don't have to pay the standing charge? Just curious, not something I want to try.

[charlierc]

11 hours ago, steviewevie said:

I swear we spent a long time last year suggesting that Boris might call a snap election.

Though presumably some others could suggest that as there's very little time to resolve any one of the hundreds of problems that are awaiting Truss, this may well be fired under "fuck around and find out" territory.

[lost]

46 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

If you are literally using no gas at all (like in the example above) is it even possible to disconnect so you don't have to pay the standing charge? Just curious, not something I want to try.

Looks like you can:

https://sse.co.uk/help/bills-and-paying/removing-your-standing-charge

So the guy above could of saved himself some money by using google for 30 seconds.

[charlierc]

48 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

If you are literally using no gas at all (like in the example above) is it even possible to disconnect so you don't have to pay the standing charge? Just curious, not something I want to try.

I'm curious about this as well. Clearly the standing charge isn't that well publicised as a concept if it can slip under the radar as discussed in ever increasingly extreme fashion on the last few pages, and does feel like another sign of why people may not be happy with energy companies if you legitimately can be billed for gas you don't use.

[lost]

1 minute ago, charlierc said:

Though presumably some others could suggest that as there's very little time to resolve any one of the hundreds of problems that are awaiting Truss, this may well be fired under "fuck around and find out" territory.

Wes Streeting is claiming in the telegraph today the Tories have capped the number of medical students this year so there will be no doctors coming through during the next labour government. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

If you are literally using no gas at all (like in the example above) is it even possible to disconnect so you don't have to pay the standing charge? Just curious, not something I want to try.

Not everyone will think like that and possibly be feeling so anxious about things that they don’t realise there are these options available to them. I imagine some people will be so worried/stressed that they aren’t able to work out what to do.

[Guest]

 

[steviewevie]

 

[ian the worm]

[Rufus Gwertigan]

9 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

If you are literally using no gas at all (like in the example above) is it even possible to disconnect so you don't have to pay the standing charge? Just curious, not something I want to try.

Our standing charge pisses me off as we pay extra as we have prepayment meters. They were in when we moved in and Bulb wanted 70 quid each to go onto smart meters and a 250 deposit each meter as security. 

I will find a link but I read that people on prepayment pay on average around 100 quid more a year on each supply. I will be going back to Ecotricity who just charge a flat rate across the board. I should have stuck with them in the first place but pennies do count.

Signed

Fucked off in Manchester.