Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Bibio

you never needed to do facial recognition. what if your on a computer with no camera...

Like I said, I didn't have to sign up for it. It uses the NatWest App and your phone's camera. If you don't have a phone you wouldn't be using the app.

[redtrummy]

Here I go again!
Had an appointment this morning to have a smart meter fitted. Two guys duly turned up - some shaking of heads - e-mail sent back to base, result, we cannot do it your Electric supplier needs to upgrade your supply first. 3 months we have waited, before that no-one turned up, and before that no response from our energy company.
Would it have been within the realms of feasibility for a request for me to supply a photo of what is presently fitted?
Now we have to wait for Western Power to contact us to arrange an upgrade date, then I have to rearrange the meter upgrade appointment. bloody angry.
The energy supply situation in this country is now a farce.

[Luckypants]

No argument with the farce comment. Yes indeed you should have been able to supply a photo, which is what I
did prior to having my car charger fitted.

[Bibio]

i dont understand the "want" for a smart meter. i dont have a smart meter and i'm very seriously considering going back to 1/4 paper billing.

[Luckypants]

Well for me the idea was to get on an EV specific tariff which gave cheap electricity at specific times of day. At the time it would have been 5p off peak. No smart meter means no cheap electric (no economy-7 available for new customers) for anyone. These days the draw is not so great given that the standing charges and day rates for these tariffs are high now. My fixed rate from last year looks bloody amazing compared to what is being touted for October price rise.

[embee]

A smart meter will tell you how big your debt is on a hourly basis.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by embee

A smart meter will tell you how big your debt is on a hourly basis.

not trying to be funny but what help is that. oohhh look i dont have enough money to pay my bill i'll just sit here with the power off but still pay 75p a day standing charge.

the money to fit all these stupid meters had to come from somewhere and now we are ALL paying for it.

[redtrummy]

We are stuck at the moment on Eco 7, but have little use for it has only the washing machine and tumble dryer (used once last winter) are the only extras we can use at night. Some companies did let us have standard rate but we always had to supply day and night readings which were then added together to give a total - the same as the T meter reading which funnily enough always equalled the D + N = T. We have no electric car and not likely to have one in the near future since our car journey's per year are less than 4K total

[embee]

Originally Posted by Bibio

not trying to be funny ....

I was attempting to be facetious, but clearly failed. Sorry.

[DarrenSV650S]

Just wasted £25 getting a taxi to the train station then back home because of the stupid train strike