I need to vent!

[iamirondude]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill. they were doing estimates because they said the dog wouldn't let them in the yard but i've never owned a dog and then they said they couldn't access the meter but it's always been accessiable for them to read. it's just frigging load of s**t cause the meter reader is a lazy s**t, who couldn't be arsed doing his job properly. just what i needed while i'm recovering. the arseholes.

[MayzaPrime]

Same thing happened to me, they said they could access it, yet they could do all the other townhouses which are all exactly the same layout so go figure???. However I didnt get hit with a 5K bill... Ouch

[5FDP]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill.

Jesus christ dude!!! Are you running a meth lab or something???

[Omega Metro]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill. they were doing estimates because they said the dog wouldn't let them in the yard but i've never owned a dog and then they said they couldn't access the meter but it's always been accessiable for them to read. it's just frigging load of s**t cause the meter reader is a lazy s**t, who couldn't be arsed doing his job properly. just what i needed while i'm recovering. the arseholes.

$5250 seems very steep. I would make a query ASAP and keep onto them. I used to be a Meter Reader but didn't last long as I got bitten by dogs 2 times and was sick to death of locked gates.

[shokwave2]

$5250 seems very steep. I would make a query ASAP and keep onto them. I used to be a Meter Reader but didn't last long as I got bitten by dogs 2 times and was sick to death of locked gates.

I was a meter reader too, although it was water meters. Wow, the number of dogs that chased me and missed me by millimetres as i just made it over that fence/gate. I also was bitten by 2 dogs, luckily they were only foxies and shih tzus, i was too quick or smart for the bigger ones (or lucky). Good times. I didn't mind the job, i only left coz i found a better paying job 2 minutes down the road.

It kept me fit as i'm a fast walker and once you learnt your regular routes, i could do a days work in 3-4 hours, or complete 2 days work in 1 day and have the next day off, as i had already earnt that days pay. The things i've seen, people i've met and properties i've been in. Some real eye openers.

[iamirondude]

Jesus christ dude!!! Are you running a meth lab or something???

i wish!!! if i were to run 1, it'd be a really really bad knock off of breaking bad but then again i'd have the cash to pay the bill! the thing is i'm confused about is how they can hit you with a huge arse bill after you've paid all the others. it'd be like me selling my car for $1000 to someone and then go and hit the buyer up for another $1000 cause i got the amount wrong and the thing is they've given me a small amount of time to pay it. i'm gonna get on to the ombudsman on monday if their no help i'll get on to the local member and if he's no help then i'm going to the newspapers and gonna shame them out. up here there has been a few stories about the way ergon about the way they charge and slug people with huge bills and then expect them to pay it in say a month.

[1AZRAEL1]

$5250? That seems way too excessive. Ours is usually around the $250 a quarter. How can any electricity company charge that much and get away with it? Definitely get onto your local member about it and see if he can help. If not, go with Today Tonight, they love doing stories about that stuff.

[SuspectimusPrime]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill. they were doing estimates because they said the dog wouldn't let them in the yard but i've never owned a dog and then they said they couldn't access the meter but it's always been accessiable for them to read. it's just frigging load of s**t cause the meter reader is a lazy s**t, who couldn't be arsed doing his job properly. just what i needed while i'm recovering. the arseholes.

It sounds like they billed you for the whole street!

[UltraMarginal]

that's a ridiculous bill, you should be able to take a photo of your meter and send it to them as proof of the values.

and of course follow it up in the other avenues you've also listed.

[morg176]

WWW.ewom.com.au is the energy and water ombudsman for NSW. might be worth a try.