Got my electric bill this morning, I owe £815 ... I don't think so.
I ring them and now they owe me £220 !!
At least my monthly bill will go down. But once I am in an IVA (fingers crossed for my creditors meeting of 14th December) they will cancel my account anyway !!
mine was cancelled and set back up again without my even realising! I only noticed when i checked my bill on-line and had been put back on the standard tariff-which i immediately changed back to my original one.Also i had 95.00 arrears on my gas which were wiped off when the iva started-so you may be in for a nice surprise!!!!mind you i didnt query it!!
Sorry-thought you owed them-get it out quick!!!!
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full and final accepted January 2015
iva agreed; August 2010
iva would have completed; August 2017
extra year thank's to NRAM
I`m with British Gas. I`m four months into my IVA and haven`t YET had my dual fuel account closed. I got an email off them a few days ago, which I opened expecting to be informing me of account closure, but it was just telling me of the imminent price increases and letting me know that the tarrif I`m on finishes in June `11.
I guess come June I`ll be snookered...I`ll be on the standard tarrifs aswell as having the price increases.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea".
come off the standard tariffs - i have changed mine 3 times this year with British Gas.Also if you are in the early stages of proposing the iva i would recommend getting boiler and central heating insurance-mine comes out with my gas payment-my ip allowed this as a necessary expense as theres not a cat in hells chance of me being able to get them fixed or replaced.
full and final accepted January 2015
iva agreed; August 2010
iva would have completed; August 2017
extra year thank's to NRAM
No fun at all mole...British Gas prices are increasing 7% for gas and 9% for electricity from December 10th.
Like you my wage is being cut, as from June `11 in my case. Salary cuts are becoming more prevelant, as fuel and food prices go throught the roof. I think creditors are going to have to be flexible in the coming years if many peoples IVA`s are to succeed.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea".
I agree goosed not good at all. I suspect getting my money back isn't going to be easy either.
Update: Just spoken to British Gas again and refund should be put through on Monday. Since I will receive the payment before having an IVA approved will I still need to hand it over? I will ring my IVA company on Monday to clarify, just wondered if anyone had any ideas.
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