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| Barrytron |
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| jobrok1 |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:49 pm |
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Heard about this on the radio this morning.
Is it just ESB or are Airtricity and Bord Gais going to go the same route? |
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| Hellbound lifer |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:02 pm |
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| Unbelievable, this has to be a joke and if not totally illegal.. what are they going to think of next!!! |
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| Ed Somers |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:50 pm |
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It's standard practice within contracts between industrial, high volume, users and the supplier. I've had to do deals with electricity suppliers in Ireland and Poland over the years and this has always been a clause within any contract. However, with regard to domestic customers it might seem a tad mean, but it is probably included within the terms and conditions of supply.
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| Barrytron |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:03 pm |
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| It just seems totally crazy - standard practice or not within industry - to penalise customers for not using enough. Completely unjustifiable in my opinion. Is there an ongoing cost at ESB's end to service low-usage customers? Is this link not giving both sides of the story. If it's just a way of spreading the pain, they are completely fucked. Seems innately anti-social to punish people for conserving or using less. I just think it's the maddest thing I've heard in a while. |
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| Analjackknife |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:08 pm |
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| You have to admire their gall though. People are watching their usage so ESB's turnover is dropping so then this. Hopefully someone will find a way to challenge this legally but I doubt it. Competition will be the only way to get them to change. |
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| xspudx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:45 pm |
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| Charging people for electricity they haven't used? What a load of bollocks! |
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| Caomhaoin |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:18 pm |
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| Heard about that this morning, absolutely outrageous. There is a financial regulator in this country, right? How is this allowed to happen? |
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| open face surgery |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:54 pm |
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| Heard this on the news at lunch time but because the radio was only on in the background I figured I had misheard what was said but there ya go. Fuckin crazy carry on. |
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| GOLIATH |
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:05 pm |
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| ITS FOR UNOCCUPIED HOUSES BASICALLY. IF YOU DONT USE 2 UNITS A DAY WHICH IS BASICALLY NO ONE. |
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| blahblahbleh |
| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:16 am |
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| BT do the same thing..i am charged for not making enough calls on the land line, find myself having to ring people just tp prevent being charged. Insanity. |
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| BotS |
| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:15 am |
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blahblahbleh wrote: BT do the same thing..i am charged for not making enough calls on the land line, find myself having to ring people just tp prevent being charged. Insanity.
 you serious? |
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| richardanthonyc |
| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:17 am |
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| GOLIATH is correct, this will not affect anyone who actually lives in a house. If someone has multiple properties with a power connection that is not being used but is usable then a standard charge for having the service connected and usable is more than understandable. It's actually quite reasonable |
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| blahblahbleh |
| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:27 am |
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BotS wrote: blahblahbleh wrote: BT do the same thing..i am charged for not making enough calls on the land line, find myself having to ring people just tp prevent being charged. Insanity. you serious?
Yup, its in the t's and c's. Because i have fibre broadband i have to have a bt line, however i never use the land line for calls at all...only found out when a charge started appearing on my bill. When i enquired i was informed i had made less than 5 calls and the charge was a penalty. Fucking idiots and their ridiculous phone monoploy in the north. |
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| ragnarok |
| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:07 am |
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blahblahbleh wrote: BotS wrote: blahblahbleh wrote: BT do the same thing..i am charged for not making enough calls on the land line, find myself having to ring people just tp prevent being charged. Insanity. you serious?
Yup, its in the t's and c's. Because i have fibre broadband i have to have a bt line, however i never use the land line for calls at all...only found out when a charge started appearing on my bill. When i enquired i was informed i had made less than 5 calls and the charge was a penalty. Fucking idiots and their ridiculous phone monoploy in the north.
You're on Infinity? What sort of charges are we talking about here as I am sure I will be in the same boat.. |
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