Energy companies breaking to to homes ?

[Wolfdog91 7,925]

Somone mind educating me on this ?  Something popped up on facebook of this lady in the UK talking about how gas companies over there can basically just breaking into people's homes and changing stuff around , stoves or something, ....umm that's just a joke right ?

Edited May 13, 2023 by Wolfdog91

[mackem 30,074]

I know people in the States whose wet-dream is for someone, anyone, to break or attempt to break into their home

[Wolfdog91 7,925]

27 minutes ago, mackem said:

I know people in the States whose wet-dream is for someone, anyone, to break or attempt to break into their home

.......ya don't gotta call me out like that ya know

[jukel123 9,799]

1 hour ago, Wolfdog91 said:

Somone mind educating me on this ?  Doming popped up on face booth of this lady in the UK talking about ho gas companies over there after basically just breaking into people's homes and changing stuff around , stoves or something, ....umm that's just a joke right ?

It's true mate, private companies can break into your home  and install pre_ payment meters. 

I live in Scotland where a few weeks back, a law was passed making it illegal to hunt rabbits with dogs.

As you yanks say: ' go figure'.

If you  can dodge the crossfire from bullets, you are better off where you are  bud.

 

Edited May 13, 2023 by jukel123

[mackem 30,074]

5 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said:

.......ya don't gotta call me out like that ya know

f***ing hell, ya can't even pull onto someone's drive stateside without upsetting the homeowner. 

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[mackem 30,074]

9 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said:

.......ya don't gotta call me out like that ya know

 

[Wolfdog91 7,925]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

 

There's a reason we get along man

[Chid 6,834]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

It's true mate, private companies can break into your home  and install pre_ payment meters. 

 

No they can't .

 

[jukel123 9,799]

10 minutes ago, Chid said:

No they can't .

 

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Exposed: How British Gas debt agents break into homes of vulnerable

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British Gas routinely sends debt collectors to break into customers’ homes and force-fit pay-as-you-go meters, even when they are known to have extreme vulnera

 

[Chid 6,834]

26 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

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Exposed: How British Gas debt agents break into homes of vulnerable

WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK

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British Gas routinely sends debt collectors to break into customers’ homes and force-fit pay-as-you-go meters, even when they are known to have extreme vulnera

 

Their not just breaking in to fit prepayment meters are they ..

Their obtaining warrants to gain access and fit prepayment meters to people that owe them money as a way to get debts back 

[jukel123 9,799]

A warrant allows them to break into your house if you are not in or refuse entry. Magistrates rubberstamp these warrants without any qualms.

An English man's home is his castle.

It's not on.

Edited May 13, 2023 by jukel123

[Chid 6,834]

4 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

A warrant allows them to break into your house if you are not in or refuse entry.

It's not on.

And ?? 

Pay your bills and there's no reason for them to get a warrant is there 

[jukel123 9,799]

59 minutes ago, Chid said:

And ?? 

Pay your bills and there's no reason for them to get a warrant is there 

Think your post would shock an American or a French person. They have a strong sense of having basic human rights.. 

You can't have people breaking into vulnerable people's homes. People fall on hard times. That doesn't give the fat cat energy companies the right to break down your door.

 

Edited May 13, 2023 by jukel123

[Chid 6,834]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

Think your post would shock an American or a French person. They have a strong sense of having basic human rights.. 

You can't have people breaking into vulnerable people's homes. People fall on hard times. That doesn't give the fat cat energy companies the right to break down your door.

 

So now it's vulnerable peoples houses their breaking in to ... (you keep moving the goal posts). With a warrant obtained from the courts which makes it entirely legal for them to do it . Which before it gets to that point the person who lives at the property will receive various letters ect telling them pay or else contact them to work out the situation, get informed that they want to fit a pre payment meter that makes it easier to see how much gas/electric you are using, so you ain't running up big bills you can't pay every quarter and also pay off a bit of the debt you owe them .

No the big fat energy companies won't abide by the laws of the land , they'll just break into your house and do what they want .. ok

 

 

 

[jukel123 9,799]

Think it's you who is changing the goal posts Chid. Initially you stated the practice  does not exist, now you claim its perfectly legitimate.

But its not OK. Obviously it's folk with no money who are affected by this policy. 

Forcibly fitting a meter does not make a vulnerable pensioner or children of a broke parent warm. It means people get cold because there is no money to feed the meter.. And that is not pleasant believe me. No violins, but I have been there as a kid.

How about energy companies taking a tiny hit on their obscene profits, incurred by a tiny minority  of customers , and asking customers to pay off their debt at a penny a week?

Smashing  locks on people's doors is not the answer.

Employees prepared to break into people's homes are not human beings. Neither are the managers who instruct them to do so.

When I was a kid, when bailiffs appeared, they were stoned and jeered by the whole community until they f****d off. Bring back the old days.

 

 

Edited May 13, 2023 by jukel123