●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 ●● ● Apr 19 [00:01] schestowitz Jack from E.ON Next wrote on 11/04/2022 17:38: [00:01] schestowitz > Hello, [00:01] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > I would like to sincerely apologise for the time your query has been [00:02] schestowitz > left unanswered. [00:02] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > This is not to my own or E-on Next's expectations and for this we [00:02] schestowitz > apologise and take this an opportunity to do better. [00:02] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > Energy companies are only legally obligated to take meter readings once [00:02] schestowitz > in a two year period, which means the onus falls upon the bill payer to [00:02] schestowitz > provide these readings, should they wish to not be billed to an estimation. [00:02] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > You are not obliged to give these readings however, your energy account [00:02] schestowitz > will be estimated and things such as EAC/AQ (yearly estimations), tariff [00:02] schestowitz > quotes, payment adequacy and much more will not be as accurate as your [00:02] schestowitz > energy provider and yourself would like. [00:02] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > May I ask if your query has been resolved? [00:02] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > If not please can you confirm your account number (A-), property [00:02] schestowitz > address, name on the account and more information in related to your [00:02] schestowitz > query, and I will be happy to assist you further. [00:02] schestowitz > [00:02] schestowitz > Alternatively you can contact E-on Next via phone on 0808 501 5200 [00:02] schestowitz > (Monday-Friday 09:00-16:00). [00:02] schestowitz Dear Jack Platten, [00:02] schestowitz You need to send people to take meter readings a lot more often. [00:02] schestowitz It seems like you have exploited the lockdowns to never restore proper service, only increase your prices by like 30-40% (while making services worse, probably to cut your own costs at our expense). [00:02] schestowitz If this carries on, Jack, you too might be on the company's "chopping block". [00:02] schestowitz So please relay my concerns upwards to your bosses. If I pay EXTRA* to secure the job of people who take meter readings, they should be dispatched regularly. Now a couple of times a year. [00:02] schestowitz Do not send me emails nags trying to get me to do their job instead. I already pay extra for that not to happen**. [00:02] schestowitz Regards, [00:02] schestowitz Roy [00:02] schestowitz ___ [00:02] schestowitz * The lower tariffs are only available if the job your company used to do (or NPower before the takeover) is outsourced to me. [00:02] schestowitz ** Companies come and go. Companies that mistreat their clients go away faster. ● Apr 19 [01:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Apr 19 [02:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:54] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 19 [04:01] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 19 [05:25] schestowitz
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