24.08.08
Interesting business practice
A while ago I talked about saving money on bills n’that.
I sent British Gas my gas meter reading as I expected it to be substantially lower than their estimate. It was. Hoorah!
They’ve finally sent me a bill and it makes interesting reading.
There are 4 time periods on it.
They are:
- Nov-Jan - 127 units (estimated readings)
- Jan - Jul - 207 units (estimated readings)
- 30th Jul - 1st Aug - 1 unit (using the actual reading)
- 2nd Aug - 8th Aug - 193 units (estimated readings)
So what they’ve actually done is carry on using their own estimated readings anyway and my supplying of the actual figure has had absolutely no influence on their bill or charges whatsoever.
If we are to believe their figures then they are “estimating” that in one 7 day period I “used” 52% more gas in that one week in summer than I did in the height of winter for 3 months. And just over 93% of the gas used for the first 6 months of the year.
I spy a grumpy phone call on Tuesday. Bastards.