After having recently gone through a three month battle with my electricity provider to get them to accept the fact that their meter reader read one of the dials wrong and came up with a doubling of usage, I think I can see what has happened.
All Valmay and the crack team have to do is make four (4) phone calls to separate nice people at the call centre who promise to see to it, then have the same meter reader make the same mistake, then take a photo of the meter and email it to the company and finally receive a bill for the correct amount. Oh, and then get an overdue reminder for the wrong bill.
It was the fault of nobody/everybody. The power company had taken the decision to outsource the mail dept using Cambodia’s postal service. The bill was sent two days before Easter but when it arrived in Oz the whole country was shut down for the holiday.
At the end of Easter the A/C was accidentally returned to sender, where it arrived just in time for Cambodian New Year-when the whole country is shut down for festivities.
Valmay Oldbody had been expecting its arrival and when it didn’t she leaped to the assumption she wasn’t going to receive it at all. So she spent the ten intervening days on the ‘phone to all her relos and friends telling them how she’d been on an economy drive and saving power.
The unfortunate Valmay had been born in Victoria which meant the rellos still lived there, causing Valmay’s ‘phone bills to be v pricey indeed.
27 thoughts on “Electricity Bill Shock Gate Exposed!”
Phen
October 15, 2012 at 3:18 pmHow on earth does the old dear use that much power? Does she have an illegal hydroponics lab?
ernmalleyscat
October 15, 2012 at 3:30 pmAfter having recently gone through a three month battle with my electricity provider to get them to accept the fact that their meter reader read one of the dials wrong and came up with a doubling of usage, I think I can see what has happened.
All Valmay and the crack team have to do is make four (4) phone calls to separate nice people at the call centre who promise to see to it, then have the same meter reader make the same mistake, then take a photo of the meter and email it to the company and finally receive a bill for the correct amount. Oh, and then get an overdue reminder for the wrong bill.
Mike Smith
October 15, 2012 at 3:32 pmIf it’s usage a quarter I’m not surprised. Usage across (cold) winter vs usage against (balmy) Autumn? Rabbott’s balmy all year around though.
Venise Alstergren
October 15, 2012 at 3:40 pmIt was the fault of nobody/everybody. The power company had taken the decision to outsource the mail dept using Cambodia’s postal service. The bill was sent two days before Easter but when it arrived in Oz the whole country was shut down for the holiday.
At the end of Easter the A/C was accidentally returned to sender, where it arrived just in time for Cambodian New Year-when the whole country is shut down for festivities.
Valmay Oldbody had been expecting its arrival and when it didn’t she leaped to the assumption she wasn’t going to receive it at all. So she spent the ten intervening days on the ‘phone to all her relos and friends telling them how she’d been on an economy drive and saving power.
The unfortunate Valmay had been born in Victoria which meant the rellos still lived there, causing Valmay’s ‘phone bills to be v pricey indeed.
Mike Smith
October 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm@Venise: The Cambodians celebrate Easter? How ecumenical of them.
Recalcitrant.Rick
October 15, 2012 at 4:38 pmBut seriously folks, the man (Abbott) can’t even read an electricity bill yet 53% of Australians will vote for him? Are we all stupid or what?
klewso
October 15, 2012 at 4:43 pmGood thing she didn’t have a heart attack – how much power do those defibrillators use?
Holden Back
October 15, 2012 at 4:58 pmRunning a grow lab is not cheap.
klewso
October 15, 2012 at 5:30 pm“Oldperson”? What’s “Valmay” hiding from?
But giving this to MrAbbott to rub Juliar’s nose in, in public, she sounds like a real patriot.
Gerry Hatrick, OAP
October 15, 2012 at 5:42 pmI love you all.