{"id":1850,"date":"2016-01-18T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-have-paid-up-as-agreed-but-still-get-1am-text-demands-from-first-utility\/"},"modified":"2016-01-18T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T07:06:35","slug":"we-have-paid-up-as-agreed-but-still-get-1am-text-demands-from-first-utility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-have-paid-up-as-agreed-but-still-get-1am-text-demands-from-first-utility\/","title":{"rendered":"We have paid up as agreed, but still get 1am text demands from First Utility"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAlthough we have never missed a direct debit we are being harassed constantly and can\u2019t seem to stop itEarlier this year we discovered that our direct debit to First Utility had not been fully covering our gas and electricity bills and, as a result, we owed \u00a31,000. After discussing this with the company we increased our payments to cover our current bills and to clear the debt in 12 months.Despite agreeing this payment plan, we kept getting calls from its debt recovery department demanding money. The frequency increased in the summer, yet we never missed a payment. My wife then got a call saying it was going to take us to court. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…We have paid up as agreed, but still get 1am text demands from First Utility<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although we have never missed a direct debit we are being harassed constantly and can\u2019t...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10772,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/vodafone-messes-up-my-direct-debit-then-issues-a-late-payment-charge\/","url_meta":{"origin":1850,"position":0},"title":"Vodafone messes up my direct debit, then issues a late payment charge","date":"April 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I was promised the charge would be removed, but it never happenedVodafone has completely messed up my direct debit. 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