{"id":61046,"date":"2017-07-18T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/power-struggle-as-british-gas-bills-huge-amounts-for-wrong-meter\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T06:10:36","slug":"power-struggle-as-british-gas-bills-huge-amounts-for-wrong-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/power-struggle-as-british-gas-bills-huge-amounts-for-wrong-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"Power struggle as British Gas bills huge amounts for wrong meter"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s been 13 months and no one seems to be able to resolve the problemFor more than a year British Gas has been charging me huge sums for a neighbour\u2019s electricity. It began with a bill for \u00a31,500, which I discovered was based on a reading of a meter belonging to a flat above mine. This meter and mine are side by side in an outside cupboard.Next, British Gas increased my direct debit payments from \u00a331 a month to \u00a3227 and, because I was away, two of the new payments were taken from my account before I had time to call it. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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