{"id":88423,"date":"2018-05-16T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-did-first-utility-turn-a-950-refund-into-1562-debt\/"},"modified":"2018-05-16T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T07:03:52","slug":"how-did-first-utility-turn-a-950-refund-into-1562-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-did-first-utility-turn-a-950-refund-into-1562-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"How did First Utility turn a \u00a3950 refund into \u00a31,562 debt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIt admitted it calculated our bill wrongly and paid us the money \u2013 then it asked for more backA gross error by First Utility will leave me and my young family in financial difficulties. When we sold our house last summer I called the company with the final meter readings and was informed that we were due a \u00a3950 refund, which they paid.Six months later a letter arrived at our new address asking me to settle an outstanding bill of \u00a31,562. First Utility told me they had made a series of billing errors and instead of the \u00a3950 refund I actually owed them \u00a31,562.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/may\/16\/first-utility-bill-refund-debt\" target=\"_blank\">How did First Utility turn a \u00a3950 refund into \u00a31,562 debt?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It admitted it calculated our bill wrongly and paid us the money \u2013 then it&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-88423","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-n0b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144937,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/see-inside-fords-new-tech-campus-a-century-old-detroit-train-station-restored-for-950-million\/","url_meta":{"origin":88423,"position":0},"title":"See inside Ford&#039;s new tech campus, a century-old Detroit train station restored for $950 million","date":"June 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ford Chair Bill Ford Jr., who spearheaded the project, said the 30-acre campus will be key for the automaker's talent acquisition and retention.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...See inside Ford's new tech campus, a century-old Detroit train station restored for 0 million","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105959,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ollies-bargain-outlet-ceo-well-open-950-stores-brick-and-mortar-isnt-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":88423,"position":1},"title":"Ollie&#039;s Bargain Outlet CEO: We&#039;ll open 950 stores \u2014 &#039;Brick and mortar isn&#039;t dead&#039;","date":"April 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The discount retailer plans to soon expand to 25 states, while its store count currently stands at 318 with four more in the pipeline, Ollie's CEO Mark Butler says.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Ollie's Bargain Outlet CEO: We'll open 950 stores \u2014 'Brick and mortar isn't dead'","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":104209,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/950-a-week-for-30-years-first-home-buyers-face-crushing-mortgages\/","url_meta":{"origin":88423,"position":2},"title":"$950 a week for 30 years: First-home buyers face crushing mortgages","date":"February 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Auckland's first-home buyers will need to fork out up to $950 per week in loan repayments for the next 30 years based on what they're paying to get a foothold in the market.That's according to figures by analysts CoreLogic showing...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...0 a week for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42475,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/employment-tribunal-cases-down-70-since-fees-introduced\/","url_meta":{"origin":88423,"position":3},"title":"Employment tribunal cases down 70% since fees introduced","date":"February 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Unions say slump in claims has mostly affected low-paid women and call for fees of up to \u00a3950 to be scrappedThe number of cases taken to employment tribunals has fallen by 70% since fees were introduced, a government review has found.Unions called for the fees of up to \u00a3950\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23817,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-post-office-made-a-mistake-but-wont-give-me-a-refund\/","url_meta":{"origin":88423,"position":4},"title":"The Post Office made a mistake, but won\u2019t give me a refund","date":"August 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Money for a bill was taken from my bank account, but EDF didn\u2019t receive it. 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