[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Paul

"inaccurate bills" has always been an issue, not unique to smart meters.

"invasion of privacy" ? What nonsense is that ? How does a meter invade anyones privacy ?

What exactly "dont they want us to know" ?


Oh, and my smart meter hasnt been so smart this week.
It stopped sending readings for 6 days (still sent them to the Mini, but not the DCC).
So now they have a bit of data catching up to do.

---------- Post added at 03:35 ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 ----------

Some British Gas sales person knocked at my door today.

Them: Are you worried about gas & energy prices going up ?
Me: Not really, I pay less than most people
Them: So you are on a fixed tariff ?
Me: No, I'm on Octopus Agile & Tracker
Them: They are variable ?
Me: Yes, they vary from day to day.
Them: You're on variable, so that means they are going up
Me: No, it means they are variable, higher sometimes, lower other times
Them: But the energy cap has gone up, so variable has gone up.
Me: No, they dont rely on the cap.
Them: So they are fixed ?

* Sigh * it went downhill from there, they could not grasp the concept.
You would think people trying to sell you energy would at least understand their competitors.

I was with British gas for 2 years and in that time, they tried everything under the sun to turn me over. I had one of the old-style meters which i had to read each month and send in readings or they would have continued to keep increasing my direct debit without my consent. I would never use them again even if they were the only power company left. Since moving to my smart meter i have never had any of the issues British gas tried. I have tried a few of the power companies out there. The worst were British Gas and OVO energy.