Don’t Pay Uk

[Bobbisox1]

Would you?
Apparently there’s a petition started early July gathering momentum , no link because that’s kinda advertising them, it’s about not paying your energy bills
Personally I wouldn’t because it will certainly have ramifications for those that do

What do you think?

[pimplyteen]

Many have had life way to easy.Cheap food, cheap energy,and many many just wasting their money.Time to pay up and come back down to earth.The real world will be a big shock to some.

[ladybirder]

I'm sure many on here other than myself remember when interest rates were 17% pimply. Nothing easy about that.

[Zacs-Master]

Indeed LB, our first Mortgage in '87 was 15.3%.

[dave50]

There will be a lot of people bypassing meters this winter I'm sure.

[douglas9401]

Imagine if Can't Pay UK had been founded on Rockall.

[youngmafbog]

//Not sure how old you are but you can't by-pass electricity meters.//

Oh yes you can, why on earth would you think not, nothing has really changed in the wiring? It's actually pretty easy, dangerous but easy.

[New Judge]

Bypassing an electricity meter is simplicity itself. You simply remove the "Company" fuse (which is on the "street" side of your meter) to isolate your supply. You then re-terminate the red and black cables that run from the Company fuse to your meter directly on to your consumer board instead of via the meter. Replace the Company fuse and you're away. You can do this with both Smart and "dumb" meters (though, since the supplier can monitor your usage remotely with a Smart meter, suspicion may be aroused more quickly). Your ruse is bound to be noted if a meter reader looks at your supply as it involves breaking the seals on both the meter and the Company fuse.

The "Don't Pay UK" scheme is not a good idea. Companies can and will enforce payment through the courts and if they fail they will install a pre-payment meter. This will be set to charge at a higher basic rate and will also be adjusted to recover arrears. No, they cannot do this to the entire population, but they can do it to enough to make it a very risky strategy.

[pimplyteen]

If you do get tempted with the bypass option just make sure you have some thick rubber boots on. :0)