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West Ender · 27-08-2006, 20:36

My daughter works for Scottish Power/MANWEB and she is of the opinion that all gas/electricity salesmen, including their own, should be shot! She gets very angry at the mess they leave some people in by their underhand sales tactics and the way they prey on the elderly.

My own mother was a case in point. When she was nearly 90 one of my brothers went through her accounts with her and found she had been paying both British Gas and NORWEB for her electricity for over a year. She was sure she hadn't signed up to change her account. She wasn't senile or suffering from dementia, nothing like that, but she hadn't quite grasped that you could now buy electricity from the Gas Board or gas from the Electric Board etc. Presumably some rogue had told her she had to sign for her electricity and so she did.

She got her money back, in the end, but it took several phone calls and a lot of hassle.

27-08-2006, 20:36	#17
West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 193	Re: Doorstep sellers cant read! My daughter works for Scottish Power/MANWEB and she is of the opinion that all gas/electricity salesmen, including their own, should be shot! She gets very angry at the mess they leave some people in by their underhand sales tactics and the way they prey on the elderly. My own mother was a case in point. When she was nearly 90 one of my brothers went through her accounts with her and found she had been paying both British Gas and NORWEB for her electricity for over a year. She was sure she hadn't signed up to change her account. She wasn't senile or suffering from dementia, nothing like that, but she hadn't quite grasped that you could now buy electricity from the Gas Board or gas from the Electric Board etc. Presumably some rogue had told her she had to sign for her electricity and so she did. She got her money back, in the end, but it took several phone calls and a lot of hassle. __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.