blobby1000 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Just wondered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest26012 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 They'll drag you back to australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Yeh we left without paying anything for the last month....... Because my Mum and Dad wouldn't take anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GilraenH Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Is there not a reciprocal agreement with the SAS where they just shoot the barstewards who do a runner...............perhaps lecky is exempt from this? :twitcy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graemsay Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 It's a capital offence, mate. You're for the electric chair, and they'll charge you for the juice used. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Longtime Lurker Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Sorry to hear your predicament - I guess it is not a decision you would take lightly and pleased it is not one I need to take. At least with summer on its way for you hopefully your electric usage will reduce. Walking a way from a debt is not something I would personally do but that is just me and I am not walking in your shoes. Sorry no pearls of wisdom to offer as I know nothing about renting in Aus. I hope things work out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 As we do not know your financial circumstances a hard one. Only thing is that if you did return to Aus your credit rating will be gone gone gone. Not sure whether on an international rating list as well as I believe a lot of this goes on. As a note, abuse and name calling on this thread will not be tolerated. You are warned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKC Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I wouldn't normally condone leaving bills unpaid, but after our electricity company messed us about for a whole year after we got solar panels, seemingly unable to switch us on to the solar tariff and leaving us without a bill for a year, I was a little less caring of them. Then after they finally managed to put us on the correct tariff after the Ombudsman got involved, they refused to back-pay us for the electricity that we had been exporting for a year, so I am even less sympathetic towards them. To be honest, I probably wouldn't do it, but then I am the sort who lies awake at night worrying about this sort of thing. However, I am sure that if I was in the situation that it was either pay the bill or feed my children, I know exactly what I would do, and I certainly wouldn't think any less of someone who was put in a predicament and made that same choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsitallabout Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Can really understand you not wanting to pay your electrticity bill, as they have tripled in the time we have been here. We had friends who went back that didn't pay any of there aussie bills & have been back for over a year!Haven't had the hangman over to them yet!But they have no desire to ever to return to OZ, thats why they left the household bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Theft, you owe money and you ignore it, it is not your money, might as well steal it from a shop till. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 If you really want to screw them, on the day you leave leave all the lights on, heating on full etc. No don't - that would be criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 If you leave without paying then it is likely your landlord will be become liable for the bill. You might even up saying goodbye to your deposit on the house if they reslise before returning the deposit. If this is likely to be less than the cost of the bill then maybe it's worth it, but I wouldn't condone it. If the bill has significantly increased since a change in meter I would have been investigating if the meter was faulty but I guess it's probably a bit late for this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 A pearl of wisdom from another thread :wacko: .....................if you can afford to return to the UK, you can afford to pay your bills................Oh!...................and that travelling you were going to do before you left is out the window too! ......................on yer bike pal, and make sure it's got a dynamo:tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 and people wonder why bills are getting higher! its not just down to power companies greed, they just get there money by raising the cost for people who do pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 That's true. Its just like shoplifting. Everyone else pays for it through higher prices. So blobby if you do a runner, all of us will be paying your unpaid bill on your behalf. I'm assuming you wouldn't steal from a shop. This is not that different I suppose. Every one else ends up paying for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I wouldn't normally condone leaving bills unpaid, but after our electricity company messed us about for a whole year after we got solar panels, seemingly unable to switch us on to the solar tariff and leaving us without a bill for a year, I was a little less caring of them. Then after they finally managed to put us on the correct tariff after the Ombudsman got involved, they refused to back-pay us for the electricity that we had been exporting for a year, so I am even less sympathetic towards them. To be honest, I probably wouldn't do it, but then I am the sort who lies awake at night worrying about this sort of thing. However, I am sure that if I was in the situation that it was either pay the bill or feed my children, I know exactly what I would do, and I certainly wouldn't think any less of someone who was put in a predicament and made that same choice. And don't you like the way when you sort it out for them, they make out its our fault. Happened to us with the gas no bill for a year, we picked up the error, no thanks nothing, mind you we paid them back on the drip, slow drip. Blobby maybe a very slow drip may be your answer if you speak with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 All that waffle regarding paying for someone else's debts is a load of horlicks. Provision for bad debts are already factored into costs of any business, is tax deductible, and certainly wouldn't be removed if everyone paid their bills, which is irrelevant anyway as there will always be someone who doesn't and hence there will always be Provision for Bad Debts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash77 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 give blobby a break...LEAVE THE GUY ALONE, nobody knows his circumstances...im sure if he could pay it he would..Id do the same.. nice one blooby....good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graemsay Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 On a serious note, I agree with Petals. Get in touch with the electricity company and explain that your bill has tripled. It could be that the smart meter is over-reading, so ask them to compare usage before and after. If there's a fault then it might be resolvable in your favour. But if you're running electric for heating and water instead of the wood stove that might explain the rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 It's a capital offence, mate. You're for the electric chair, and they'll charge you for the juice used. :biggrin: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKC Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 And don't you like the way when you sort it out for them, they make out its our fault. Happened to us with the gas no bill for a year, we picked up the error, no thanks nothing, mind you we paid them back on the drip, slow drip. The Ombudsman said that they had to give us the same length of time to pay the bill (of $2700) that they had not provided a bill for, so a year. OH spoke to them and agreed to pay it off in smaller sums, but we got a demand from them. We were so sick and tired of speaking to them in the end that we paid it all off and are now looking around for a better company to use. If there is one...! I think the most annoying thing was, that when OH was on the phone to them one day trying to sort it out (for about the hundredth time), the operator that had been speaking to him thought that OH was on hold and that he was speaking to his supervisor, and called OH an expletive! I just heard OH shout "Do you realise that you are still on the phone to the customer!" down the phone, must have been pretty bad because other than that and one other time, I have never heard him shout at anyone in 14 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PontePom Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Spare me the lecture if you will. I'm not going to make excuses or insist and protest that underneath it all I am always honest but have been driven to action by circumstances beyond my control: let me make one thing clear, when it comes to the moral principle of not paying electricity companies I could not give a toss. I think it's easier to get out of Australia leaving the least amount of carnage behind possible however. But has anyone left without paying an electric bill? What happened? Oh, I cant resist it.........I will explain..... Bill has increased 300% since a smartmeter appeared. We are on a rate that means we can only afford to use electric when we are asleep. The walls are paper thin and the landlord refuses to fix the wood heater. We have a $1300 bill for 3 months and another one for 2 months about to land on the mat....... Anyone out there done a runner???? This is one to decide for yourself You know your own circumstances I wouldn't condone it myself but it's up to you if you do it After the last thread on debt well I'm actually surprised you even posted this here I'm gonna pull up a chair and watch this thread grow lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Totally dishonest in my book Blobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Put in a complaint with regards to the costs and state the massive increase. Say you don't have the money if insist and that you will pay them off over a year. Think Petal stated as much. It sounds to be clearly wrong so stand your ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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