I’m still here (just!)
Claire October 22nd, 2007
Just popping by again – things have been so so busy recently that I haven’t had time to stop. David moved into the new place this weekend (I am moving in on 9th Nov – too much to do and too little time to do it in) and what a disaster that was. Friday David found that someone had cloned his bank account details and managed to gamble away a lot of money – our wedding money at that. The police and the bank are in charge of it now, so fingers crossed and we may get it back. Otherwise it will be a very cheap wedding!….Good job there was just enough money to pay for the removal van. Just.
Then the bed didn’t get delivered – the van driver from the shop we bought the bed from had crashed the van, and so was unable to pick our bed from the manufacturer due to the delays in getting his replacement van, so we spent the night on the sofa, freezing cos the gas meter had run out of credit and we hadn’t been sent a card to get more on. The bed was delivered on Saturday, but it’s not our bed base – we ordered a 4 drawer divan, and since they couldn’t collect it due to the van crash, we had our mattress delivered, and a base borrowed from the shop, which means we still have to keep it wrapped in plastic until they can devliver the one that’s ours…..
Then the gas and electric saga – the previous tenants had built up a lot of debt with Powergen, and the company had fitted meters 2 weeks before they moved out. So not only did we speak to some real idiots in call centres (now David has worked in a lot of call centres, I am not making sweeping generalisations about them..) that were incredibly unhelpful. It will cost us more using meters as we would then pay almost £5 per week more in standing charges, as well as the inconvenience of having to go into the cellar to add credit. Then after having £20 gas swallowed up in a day we discovered we were calibrated to pay the previous tenants’ debts…. Then Powergen would like to charge us £50 per meter to have them removed, as well as having a credit check. I think we will be switching providers very soon.
And today the landlady told us the washing machine had leaked into the cellar as the pipe we fitted yesterday wasn’t tight enough….
I am going to go now as I feel another minor crisis coming on again. I have my first craft fair on Saturday and so I need to have a massive “making up” session this week so I have enough to sell. I will pop back again at some point next week and let you know what state I am in then! xoxo
Phooey, how rotten. If the bank account was a fraudulent thing, then the bank is bound to return David’s money, no question about that. Most banks will do that without making any difficulties, so try not to worry. In terms of the meters, I don’t think Powergen are allowed to charge you for replacing them with conventional meters. Were you with them at your old address? If so, they should have enough info about your credit standing. Pervsevere – it can be a hassle getting things like this sorted out, but once it’s done you don’t usually have any more problems.