British Gas letter that seems weird.

arknor

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It's addressed to the occupier so I normally wouldn't even entertain opening such spam.

But I opened it anyway curious since there is no gas here and it reads like a regular electric bill.

has my supposed yearly usage for the last 12 months divided by 12 is 35.33 quid which could actually be accurate as I spend something like £1 a day on my meter.


the letter says "don't worry this isn't a bill please keep it for your information"
"please keep this for your records"

on the back it says "I'm already on the cheapest tariff"
the letter even has a customer number at the top.

My electric is with EON though...
British Gas and E. ON are both part of the group of energy suppliers known as the 'Big Six', older companies that dominate the energy market in the UK.
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it tells me "morrisons data services read your meter"


so why does a competitor to my energy company have a meter reading of mine and send a letter that if addressed to me personally would look the exact same as your yearly meter report from your actual supplier?

I'll take a photo of the letter if people want and edit out my address

EDIT
ops my bad it's addressed to "the occupier occupiers" and actually has my neighbours address.

seems I opened a letter for my neighbour I just assume was spam for me.... (only the 4th number of the address is different so it's hard to notice if there isn't a name)

FFS sick of my postman already... but how come there name is erm wrong? they are doing a runner when they move out right?
 
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Lots of people don't bother changing the account thats live with there energy supply and leave it as "The Owner Occupier" as it makes no difference to the billing process if they are on PAYG/prepay or normal paper bills.
Some are also paranoid that the company wants there personal details for other purposes.
Also yes there are many who do a runner but energy companies have collection departments who can find out who lived in a property during a certain time without getting the name from the customer themselves and find where they are.
 
BDEE said:
Maybe the postie made the same mistake which you made? Bit harsh....
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He's done it a few times but to be fair I've never had a christmas card etc go missing and I ordered some trainers online the other day, postman carried the huge box on his round :cry: it was big enough to fit 2-3 shoe boxes too
 
I noticed when doing comparison quotes this year that a lot of the sites already knew my usage figures or were in the rough ballpark.

Guess companies share it with others.
 
BDEE said:
Maybe the postie made the same mistake which you made? Bit harsh....
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TBF I've already complained about our postie for wrong mail on several occasions as he can't tell the difference between the words EAST and WEST. I live on "My Road WEST" & he keeps giving my mail to the same number house on "My Road EAST".

Although Tina at EAST is a lovely woman, she shouldn't need to keep texting me to come get my mail.
 
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