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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

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26-01-2021, 01:49 PM
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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

Originally Posted by Meg ->
Energy smart meters, they are supposed to 'save energy' on the assumption that we are all so stupid we can't read a meter and submit a reading and we leave appliances on and use fuel unnecessarily regardless of the fact we pay an exorbitant amount for it .

They may be 'free to install' but someone will have to pay for them the official is..
'smart meters will be paid for through everyone's energy bills'

So we will all eventually have to pay for something many of us do not want .
We pay for the energy. That hasn't changed.
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26-01-2021, 01:58 PM
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We pay for the energy. That hasn't changed.
Do you think they are a rip off, as I’m thinking on having one put it?
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26-01-2021, 02:06 PM
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A brand new Rover SD1. I sold it inside a year. Very comfortable but quality? Nah. A close second was a brand new Rover 850. Bits of trim fell off and water leak when it rained.
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26-01-2021, 06:03 PM
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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

Originally Posted by Meg ->
Energy smart meters, they are supposed to 'save energy' on the assumption that we are all so stupid we can't read a meter and submit a reading and we leave appliances on and use fuel unnecessarily regardless of the fact we pay an exorbitant amount for it .

They may be 'free to install' but someone will have to pay for them the official is..
'smart meters will be paid for through everyone's energy bills'

So we will all eventually have to pay for something many of us do not want .



I soooo agree 100% with that, Meg.
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26-01-2021, 06:16 PM
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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

Originally Posted by Meg ->
Energy smart meters, they are supposed to 'save energy' on the assumption that we are all so stupid we can't read a meter and submit a reading and we leave appliances on and use fuel unnecessarily regardless of the fact we pay an exorbitant amount for it .

They may be 'free to install' but someone will have to pay for them the official is..
'smart meters will be paid for through everyone's energy bills'

So we will all eventually have to pay for something many of us do not want .
Originally Posted by Mups ->
I soooo agree 100% with that, Meg.

So do I, I don't want one.
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26-01-2021, 06:39 PM
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I'm just an electrical engineer............what do I know.......
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26-01-2021, 06:48 PM
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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

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I'm just an electrical engineer............what do I know.......
Did you see my post, about a smart meter?
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26-01-2021, 06:53 PM
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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

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Did you see my post, about a smart meter?
Yes. It's the energy that matters. In kWh.
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26-01-2021, 06:56 PM
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Re: What Would You Say Have Been The Biggest ‘Rip-Offs’’?

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Yes. It's the energy that matters. In kWh.

You would advise me to get one?...are you saying?..if you are,I will get one,as I believe you know what you are talking about.
 
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