Sinky077 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Got this text the other day your home is ready for smart meter and your upgrade is booked for 20/04/2023 your engineer will arrive between 1.00-500you will receive further details by post or email we or on prepay meter and its broke showing no display so wat do reckon i should do he wont be getting in any way Edited April 13, 2023 by Sinky077 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thoth Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sinky077 said: Got this text the other day your home is ready for smart meter and your upgrade is booked for 20/04/2023 your engineer will arrive between 1.00-500you will receive further details by post or email we or on prepay meter and its broke showing no display so wat do reckon i should do he wont be getting in any way what sort of meter? Gas, leccy or water? I had a water meter fitted but didn't actually have a say because it was at the foot of my drive which is off the property. Always ignored gas and electricity although they always left it to me to arrange an appointment so I never bothered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinky077 Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 Both British gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtrekker Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Yeah, I've had that text too and had never arranged a bloody appointment. I contacted them and gave them a piece of my mind. Tell them you want your prepayment meter fixed and NOT replaced with a 'smart' meter. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campion Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Sinky077 said: Got this text the other day your home is ready for smart meter and your upgrade is booked for 20/04/2023 your engineer will arrive between 1.00-500you will receive further details by post or email we or on prepay meter and its broke showing no display so wat do reckon i should do he wont be getting in any way I would assume any unexpected random texts are scams until proven otherwise, and you don't have to let people like that into your home. I've heard of scams where people use a ruse to get a quick look inside your home to see if there's anything worth pinching, your level of security etc, ready for burglaring at a later time. I'm also wondering if there's a way to deactivate the smartness of a smart meter if you can't help having one . An off switch, changing your wifi password etc? Or if all else fails, wrapping it in tinfoil lol! I don't have one, some years ago they were bugging me like crazy because there were govt targets but they have given up with all the phone call etc. I don't think my conventional excuse for not having one still holds water, because at one time they were installing outdated smart meters which stopped working when you switched suppliers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleP Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I've ignored all the letters they've sent me so far. Straight into the bin. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizza Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 i have both smart gas and leccy meters and since i moved in my property i have never felt so ill. I cancelled my broadband and im being hounded to give the router back? why is the router so important? Also the utility company can still read my meter even though i dont have wifi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Dizza said: why is the router so important? If you look in the terms, you only rent the equipment. So by return they can recycle parts or reissue to someone else and say it's a new unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizza Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Morpheus said: If you look in the terms, you only rent the equipment. So by return they can recycle parts or reissue to someone else and say it's a new unit. yes that is what it said on the card posted through my letter box, about recycling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 17 minutes ago, Dizza said: yes that is what it said on the card posted through my letter box, about recycling. Chips are hard to come by nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Crabtree Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 3:18 PM, webtrekker said: Yeah, I've had that text too and had never arranged a bloody appointment. I contacted them and gave them a piece of my mind. Tell them you want your prepayment meter fixed and NOT replaced with a 'smart' meter. SMART meters are only for DUMB people! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Crabtree Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 3:02 PM, Not Thoth said: what sort of meter? Gas, leccy or water? I had a water meter fitted but didn't actually have a say because it was at the foot of my drive which is off the property. Always ignored gas and electricity although they always left it to me to arrange an appointment so I never bothered I had the same with my water meter, but the gas and electric are still the old ones! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 2:51 PM, Sinky077 said: Got this text the other day your home is ready for smart meter and your upgrade is booked for 20/04/2023 your engineer will arrive between 1.00-500you will receive further details by post or email we or on prepay meter and its broke showing no display so wat do reckon i should do he wont be getting in any way On 4/13/2023 at 3:03 PM, Sinky077 said: Both British gas As far as I am aware, your supplier cannot just 'upgrade' you to a smart meter unless you have requested it, ie given your consent. Contact British Gas and tell them you did not consent and you want the appointment cancelled, and tell them that if an engineer does turn up then they will be turned away. On 4/14/2023 at 10:05 PM, Dizza said: I cancelled my broadband and im being hounded to give the router back? why is the router so important? Also the utility company can still read my meter even though i dont have wifi. The router remains the property of your broadband provider and so they can ask for it back if you end your contract with them. Depends on your provider really, I know that Virgin Media like to have their equipment back, however I still have my PlusNet Hub router from my old property, they never asked for it to be returned. Smart meters don't connect to the internet through your wi-fi, they use 4G/5G mobile network. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonjulius1122 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 2:08 AM, Morpheus said: If you look in the terms, you only rent the equipment. So by return they can recycle parts or reissue to someone else and say it's a new unit. Yes Morpheus is right you can only rent thee equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmoGenesis Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Just ignore it, amount of times I've called the cheeky pricks and told them to never offer me a smart meter again and to put it on my file, yet they still fuckin' send those texts.. Edited June 16, 2023 by CosmoGenesis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 5:59 PM, Grumpy Owl said: The router remains the property of your broadband provider and so they can ask for it back if you end your contract with them. Depends on your provider really, I know that Virgin Media like to have their equipment back, however I still have my PlusNet Hub router from my old property, they never asked for it to be returned. Same with SKY - though my folks' equipment was so out of date when I cancelled it for them, SKY didn't want it back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campion Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 I've started getting emails from my supplier saying the electric meter needs to be changed to a smart meter because it's come to the end of its "certification period" and passes the buck to OFGEM and the Electricity Act 1989 for why it needs replacing. I've just ignored it so far and perhaps they'll get bored with me, otherwise I'll ask them for a new non-smart meter and see where that leads. To be fair my meter is pretty old, it has wheels going opposite directions and I suspect that "certification periods" didn't exist when it was made. Perhaps they've just been made up to twist our arms to getting smart meters. Anyway they've been accepting my own readings for years without a visit from the meterman like we used to get in the olden days, so they can't be that worried about it going inaccurate with age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occulus5 Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Off topic slightly but staying with energy, but has anyone here done what Richard D Hall has done to his home by cutting off from his utlilty company (ie gas and electric) and making his house "off grid" where has modified his home and collects rain water and filters it for his home?. It's amazing what he has done but he clearly has the skills and know how (and probably help from other people). For some people, including myself, they don't have those skils. I would love to make my home like his but sadly I don't have the know how, plus nonone I know would ever want to help me with such a project, they would think I'm mad; I could just see their reaction "Hey mate, I have to pay for gas and electricity so why don't you you tight arse?" lol. Richard hasn't done this for fun he's doing it for a reason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Inch Posted November 4, 2024 Share Posted November 4, 2024 I have a prepayment meter and the cards do not work. An engineer keeps adding emergency credit but now stating its “because i have refused a smart meter”. I have requested that a credit meter be installed and willing to pay but am told to repeatedly visit shops who already state they dont keep british gas cards and when provided they are “invalid”. I have a child with a disability and damp. I have a chest infection now and people are telling me i am selfish and cant win. What can i do? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoScota Posted November 20, 2024 Share Posted November 20, 2024 Gunna chime in here because I just got an email from my supplier. Seems they are trotting out porky pies to customers in order to get these fucking things into peoples houses. The guff they said to me was that the radio signal that operates the off peak times will but shut off by next June so they will have to replace the meter with a smart one. Aren't I just so lucky? I said I didn't want one due to research proving these things are bad for health, and I mentioned how old bag, sorry lady next door tried to have one fitted but for whatever reason it couldn't be installed. So hoping that will be the case with mine, but this is probably related to that "Switch" they will flick to make us all go like the movie Cell. But if it does go in, then theres this orgonite guy who's gear is really good. I used to make the stiff but he is reasonably priced for what ue packs into them. I have lots of his pieces on a house grid kit and two big "take no shit" pyramids and a good few tensor rings. He also does kits for smart meters. I might see what he has now. https://www.photonorgone.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoScota Posted November 20, 2024 Share Posted November 20, 2024 On 11/4/2024 at 1:00 PM, Tommy Inch said: I have a prepayment meter and the cards do not work. An engineer keeps adding emergency credit but now stating its “because i have refused a smart meter”. I have requested that a credit meter be installed and willing to pay but am told to repeatedly visit shops who already state they dont keep british gas cards and when provided they are “invalid”. I have a child with a disability and damp. I have a chest infection now and people are telling me i am selfish and cant win. What can i do? Tom Evil shows itself in many forms. Your experience is a good example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi3141 Posted November 29, 2024 Share Posted November 29, 2024 On 9/24/2024 at 8:17 PM, Campion said: I've started getting emails from my supplier saying the electric meter needs to be changed to a smart meter because it's come to the end of its "certification period" and passes the buck to OFGEM and the Electricity Act 1989 for why it needs replacing. I've just ignored it so far and perhaps they'll get bored with me, otherwise I'll ask them for a new non-smart meter and see where that leads. To be fair my meter is pretty old, it has wheels going opposite directions and I suspect that "certification periods" didn't exist when it was made. Perhaps they've just been made up to twist our arms to getting smart meters. Anyway they've been accepting my own readings for years without a visit from the meterman like we used to get in the olden days, so they can't be that worried about it going inaccurate with age. You want a Toroidal Transformer, connect it across the incoming lines and the Eddy currents it generates will rotate your meter wheel in opposite direction - your meter will turn backwards. That's how they used to do it. Either that or put a highly inductive load into your house - that messes with those old meters in your favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campion Posted November 30, 2024 Share Posted November 30, 2024 Thanks Pi, but I'm not looking for anything like that to fiddle it. I just don't want smart devices in my home or trust them to be in our interest. They sent 3 of these semi-threatening emails quoting the law and I haven't heard from them since. If I do end up having to get one I'll be looking to turn it onto dumb mode if that's possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Crabtree Posted November 30, 2024 Share Posted November 30, 2024 9 minutes ago, Campion said: Thanks Pi, but I'm not looking for anything like that to fiddle it. I just don't want smart devices in my home or trust them to be in our interest. They sent 3 of these semi-threatening emails quoting the law and I haven't heard from them since. If I do end up having to get one I'll be looking to turn it onto dumb mode if that's possible. I kept deleting their{ EDF } emails every time without replying to their invitations to arrange a time for my 'new meters' to be installed now they have me reading my own meters every two or three weeks and sending the readings to them, probably in an effort to piss me off and get me to have a new meter! They don't know me that well, obviously, I know I'll have to have new ones forced upon us eventually, but, I'll keep up my rearguard action for as long as I can! Opening my front door and reading the two meters next to it is no biggy, so, it could be a while before they win, because I'm a really stubborn old goat who'll take it right to the wire! If anything were to happen to me first, my wife would cave in right away because she doesn't like to 'upset people' and she can't see the problem I have with it!? 'Defiance, not compliance' all the way for me, I've always been that way inclined and I'm not going to change anytime soon! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Crabtree Posted November 30, 2024 Share Posted November 30, 2024 (edited) 'RESIST NOT ASSIST' is my Mantra Why people allow jumped up little wankers to make up their own rules and walk all over them is genuinely a mystery to me? Edited November 30, 2024 by Mr Crabtree 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.jpg.8081a54a3b74a5d1823dfac966666137.jpg)
.jpg.594f0ef23288ec5ab04539b2f8a8dbd4.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.