shymexx:

I just complained about my darn electricity bill a few days ago... I still don't know how 15pounds a week turned to 500pounds for 3months - and I'm not ready to waste no credit to ring them...

They might as well take me to court and send bailiffs down to my house...

Most people are moving back to their parent's house now - the bills are just ridiculous, to be honest...

ichidodo: Britain? That fish n chips, cold and dry country. If the miserable weather does not kill u the taxes should finish the job.

chaircover: i haven't read all 50 pages lol, but I am assuming that some people are thinking out of the box. Yes £500 sounds like a lot of money especially if you haven't got it, however lets look beyond this and look at other things.

On Tuesday, i drove up the motorway doing 80mph to 100mph, I wasn't stressed at that speed because I knew that I had original brakes, good tyres and a good road and no sudden craters or debris appearing in the road.

My kids go to school free, they have free dental and medical treatment, one has free public transport travel and If I wasn't working, they will have free school dinners. There are also heaps of activities that they attend free or subsidized such as Italian lessons, music lessons, sports and all what not. We have 4 library's in my city and they can take out books, Cd's, magazines etc for free.

If I dial 999, I will have an ambulance, police officer or fire engine within 5 minutes. If I am too ill to to my regular doctor, I call him and he comes out free. I go to A&E and I am seen for free and treated like a human being. I am not left to die because I cant afford to pay for my treatment. When I am pregnant I get free medication and dental treatment for a year and the govt gives me approx £60 a month for each child till they are 18 years old regardless of what I earn.

I have access to my MP that I voted in and if I am not happy with the service of any company that I visit I report to the trading standards and it is looked into. I can buy things from a shop, take it home, change my mind and return the item to the shop for a full refund.My bins are emptied every week and my close is swept every week too. The bushes and the grass is cut too from time to time. There are street lights outside my house which come on every evening and go off in the morning. There is a big park within a 2 minute walk from my house with benches and children's outside play swings etc

There is also accountability. A month ago my husband was stopped by the police and accused him of letting my daughter ride in the car without a seat belt. She did have a seatbelt on BTW but he accused her of putting it on after she saw him. Basically he called her a lair. My husband was livid and made a formal complaint to the police commission. They sent 2 senior police officers out to our home within days to come and sort things out. They listened to what happened and They apologized on behalf of the police force, but we said it was my daughter they upset and she was at school at the time. They came back the very next day and apologized to her personally and took her to their car to show her the gadgets (you know kids and gadgets)

When I am paying my bills, I am not just paying for gas and electric, I am paying for peace of mind and a sane lifestyle.

ogeelove:

Well done sista. Rules are meant to be kept not just for one's good but for the society's. We all see the adverts on how to conserve energy, turn off lights when not using it and other stuffs. If you live by the rules u get along. It is never a good thing to flout them otherwise one pays the price. Someone very dear to me is going thru chemotherapy at the moment and not having to worry about health bills is a blessing. If my tax bills contributes to the welfare of the general public then I will gladly give it. The elderly are being cared for, children are looked after and the disabled are not left to fend for themselves. It is a we society and not a me, myself and family society. If you want to be rich and live a flamboyant lifestyle it encourages you to put in the hard work needed to succeed, if you are content earning a daily income then no pressure, u simply live within ur means. Charity is at the forefront of the society and concern for others, it never encourages oppression of the lowly. If the system does not work for u then I guess the alternative is to go home and renounce your British citizenship if u have one.

bebe2: I can't go to Nigeria becos I have young children

I cant go to America becos I have young children

My mum is not in the uk

As for the tv license, dat's my oga's biggest pain. He pays it by direct debit.
There are pple dat will never open their front door for fear of tv license people

chaircover: i haven't read all 50 pages lol, but I am hoping that some people are thinking out of the box. Yes £500 sounds like a lot of money especially if you haven't got it, however lets look beyond this and look at other things.

On Tuesday, i drove up the motorway doing 80mph to 100mph, I wasn't stressed at that speed because I knew that I had original brakes, good tyres and a good road and no sudden craters or debris appearing in the road.

My kids go to school free, they have free dental and medical treatment, one has free public transport travel and If I wasn't working, they will have free school dinners. There are also heaps of activities that they attend free or subsidized such as Italian lessons, music lessons, sports and all what not. We have 4 library's in my city and they can take out books, Cd's, magazines etc for free.


If I dial 999, I will have an ambulance, police officer or fire engine within 5 minutes. If I am too ill to to my regular doctor, I call him and he comes out free. I go to A&E and I am seen for free and treated like a human being. I am not left to die because I cant afford to pay for my treatment. My local NHS hospital also has a helicopter on standby to get people to hospital in an emergency. Ive actually seen the helicopter land on the motorway to take an accident victim to hospital and you will be amazed at the speed in which the emergency services stop the traffic and get the traffic moving again afterwards.

When I am pregnant I get free medication and dental treatment for a year and the govt gives me approx £60 a month for each child till they are 18 years old regardless of what I earn.

I have access to my MP that I voted in and if I am not happy with the service of any company that I visit I report to the trading standards and it is looked into. I can buy things from a shop, take it home, change my mind and return the item to the shop for a full refund.My bins are emptied every week and my close is swept every week too. The bushes and the grass is cut too from time to time. There are street lights outside my house which come on every evening and go off in the morning. There is a big park within a 2 minute walk from my house with benches and children's outside play swings etc

There is also accountability. A month ago my husband was stopped by the police and accused him of letting my daughter ride in the car without a seat belt. She did have a seatbelt on BTW but he accused her of putting it on after she saw him. Basically he called her a lair. My husband was livid and made a formal complaint to the police commission. They sent 2 senior police officers out to our home within days to come and sort things out. They listened to what happened and They apologized on behalf of the police force, but we said it was my daughter they upset and she was at school at the time. They came back the very next day and apologized to her personally and took her to their car to show her the gadgets (you know kids and gadgets)

When I am paying my bills, I am not just paying for gas and electric, I am paying for peace of mind and a sane lifestyle.

Nightshift: I often hear how expensive things are in Britain. Here in Germany, things are relatively cheap compared to other European countries. Rent in Munich is in the high side, but companies there are paying well.

Ticha: When I first moved to the UK, I stuck to one energy supplier and consistently got ripped off until I was advised not to stick to one.

Has anyone considered changing suppliers? I change mine annually and pay less for it. I also fix the tariff for 12 months. I have never paid more than £100 monthly for electricity and gas and I have my heating on all year round.
Example - I was paying £350 for my home insurance, this year I used a comparison website and I finally paid £195 for the whole year. As I went through Quidco, I also got a £60 cash back.

I change my accounts regularly too. I am now with Satander and get cash back on my bills including mortgage and groceries. When they stop paying the cash back, I will close that account and move on. Loyalty to service providers does not pay. Shop around always.

bebe2: its april again and local authorities in uk are busy looking for money.
how many bills can one recieve in a day.
i think the easter holiday delayed the postman, water rate, business rate, council tax, speeding ticket( self inflicted, hubby beat red light) shey na only dis house dey dis country?

obadiah777: ALL THESE BELLIGERENT NAKKAZ COMPLAINING ABOUT TV LICENSE. THE TV LICENSE WOMAN CAME TO MY HOUSE, I HAPPILY OPENED THE DOOR. SHE SAID ERMM WHY YOU AINT PAY TV LICENSE FOR THIS HOUSE. I SAID, YOU CRAZY WOMAN ( NOT EXACTLY BUT IN MY HEAD I CALLED HER THAT ) DO YOU SEE ANY TV IN MY HOUSE ? I DONT WATCH TV. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE DOES NOT COME BACK, I TOOK HER AROUND AND SHOWED HER EVERY NUKE AND CRANNY OF MY HOUSE. NO TV. SO SHE SAW MY COMPUTERS AND ASKED DO YOU WATCH TV ON YOUR COMPUTER ? I DAMN NEAR SLAPPED HER ( WELL NOT EXACTLY ) AND I TOLD HER I DO NOT WATCH TV BECAUSE IT CONTAINS LOTS OF INFORMATION USED TO BRAINWASH PEOPLE. THEN SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE A CRAZY MAN AND QUICKLY EXITED MY HOUSE BEFORE I SHANKED HER WITH A KNIFE ( OR SO SHE THOUGHT AFTER MY RESPONSE. SHE PROLLY THOUGHT OH OH, I AM IN THE HOME OF A CONSPIRACY THEORY TIN FOIL HAT NUT JOB ). AS SOON AS SHE LEFT I TURNED ON MY COMPUTER AND CONTINUED WATCHING CORONATION STREET ON ITV PLAYER

MORAL OF THE STORY ? ALL YOU BELLIGERENT AZZ NAKKAZ NEED TO THROW YOUR TV IN THE GARBAGE CAN. WITH NO TV, YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY SHOW THEM AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND PROVE YOU DONT WATCH TV INSTEAD OF HIDING FROM THEM.

naijababe:
Just last night, it was reported that Scottish & Southern Electric was fined £10M simply for overcharging their customers. [size=13pt]Yes, there are bills to pay in the UK but personally, I have no complaints because I at least see what I pay for.[/size]

Jeezy:


Spot on! Exactly why i would definitely consider relocating seriously as soon as I can.

AjanleKoko:

Alarm dey tear people for UK like this?

shymexx:

Shollypopz is a next person...

The faggit is to be blamed for this...

He also called Feed_me_more my alter ego - obsessed faggit...

naijababe:

Who wants to die in the hands of a nut job na . You are right though! From Ipads to Iphones and tablets, you can watch anything and everything on TV without a license but kinda hard to do with children though.

naijababe:

Which alarm?! She was just venting ni jare, it is good for the soul.

obadiah777: TV IS A RELIC OF THE PAST. A DINOSAUR. A DRAGON. FOLKS NEED TO GET PAST THAT DRAGON. IN FACT HUN ITS MORE EASILY DONE WITH KIDS. GET A HUGE MONITOR AND ATTACH IT SECONDARILY TO ONE OF YOUR LAPTOPS. THERE IS A WEBSITE. I WOULDNT POST IT HERE THOUGH CUZ I THINK ITS ILLEGAL, BUT ON THIS WEBSITE YOU CAN WATCH TV FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I MEAN ALL OVER THE WORLD. YOU CAN WATCH ALL AMERICAN CHANELS. IF YOU LIKE FRENCH TV, YOU CAN WATCH ALL FRENCH CHANNELS. I USE IT TO WATCH NBA ( AMERICAN BASKETBALL ). I CAN WATCH EVERY CABLE SHOW IN AMERICA FROM BET TO TRUTV TO AETV TO NBC TO CNBC TO MSNBC TO CNN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

AjanleKoko:

She should pay her bills jare. She no use the service? Nigeria no good, we dey complain, we go UK again, we dey complain. This Animal Called Man sha (a la OBJ )

obadiah777: TV IS A RELIC OF THE PAST. A DINOSAUR. A DRAGON. FOLKS NEED TO GET PAST THAT DRAGON. IN FACT HUN ITS MORE EASILY DONE WITH KIDS. GET A HUGE MONITOR AND ATTACH IT SECONDARILY TO ONE OF YOUR LAPTOPS. THERE IS A WEBSITE. I WOULDNT POST IT HERE THOUGH CUZ I THINK ITS ILLEGAL, BUT ON THIS WEBSITE YOU CAN WATCH TV FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I MEAN ALL OVER THE WORLD. YOU CAN WATCH ALL AMERICAN CHANELS. IF YOU LIKE FRENCH TV, YOU CAN WATCH ALL FRENCH CHANNELS. I USE IT TO WATCH NBA ( AMERICAN BASKETBALL ). I CAN WATCH EVERY CABLE SHOW IN AMERICA FROM BET TO TRUTV TO AETV TO NBC TO CNBC TO MSNBC TO CNN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

bebe2: its april again and local authorities in uk are busy looking for money.
how many bills can one recieve in a day.
i think the easter holiday delayed the postman, water rate, business rate, council tax, speeding ticket( self inflicted, hubby beat red light) shey na only dis house dey dis country?