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Subject: Re: preventing a utilities switch Posted on: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:44:20 +0000 (UTC)


"A Moose Or Two" wrote in message
news:g507r0$9n4$2@aioe.org...
> Peter Lynch wrote:
>> I got an unsolicted call this afternoon from a representative
>> of Southern Electric - my old electricity provider. The guy
>> claimed to have had a query about the readings of my meter
>> (tho' God knows why - since they no longer sell me power)
>> and wanted to know whether my bills were from estimates or
>> from meter readings. I got the distinct impression that soon
>> I'll find I've switched suppliers, although I explicitly told the guy
>> that I wasn't going to switch and I didn't
>> sign anything.
>> Is there any action I can take to require S.E. to take no
>> action and _not_ make any changes to my current arrangements?
>>
>> Pete
>
> Just let em go ahead and ignore the bills when they come in. You have no
> contract with them.
>

They will just issue a demand and hand it over to a debt collector. Once in
court they will play the tape back of his instruction to switch. It's a
contract.
It's best not to confuse him anyway, he probably doesn't know what day it
is.

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