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OT cold callers
Cold caller rings the door bell. He doesn't present any identification. Him: I'm doing a survey He produces a picture of two electric meters Him:Do you have smart meter or the older type that has to be read by yourself or a meter reader Me: an older meter Him: We can fit a smart meter for free. All I need is your customer number from you electricity bill. Me: go away bye What's the betting some poor soul in Southend-on-Sea is going to find that they have a new electricity supplier, without their knowledge? -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 03/01/2012 18:43, Alan wrote:
Cold caller rings the door bell. He doesn't present any identification. Him: I'm doing a survey He produces a picture of two electric meters Him:Do you have smart meter or the older type that has to be read by yourself or a meter reader Me: an older meter Him: We can fit a smart meter for free. All I need is your customer number from you electricity bill. Me: go away bye What's the betting some poor soul in Southend-on-Sea is going to find that they have a new electricity supplier, without their knowledge? I've had a few cold callers from an electricity company telling me that they are my new supplier, so could they have my name please for their records. I told them to leg it. Apparently this practice is illegal. David |
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"Alan" wrote in message
... Cold caller rings the door bell. He doesn't present any identification. Him: "I'm doing a survey" He produces a picture of two electric meters Him:"Do you have smart meter or the older type that has to be read by yourself or a meter reader" Me: "an older meter" Him: "We can fit a smart meter for free. All I need is your customer number from you electricity bill". Me: "go away - bye" What's the betting some poor soul in Southend-on-Sea is going to find that they have a new electricity supplier, without their knowledge? It is worth taking the details and reporting them to OFGEM. Otherwise they will continue to get away with it. Peter Crosland |
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On Jan 3, 8:58*pm, "Peter Crosland" wrote:
It is worth taking the details and reporting them to OFGEM. Otherwise they will continue to get away with it. I photograph them when they show up. Just because it ****es them off so much. |
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