Buriram residents bewildered by backdated water bills up to 9 years old

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In Thailand’s northeast province of Buriram, inhabitants of Ban Dan district are left in confusion as they are being billed for water usage dating back six to nine years. Appearing across each village, these bills have sparked controversy, with municipality staff explaining that the payment must be collected.

 

The complaints escalated as residents within the Ban Dan area, in some cases two to four from each village, and at worst 29 individuals, are being charged retrospectively. The amount levied varies significantly, from 4,000 to 15,000 baht (US$118 to US$440) for water consumption dating back to 2014.

 

Seventy-year-old Chomchuey Jayunram, a noodle vendor, expressed her bewilderment receiving a water bill summing over 10,000 baht (US$294), dating back to 2014. Her monthly water usage ranges between 50 and 150 baht (US$1.5 to US$4), and despite missing payments on some months, Chomchuey questioned the sudden accumulation. A bill collector visits regularly, sometimes offering receipts for payments made. However, why her water service wasn’t discontinued if the bills had remained unpaid remains unclear, reported KhaoSod.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/buri-ram-residents-bewildered-by-backdated-water-bills-up-to-nine-years-old

 

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Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/buri-ram-residents-bewildered-by-backdated-water-bills-up-to-nine-years-old

[jcmj]

That’s nothing compared to last year’s taxes the government went after for on land and house. They never even sent a bill for 7 years and then they sent them all in one shot to be paid asap or be fined big time. They need to get their sht together on this and any other bills. I’m sure if I didn’t pay my water bill for 2-3 months they would cut it off. These people are actually lucky they didn’t, but that is a lot of money for these poor Thais. 

[mfd101]

Perhaps the bill collector mentioned in the Op has an idea how it happened ...

[brianthainess]

Sound just like my postman. no mail for 2+yrs e-mailed head office, 6months of mail turns up at one time, nothing since....

[Gsxrnz]

Next week their backdated electric bills will start turning up.  I wonder if the bill collector person has died or retired recently.

[roger101]

It seems to me that the private company collected the money and forgot to pass it on. So the water company is going after the individuals instead of the company.