A stunned homeowner from Chon Buri is seeking answers after being handed a massive water bill of over 163,000 baht for just one month's usage. As word about the exorbitant invoice twitched on social media, especially on the News Chon Buri-Rayong Online Facebook page, more attention was drawn to the individual's predicament.

 

The water bill, corresponding to July, totaled an alarming 163,767.51 baht, an unusual amount considering only one occupant lives in the house. The baffled homeowner has requested an investigation, questioning the correctness of the meter reading and the probability of a billing error.

 

Shockingly, the homeowner shared, "Our water bill for the month was 163,000 baht. How is it feasible? The total is higher than the whole village's combined water charges. Could the meter reading be mistaken?"

 

The unheard-of bill precipitated a flood of comments, thoughts, and concerns on social media. Many are speculating that a mistake in the meter reading or a glitch in the billing system might be the culprit. "What type of water usage could lead to such a bill? They must've entered the numbers wrongly. How did they overlook such an abnormality?" were some of the common queries.

 

Several individuals recommended legal recourse, underscoring the seriousness of the ordeal. "File a lawsuit against the person responsible for the meter reading," opined one; "The reader surely needs to be taken to task for this blunder. This is a matter of money," added another.

 

Anticipating a resolution to the uproar, local officials and the water company are now expected to examine the complaint and explain how such a considerable error could occur.

 

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-- 2024-08-06

 

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Why does the photo show an electricity bill?

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Several individuals recommended legal recourse, underscoring the seriousness of the ordeal. "File a lawsuit against the person responsible for the meter reading," opined one;

Yeah, that'll work.

9 minutes ago, loong said:

Why does the photo show an electricity bill?

The best AI can do...

53 minutes ago, loong said:

Why does the photo show an electricity bill?

And for only 6000+ baht; a far cry from '163,000'.

Maybe the homeowner is using a water wheel to generate electricity?

I'm going to guess the decimal was in the wrong place or key was stuck when entering meter reading.

163,000 / 400 baht avg water bill equals 407.5 months or 33.916 years of water.  

 

Even if they were piping Fiji water into the house that seems very excessive.

1 hour ago, loong said:

Why does the photo show an electricity bill?

Pretty stupid, right!

Bt.6100 for lectric.. old matey should turn the air cons off now and then.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Yeah, that'll work.

But it's my understanding that the bills (water and electricity are totally machine generated on the spot, not human hand generated/calculated.

 

 

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

But it's my understanding that the bill is totally machine generated not human hand generated.

 

Ive seen human hand input reading from my meter into his printer thingo.

23 minutes ago, scorecard said:

But it's my understanding that the bills (water and electricity are totally machine generated on the spot, not human hand generated/calculated.

 

 

Exactly, which is why this is fake.

37 minutes ago, scorecard said:

But it's my understanding that the bills (water and electricity are totally machine generated on the spot, not human hand generated/calculated.

Out here in the sticks , the water bill is read , the units calculated by the lady who is reading the meter , then she gets the calculator out and multiply's it by the rate and physically writes all the info. onto a bill, tears it out of the book and hands it to the wife.

These extremely large utility bills happen at times. 

 

The systems they use aren't perfect, occasionally mistakes can happen. 

 

No big deal, Just need to explain this issue to the utility provider. 

 

 

just a little mistake

Could be through a leak in the water pipe system. Happened to me once after the owners did some work on it !!!!

Send the water company a bill for causing emotional distress and anxiety: 200,000 baht

1 hour ago, NE1 said:

Out here in the sticks , the water bill is read , the units calculated by the lady who is reading the meter , then she gets the calculator out and multiply's it by the rate and physically writes all the info. onto a bill, tears it out of the book and hands it to the wife.

Thanks for clarifying.

Read yesterday but we weren't in , delivered today.

23 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

Could be through a leak in the water pipe system. Happened to me once after the owners did some work on it !!!!

 

Same here, but our bill only jumped from 70B to 400B for the month...

21 hours ago, loong said:

Why does the photo show an electricity bill?

you looking too glose

22 hours ago, scorecard said:

But it's my understanding that the bills (water and electricity are totally machine generated on the spot, not human hand generated/calculated.

 

 

Guy has to plug the meter reading into the hand held device, and then yes it is fully automatic. Only mistake can be a faulty meter or entering the reading incorrectly.