Meter taken away for 70 baht unpaid bill..

[Satcommlee]

A second house I have had the meter taken away over a 70 baht unpaid bill.. yes 70 baht!!

Charged 200 baht to put it back but a major inconvenience when I showed up wanting to use the house..

[stoneyboy]

Once bitten twice shy.

You clearly never learned the first time.

[Crossy]

A post with potentially lethal advice removed.

It is always wise to ensure any ongoing bills get paid whilst you are away, the MEA / PEA are quite enthusiastic about preventing further debt being accrued on delinquent accounts.

Why not set up a direct debit from your bank for electricity and water?

[blackcab]

I just had a similar thing happen. I paid a bill online for over 20,000 baht, and instead of paying xx,x71 baht I made a typo and paid xx,x17 baht. So 54 baht short.

Considering the bills are always paid promptly and the MEA has a 40,000 baht deposit from us, I would have thought they would have added it to the next bill.

Instead, someone came round and said they were going to disconnect the meter because of the partly unpaid bill.

It worked I suppose. We paid up pretty sharp.

[jacky54]

well the lecy company ain't a charity is it and they have loads of unpaid bills every month, swiping the meter is a sure way of getting them mostly paid

[TheCruncher]

A post with potentially lethal advice removed.

It is always wise to ensure any ongoing bills get paid whilst you are away, the MEA / PEA are quite enthusiastic about preventing further debt being accrued on delinquent accounts.

Why not set up a direct debit from your bank for electricity and water?

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that PEA sends a bill EVERY month. In fact the due date is the same very month as well.

Maybe the OP forgot he had a second house?

[Langsuan Man]

Automatic debit from your bank account prevents this from happening but once again we don't know where the OP is located so we get to play the TV guessing game

In Pattaya, the electric company is a breeze setting it up, the water company on the other hand is a PITA

[tomyumchai]

i got cut off for 104baht. id just arrived back to thailand and was in the juristic office paying the bill when the pea man arrived to cut me off. he wouldnt accept the payment there n then but went up to the 20th floor and cut off the electric. 20 minutes later he came back down. i asked how much to reconnect it.......105baht! another 20mins later and 209baht and it was back on. oh hum,tit.

[manfredtillmann]

my neighbor had his meter taken months ago, since than he is running a two core cable from the supply of next doors - unoccupied - property to power up his home. he seems to have got away with it since june 2015...

not suggesting you should do the same

the best thing about it is that it crosses a public pathway so he has propped the cable up on bamboo sticks and an old iron gate. it is in full view of everyone passing through.

[Crossy]

Off topic and flame posts have been removed. This is a (ok at least semi) serious forum, let's leave the slanging for others.

[Crossy]

my neighbor had his meter taken months ago, since than he is running a two core cable from the supply of next doors - unoccupied - property to power up his home. he seems to have got away with it since june 2015...

not suggesting you should do the same

the best thing about it is that it crosses a public pathway so he has propped the cable up on bamboo sticks and an old iron gate. it is in full view of everyone passing through.

I wonder why the unoccupied place still has power, someone paying the bill perhaps.

The problem with theft (and it is theft) is that eventually things catch up with you and a world of hurt ensues.

[Ombra]

My wife has a house in Bangkok and the water bill, which is very small, was paid by direct debit. However, there was a mistake at the bank and the bill was not paid. After the unpaid bill reached just a couple of hundred baht, the water company removed the meter without warning, and my wife had to pay for it to be returned. This happened a couple of months ago, and the bank has offered no apology or explanation for the cancellation of the direct debit. I suppose that we should be grateful that the sums involved are so small, but the behavior of the water and electricity companies is very poor.

[Langsuan Man]

My wife has a house in Bangkok and the water bill, which is very small, was paid by direct debit. However, there was a mistake at the bank and the bill was not paid. After the unpaid bill reached just a couple of hundred baht, the water company removed the meter without warning, and my wife had to pay for it to be returned. This happened a couple of months ago, and the bank has offered no apology or explanation for the cancellation of the direct debit. I suppose that we should be grateful that the sums involved are so small, but the behavior of the water and electricity companies is very poor.

No, you should be looking for a new bank, or at a minimum pay for SMS notification when debits are made if you don't monitor your bank balances

[Tracyb]

my neighbor had his meter taken months ago, since than he is running a two core cable from the supply of next doors - unoccupied - property to power up his home. he seems to have got away with it since june 2015...

not suggesting you should do the same

the best thing about it is that it crosses a public pathway so he has propped the cable up on bamboo sticks and an old iron gate. it is in full view of everyone passing through.

Yup, it's all fun and games until someone gets electrocuted!

[little mary sunshine]

Sooooooo, Pay the bill when you,get it!

[Crossy]

Yup^^^

And with that wisdom i think we can close this.

If you have a really, really good reason to re-open please PM me or any other Mod.