Today, I found out the electric bill I have been paying was on my old house. I found this out when they shut off the power to my house. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had a really good day out just to come home right before the electricity company closed for the day, to find out my payment hadn’t gone through and they'd turned it off. FML
Today, I found out my roommate has been cheating me out of hundreds of dollars when I finally obtained records of the past year's electric bills, which are in her name. FML
Today, my power company notified me that one of the payments my husband and I sent last week for our overdue bill had bounced. FML
Today, I found out that the electricity company can just show up unannounced and cut off my power, but cannot find the meter for a whole 10 days to switch it on again. It's currently dark and 7°C in my bedroom. FML
Today, I received a bill for damage to my old apartment. The same damage caused by the maintenance guy when he came to fix the pipes about a week before I left. FML
Today, the city shut off our water, because they said we didn't pay the bill. Turns out, it was sitting on their desk the whole time. I guess sending someone out to turn off our water was easier than checking to see if we'd actually paid the bill. FML
Today, we finally got our first electricity bill for our new flat. I was shocked to see that we had used £60 worth of electricity in 6 weeks. Then I noticed that it was only an estimate, and that we could read the meter ourselves to correct the amount. We now have to pay nearly £400. FML
Today, I got l disconnect notices for both my water and my electric. After looking over my budget, I realized that I can only pay for one until next month. FML
Today, I finally got my paycheck that I could enjoy $300 for myself after taking care of my bills with so many other ones. Then, I find out that the water was shut off, which is supposed to be my roommate's responsibility. Apparently, he has not paid it in months, and they want $288. FML
Today, I was overjoyed when someone finally came to my house to get the electricity back up and running. All that was changed to dismay upon finding out they first needed to find a tree trimming and removal service to clean up all the fallen branches on the power lines. FML
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mandifer327 0
How did you not know that the bill was going for your old house? YDI :/
ThatOneAdamKid24 0
At least the people in your old house got free electricity.
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Comments (50)
ObadiahtheSlim 2
How is that possible?
xokaitlyn94x3 0
all I'm going to say is ydi for being an idot (:
hedgehogs 0
Don't they print the address on the bills where you live?
geraidersgrl 2
maybe you should pay some attention when you're paying bills?? hmm I don't know, that's just a thought.
faeryoffight 0
Unless you have a heating source that isn't electric, or this happened between May and October, the electricity shouldn't have been shut off in MN. They have laws against that.
Darth_Taco 14
The exact same thing happened to me! The power company made a mistake and credited to a then empty house XP. We called them to correct it, and they did. Sadly we had to pay for them to correct THEIR mistake. Assholes. Luckly, we had a good while of not paying the bill since all our previous payments were turned into credit for their **** up :D. And for those asking, in my case they printed my current address on the bill. They still send it to the wrong house.
The_NZA 0
That sucks but it's probably your fault although there is a small chance the electric company made a mistake. Either way free electricity for whoever moved into your old place FTW!!!!
page4 0
I feel your pain. Companies eff this stuff up all the time. I had a similar problem with my phone when I moved. The service went to my new house, but the bills went to the old one. The best part? I had internet and cable with the same company who provided my phone, and THOSE bills ended up in the right place. It was only the billing address on the phone that didn't get updated. Tell me, how does a company move a bundled service package to a new address, and only update two thirds of the billing information? End of rant, but the point is, FYL. Whether it was your mistake or theirs (and it was probably theirs), it still sucks for you.