Today I received confirmation that I am now officially on British Gas Feed in Tariff and will have to read my meter every 3 months and either telephone them on a freephone number or e-mail them. They then will work out what I have earned and then send a cheque to my home.
What it did tell me was that I finally got everything correct. I thought I had but without the confirmation I would not be 100% sure. Anyway that is now finally sorted. Mind you I have given up as lost for ever, my driving licence photograph and my utility bill.
My car is just about 1 year old and I am ashamed to say that the speedometer reading is a little over 2100 miles. I think about 3 miles over. The car was driven to me from I think Ellesmere Port and had almost 200 miles on the clock. To be honest, I think it was 191. This means that I have done much less than 2000 miles. Anyway I went to my local Service Station in the village and told him. He suggested that I have an oil change and filters, changed and that would probably do. He told me that he would just do enough to make sure the warranty would still be O.K. So next Tuesday I will be taking the car in for a service. I will let you know the cost. Today was my best day for producing Solar Power. I was generating enough for my computer and television for some time. It will be interesting to see what I can produce in the late spring onwards. It turned cloudy late afternoon and we had a little sleet. The forecast is not brilliant for the next week or so. I had planned to see my Sisters. I think that will be put on hold. More soon.
Friday, 27 January 2012
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Surprise
This morning I went to see my mate, he gets me things from the local supermarkets. I also go to see his Mum who is not well but she is always pleased to see me.
She told me some time ago that she likes to talk to someone nearer her age so I start talking of old times. today was the washing of clothes. We reminisced talking of dolly tubs and mangles. Her son then mentioned some soap powder. We both put him right. There were very few soap powders in those days. I mentioned Lux. These were flakes, upon hearing this she told me that she still had some of the flakes. I told her that they would be antique.
Anyway I got home and went online to check mail. To my surprise I had an e-mail from British Gas. It started by thanking me for choosing them for them to be the agents for my tariff. However they sent me lots of things to do. To be honest it took me ages to download photocopy and then e-mail to British Gas. I thought I had done quite well, but no, I had forgotten one more thing to photocopy sign and then e-mail it to them. This I did late on tonight so I do not quite know if all is correct.
I sincerely hope all is correct. If not then I will have to do it again. More soon.
She told me some time ago that she likes to talk to someone nearer her age so I start talking of old times. today was the washing of clothes. We reminisced talking of dolly tubs and mangles. Her son then mentioned some soap powder. We both put him right. There were very few soap powders in those days. I mentioned Lux. These were flakes, upon hearing this she told me that she still had some of the flakes. I told her that they would be antique.
Anyway I got home and went online to check mail. To my surprise I had an e-mail from British Gas. It started by thanking me for choosing them for them to be the agents for my tariff. However they sent me lots of things to do. To be honest it took me ages to download photocopy and then e-mail to British Gas. I thought I had done quite well, but no, I had forgotten one more thing to photocopy sign and then e-mail it to them. This I did late on tonight so I do not quite know if all is correct.
I sincerely hope all is correct. If not then I will have to do it again. More soon.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
FITT
This stands for Feed in Tariff. I was foolishly registered with British Gas for this service.
On December 9th. I was registered with British Gas. It was not until January 5th this year that they wrote to me saying they wanted proof of who I was as I was not a British Gas customer. I ha 2 options. I could either send proof by e-mail or post the documents off. I did a little of both. I sent by post my Driving Licence photo and an electricity bill. I sent by e-mail a copy of my electricity bill. The e-mail was replied to by an automated response informing me that it had been passed on to the relevant place.
A few days ago I rung up the Feed in Tariff team as I was worried because I had not heard a thing. the lady was nice and told me not to worry as they were flat out. I made her laugh with a retort that I presumed their arms were going as fast as bees wings. We parted on good terms her once again telling me not to worry.
This evening I received another e-mail from British Gas stating that they had only received one Utility Bill and needed 2. You cab guess just how angry I am. I have written to them telling them that there was no liaison at all between the offices as I had written to them telling them that I had no Natural Gas in my village I also told them that I was worried because my Driving Licence Photo with a Utility Bill had been sent by post on January 5th and had no confirmation that it had been received.
I begin to wonder if I will ever get things sorted. Now that the Government has lost the fight to bring in the reduced tariff from December 12th last year. Mind you, they have just announce that they are going to the Supreme Court. The highest Court in the land to try to overturn the High Cour judgement. Anyway what this means is that there will be another huge intake of applications. I suppose mine will be at the bottom of the pile.
Tomorrow morning I am going to see my mate he wont believe what is happening. He sent me an e-mail from a guy whom was told that the Passport Office wanted proof of who he was and this I think was just for a renewal. I will see if I can put it on my blog. Mind you I do not wish my mate's e-mail address. If I can I will. More soon.
On December 9th. I was registered with British Gas. It was not until January 5th this year that they wrote to me saying they wanted proof of who I was as I was not a British Gas customer. I ha 2 options. I could either send proof by e-mail or post the documents off. I did a little of both. I sent by post my Driving Licence photo and an electricity bill. I sent by e-mail a copy of my electricity bill. The e-mail was replied to by an automated response informing me that it had been passed on to the relevant place.
A few days ago I rung up the Feed in Tariff team as I was worried because I had not heard a thing. the lady was nice and told me not to worry as they were flat out. I made her laugh with a retort that I presumed their arms were going as fast as bees wings. We parted on good terms her once again telling me not to worry.
This evening I received another e-mail from British Gas stating that they had only received one Utility Bill and needed 2. You cab guess just how angry I am. I have written to them telling them that there was no liaison at all between the offices as I had written to them telling them that I had no Natural Gas in my village I also told them that I was worried because my Driving Licence Photo with a Utility Bill had been sent by post on January 5th and had no confirmation that it had been received.
I begin to wonder if I will ever get things sorted. Now that the Government has lost the fight to bring in the reduced tariff from December 12th last year. Mind you, they have just announce that they are going to the Supreme Court. The highest Court in the land to try to overturn the High Cour judgement. Anyway what this means is that there will be another huge intake of applications. I suppose mine will be at the bottom of the pile.
Tomorrow morning I am going to see my mate he wont believe what is happening. He sent me an e-mail from a guy whom was told that the Passport Office wanted proof of who he was and this I think was just for a renewal. I will see if I can put it on my blog. Mind you I do not wish my mate's e-mail address. If I can I will. More soon.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Rain
Today has been very poor for producing electricity. All morning it rained, not torrential rain but steady rain. By early afternoon I thought it had stopped so I decided to go and get my pension and do a little shopping. Had I not needed milk I would have waited until tomorrow. So I went, it was a damp drizzly afternoon and very cold 3c.
I have never mentioned this before, but I do get a feeling of excitement every time I collect my State Pension. I think this is because working for myself, I didn't collect a weekly wage. Well not since the 1960s so it is a thrill to get cash in my hand.
My Grandfather on my Mother's side was a careful man with money, I think I get it from him. He was called up to the Army in the 1914-18 war. He was severely injured and invalided out of the Army. He had a piece of shrapnel embedded in his jugular vein. Each time he went for an examination at the Hospital, the Doctor in charge would have some students and they would listen as the blood would drip past the shrapnel. Needless to say, he was never allowed to work again. He was given a small war pension and managed to save a little on what he was given.
Of course I never knew of this, but once when I was very young we all went to visit them, I recalled my Grandfather leaving the living room and going to his bedroom. When he returned my Grandmother asked him if he had finished counting his money. He retorted that if those that he left the money to had as much pleasure as he had saving it, then they would have lots of pleasure. I can certainly understand where he was coming from. More soon.
I have never mentioned this before, but I do get a feeling of excitement every time I collect my State Pension. I think this is because working for myself, I didn't collect a weekly wage. Well not since the 1960s so it is a thrill to get cash in my hand.
My Grandfather on my Mother's side was a careful man with money, I think I get it from him. He was called up to the Army in the 1914-18 war. He was severely injured and invalided out of the Army. He had a piece of shrapnel embedded in his jugular vein. Each time he went for an examination at the Hospital, the Doctor in charge would have some students and they would listen as the blood would drip past the shrapnel. Needless to say, he was never allowed to work again. He was given a small war pension and managed to save a little on what he was given.
Of course I never knew of this, but once when I was very young we all went to visit them, I recalled my Grandfather leaving the living room and going to his bedroom. When he returned my Grandmother asked him if he had finished counting his money. He retorted that if those that he left the money to had as much pleasure as he had saving it, then they would have lots of pleasure. I can certainly understand where he was coming from. More soon.
Monday, 23 January 2012
The saga continues
I think it was on Friday that I had a phone call from the Company that distributed the T.V.
She was nice and polite and told me that I had the T.V. I then told her I did not so she then said to me that I have another T.V. I gave her the information that a delivery company from Nottingham had several times tried to deliver it to me but I steadfastly refused. She then told me that this was great. She then bid me good day. I thought that this was finally the end of this saga.
I was outside this morning when once again a delivery from from Nottingham pulled up. He called me over and asked me if I was waiting for a Television to be delivered. I noticed him and it was the same guy who had previously come to deliver it to me. I told him once again that I had my refund and that I did not want the T.V. He was very apologetic and told me that it was the office staff that was to blame. I just told him that they should contact the Company and then hopefully all would be sorted. I told him that this had gone on for over a month. We will wait and see.
I don't know if I mentioned it but late December last year I set some broad bean seeds and put them in the greenhouse in pots. Well a week or so ago I decided to bring a few in the house and now I have about a dozen just showing. I have once again put them in the greenhouse and bought the rest in the home just to get them started. It is my intention to set them in the garden late February, weather permitting.
Today has been nice and sunny but as I face east west I do not make much electricity yet but hopefully in a couple of months time will begin to do much better. More soon.
She was nice and polite and told me that I had the T.V. I then told her I did not so she then said to me that I have another T.V. I gave her the information that a delivery company from Nottingham had several times tried to deliver it to me but I steadfastly refused. She then told me that this was great. She then bid me good day. I thought that this was finally the end of this saga.
I was outside this morning when once again a delivery from from Nottingham pulled up. He called me over and asked me if I was waiting for a Television to be delivered. I noticed him and it was the same guy who had previously come to deliver it to me. I told him once again that I had my refund and that I did not want the T.V. He was very apologetic and told me that it was the office staff that was to blame. I just told him that they should contact the Company and then hopefully all would be sorted. I told him that this had gone on for over a month. We will wait and see.
I don't know if I mentioned it but late December last year I set some broad bean seeds and put them in the greenhouse in pots. Well a week or so ago I decided to bring a few in the house and now I have about a dozen just showing. I have once again put them in the greenhouse and bought the rest in the home just to get them started. It is my intention to set them in the garden late February, weather permitting.
Today has been nice and sunny but as I face east west I do not make much electricity yet but hopefully in a couple of months time will begin to do much better. More soon.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Back to normal
Well it is back to normal, we hope regarding my internet connection speed. I rung them up again this morning, it is a free phone so it does not matter really. I spoke to a nice young guy called Kuz. He went through all the possible causes including checking the line and could not find anything wrong. I told him that I could not tell how much speed I was getting. He then gave me a web address to write to and that would tell me my speed. He told me that I could follow the results on my mail page.
I went to the web site and found I had a derisory 0.2megabits per second. I could not find the link so I rung them up again. This time i got a nice lad called Ben. He told me that it was logged on my page and all he wanted to check was that I had all in place. He then told me to change my filter as I was given 2 when I signed up to Plusnet. He told me that he wished to check all he could because if B.T engineer was called and it was my fault then I would be charged £60.. I told him I would change the filter there and then. He told me to do it when we finished the conversation. Then check the line again in a couple of hours.
When we finished I immediately changed the filter. Went again to check my speed. I was amazed at the speed it went. 6.2 megabits. I was thrilled. I checked again at noon and it was the same so I rang them again. This time a lad named Ross answered. I informed him that all was once again perfect so they could cancel anything they had ordered or considered. He told me that I would be staying on their watch just to make sure that all was well. I told him to thank the other 2 and he promised to do this. I told him that Ben had suggested changing the filter and this had been the problem. I then asked if I should destroy the faulty filter. He readily agreed and I destroyed it. He told me that in general, if there is anything wrong, the first thing they suggest is a filter change. I thanked him and that was that.
Tonight I have rung my mate up and told him about the filter being faulty and that the first thing that should be changed if a fault occurs is the filter. I also asked him to get me another filter so that I have a spare one in. That is enough for tonight. More soon.
I went to the web site and found I had a derisory 0.2megabits per second. I could not find the link so I rung them up again. This time i got a nice lad called Ben. He told me that it was logged on my page and all he wanted to check was that I had all in place. He then told me to change my filter as I was given 2 when I signed up to Plusnet. He told me that he wished to check all he could because if B.T engineer was called and it was my fault then I would be charged £60.. I told him I would change the filter there and then. He told me to do it when we finished the conversation. Then check the line again in a couple of hours.
When we finished I immediately changed the filter. Went again to check my speed. I was amazed at the speed it went. 6.2 megabits. I was thrilled. I checked again at noon and it was the same so I rang them again. This time a lad named Ross answered. I informed him that all was once again perfect so they could cancel anything they had ordered or considered. He told me that I would be staying on their watch just to make sure that all was well. I told him to thank the other 2 and he promised to do this. I told him that Ben had suggested changing the filter and this had been the problem. I then asked if I should destroy the faulty filter. He readily agreed and I destroyed it. He told me that in general, if there is anything wrong, the first thing they suggest is a filter change. I thanked him and that was that.
Tonight I have rung my mate up and told him about the filter being faulty and that the first thing that should be changed if a fault occurs is the filter. I also asked him to get me another filter so that I have a spare one in. That is enough for tonight. More soon.
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Unbelievable
Today I went on to the help line because of my problems with the Internet speed.
I had great difficulty loading the pages, anyway I followed the instructions as well as i could but when it suggested that I try another router I was stumped. I eventually disconnected my router and tried my old one. Needless to say it didn't work at all. In fact I got a few things wrong so I called my mate from Skegness. I explained all. but I forgot to put back a filter so the phone was not clear. He told me he would be down later on.
He arrived soon after 2,30pm. I explained that I could not get my other router to work. He told me that no other router would work because they all had a router password and in general would only work for that Company that had supplied it.
He saw that my speed was very poor so decided to try with his lap top which he bought with him. Luckily as he was trying things out Adobe wished to update his Adobe Flash so he accepted the invitation. As it was only an update he expected it to be completed in less than a minute. It took him over 5 minutes. He then told me that it was either the speed that the company was delivering was not sufficient or, less likely the router was faulty.
I told him that I would ring their help line and inform them of our findings. While I was waiting for a reply, my mate was looking at my solar installation.
I did eventually get through to a guy. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He told me that he could not help with any queries only general enquiries as the system was down at their place of work. I told him that I was also having trouble and what could he advise. All he suggested that I call back another time. I asked him when it would be likely that they would be up and running. He told me that perhaps I should ring back in at least 2 hours time. So if I do not get online for a few days you now will know what has happened. I keep my fingers crossed. More soon.
I had great difficulty loading the pages, anyway I followed the instructions as well as i could but when it suggested that I try another router I was stumped. I eventually disconnected my router and tried my old one. Needless to say it didn't work at all. In fact I got a few things wrong so I called my mate from Skegness. I explained all. but I forgot to put back a filter so the phone was not clear. He told me he would be down later on.
He arrived soon after 2,30pm. I explained that I could not get my other router to work. He told me that no other router would work because they all had a router password and in general would only work for that Company that had supplied it.
He saw that my speed was very poor so decided to try with his lap top which he bought with him. Luckily as he was trying things out Adobe wished to update his Adobe Flash so he accepted the invitation. As it was only an update he expected it to be completed in less than a minute. It took him over 5 minutes. He then told me that it was either the speed that the company was delivering was not sufficient or, less likely the router was faulty.
I told him that I would ring their help line and inform them of our findings. While I was waiting for a reply, my mate was looking at my solar installation.
I did eventually get through to a guy. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He told me that he could not help with any queries only general enquiries as the system was down at their place of work. I told him that I was also having trouble and what could he advise. All he suggested that I call back another time. I asked him when it would be likely that they would be up and running. He told me that perhaps I should ring back in at least 2 hours time. So if I do not get online for a few days you now will know what has happened. I keep my fingers crossed. More soon.
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