tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post3770660371597664352..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: No they weren'tAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-41247945166698716392008-08-27T15:37:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:37:00.000-05:00Sailorcurt: I don't know how it works with electr...Sailorcurt: I don't know how it works with electricity, but with the water meters (around here), if the computer estimates it, it estimates high. But it shouldn't estimate <B>that</B> high. Three times normal makes me think something went wrong somewhere, other than just your truck being on top of the meter.<BR/><BR/>Hammer: I used to read the electric company too. The meter reader who fudged your reading was an idiot. The handhelds they use show the previous month's usage. It would be really easy to enter identical or near identical usage and get pretty much the exact same bill amount.<BR/><BR/>The water company's handheld don't show previous months' water usage. They only show the previous month's reading. So it would be much more difficult to estimate those, if one were prone to do that. I never have.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-79698620897358279102008-08-27T07:43:00.000-05:002008-08-27T07:43:00.000-05:00It happened with my electricity one time. In March...It happened with my electricity one time. In March my bill was $120and in April it was near $400.<BR/><BR/>I paid it until I could figure out what was up, a different guy came out in May and my meter was actually lower than what the guy had fudged from before. After talking to my neighbors it seems he got tired of climbing fences and did the whole block that way.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550167783969561280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-18736589575360624252008-08-27T07:26:00.000-05:002008-08-27T07:26:00.000-05:00A while back we got a water bill that was three ti...A while back we got a water bill that was three times normal. Usually about $45 a month, we got a bill for almost $150.<BR/><BR/>I didn't find any leaks inside the house and found no wet spots or sinkholes in the yard. <BR/><BR/>I decided to wait for one more bill before paying someone to thoroughly check for a leak between the street and the house.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I waited. The next bill was $0. As was the next. <BR/><BR/>Apparently, my truck had been parked over the meter the day the guy came to read it that one month. The water company "estimated" the bill.<BR/><BR/>Completely understandable...but I would expect the estimate to be something like an average of our monthly bills. I have no idea why they "estimated" so high and I never did get an explanation. <BR/><BR/>Also, the bill that was so high did not indicate in any way shape or form that the amount was an estimate.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure glad I didn't pay someone to come out and tell me that I had no leak. I'd have been pissed.<BR/><BR/>Anyway...not really related to your story, but it jogged the memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com