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- From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Gas inspection cover
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.171011.10203@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:10:11 GMT
- References: <JC.92Nov16145544@mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk>
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- In article <JC.92Nov16145544@mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk>, jc@fulcrum.co.uk (John Callingham) writes:
- > The inspection cover to my gas meter is on the outside of my house and
- > has recently come off. British Gas have said that they will charge me
- > to repair it. Is this reasonable given that;-
- > 1. The cover appears to be the property of BG as it has their name on
- > it.
- > 2. I do not have a key to the cover.
- > 3. The cover has only ever been opened by BG employees.
- > 4. The cover is protecting BG equipment, i.e the meter.
- Of course it's not reasonable, but that doesn't stop BG doing it,
- unfortunately. Since they basically have a monopoly on gas supplies and are
- only answerable to their tiny number of shareholders they can do what they damn
- well like: you can either pay up or stop using gas.
-
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