I have just written a letter to Energy Australia complaining about the short notice given with their latest account.

The bill for my quarterly supply arrived today, for $821,94, a not insignificant amount, which has increased exponentially since renewables were added to the mix. It is not that long ago that this bill would have been under $500.

However this was not my complaint to them. You see it is due for payment on or before December 27Th. This is much shorter notice than they have given in the past. I budget for these things, so not a problem for me, but I'm sure raising $800 in a couple of weeks would be a problem for the more unwary among us.

Am I making a mountain out of a mole hill, or should these people put more effort into giving more lead time, as they used to?

Hasbeen,

Energy Australia is a Chinese company.

Maybe the Chinese Communist Party has told it to turn up the heat on its customers to make life harder in Australia.

I TOLD EVERYONE THIS WOULD HAPPEN

But everyone said "Oh don't listen to Mr Opinion he's just a racist when it comes to the Chinese."

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ............. China is now showing its real face and now you're all in deep sh!t with your wonderful Chiners.

GOOD ............. And the worst is yet to come.

Hassy, as a nuclear man I would have thought you would be selfsuffient in power with a one mega ton reactor pumping out the good stuff from down in your root cellar. If you haven't got one, maybe the Pakistanis could drop one on you. The alternative is solar panels in the sunshine state.

Mr O, I become sus of 'Energy Aussie' when the bill started arriving with a menu for Mr Xi's Golden Dragon take-away attached. Also the "sweet and sour" sauce stains on the envelop was a bit of a turn off as well. I immediately switched to a dinky-di Aussie supplier 'Fung Lee Power of Shanghai'

BTW, anyone dealing with 'Energy Aussie' must have rocks, sorry coal, in their head, its the dearest energy supplies in Australia.

I have always had the habit paying bills the day I get them. I never look at due by dates.

ttbn, not every one is as well organised as you & I.

We have an newish acreage development of 180 blocks between us & the main road. A couple of the new comers are vintage car enthusiasts, & have formed a local car club.

These are not poor people, Every home would have cost over the million mark, but some might have been a bit surprised at the cost of providing your own drinking water, irrigation & grey water systems. At a recent show & shine it was amazing what cars came out of the woodwork from pre WW1 through many classics to the latest US mussel cars. A few were complaining about the cost of Queensland registration at $1000 for a 80 year old straight 8 vintage car etc.

A couple were saying that a couple of car registrations & insurance bills, an electricity bill & our exorbitant council rates coming in in a month was a bit of a shock.

I recently rearranged my House & car insurance & registration dates, to fit more comfortably into the year with rates & power bills. Even budgeting properly $10,000 in a single month was not nice a nice prospect.

For lower income earners, struggling with house repayments as well as feeding a couple of kids, a bit more time before payment was due could be vital.

Paul1405,

The thing that makes me happy is knowing that I was right about the Chinese and can now say to all my critics "I TOLD YOU SO".

If I had my way I would cancel all the visas of non-Australian Chinese and send them packing because I think under the current China-Australia dispute they represent a clear and present danger.

But I'm sure nothing will happen because Soot and Dazza's gal are intent on bringing tens of thousands of Chiners into the country and I am just going to be saying again "I TOLD YOU SO".

Problem is most of the people on The Forum are just too dumb to work things out for themselves. They have to see it before they will believe it.