And mine Mups!
I phoned my OVO supplier though and told them in no uncertain terms:
NO Text.
NO Junk E. Mails.
NO Telephone calls.
About Smart/Dum meters.
No furver bovver up to now! 
Good for you Boozy.
Thank you Mups. :hug:
One has to be very assertive with all the service providers who THINK they know what is best for all of us.
Providing we toe the line, do as we are told and keep piling in the ÂŁBillions in profits for them of course.
Remember peeps
No energy supplier can FORCE you to have a smart meter installed on your house. It IS and has always been YOUR CHOICE whether to have one.
British Gas have already been fined I believe for fraudulently telling their customers that smart meters are mandatory.
They are not. No-one has to have one. period.
That said, Mups is entirely correct when she says that the companies will do âsomethingâ if we donât accept their smart meters.
In the USA the companies have a âNo Meter Tariffâ which is a high rate tariff. They put people on it if they refuse a meter.
Customers must then decide whether to cave in, in which case their bills will likely triple over time, or to switch suppliers to one that doesnât insist on smart meters.
With all the competition I would guess that for some time to come, there will exist suppliers who are happy for us NOT to have a smart meter. They will use that selling point to get us to switch to them. In the end though the costs associated with manual meter readings and debt collection might see them go for smart meters eventually.
Itâs up to the nation to take a collective stand on this whole issue. Inform as many friends as you can.
Certainly, if my current provider insisted on my having a smart meter, or charged me more for not having one, I would instantly change supplier even if I have a penalty to pay for terminating early.
That is what I like JBR.
A Man of strong principles!
Iâm fed up to the back teeth with Eon⊠Iâve ignored their mountains of letters - they just get binned.
One day very early on in the year they phoned and unfortunately, I answered (which I donât normally do unless I know who it is).
It was about the smart meters. I told them no, not interested.
So I heard nothing for quite a while.
Then a few weeks ago, they started again. Last week they sent a guy round in one of their vans to supposedly knock on the door to speak to me about it (according to the card he put through the door). He didnât knock on the door anyway. Just shoved it through the letterbox.
So, I shoved it in the wheelie bin 
Yes, we do the same.
I think it is very helpful of the council to provide a special bin just for junk mail.
Such a pity that you didnât see him coming up to your house, as he pushed it through your letter box âŠpush it back:lol:
Phone rang at 7.45pm. I donât answer it if I donât know who it is. I wait till the a/phone kicks in and if itâs a friend, I pick up.
Anyway, the a/phone kicked in and the caller put the phone down. Did 1471 and Googled the number - it was, Eon.
Wonder if anyone has sued these bloominâ energy suppliers for harassment :twisted:
Answer the phone Pesta and take a name, they donât usually like to give their name and take the responsibility, it becomes personal then and their job is on the lineâŠAnd you know who to send the solicitors letter toâŠ
⊠one has to pay for a solicitor or I would 
No no no PestaâŠItâs a bluffâŠ
Smart meter ?? no idea , but we have today had a new meter installed,
no chance of saying No. Now we do not have to read the meter its done automatically and sent to the suppliers they generate the bill and its paid by DD , all we do is say yes pay it on such and such date . We can check the meter anyway to see that it corresponds with the bill.No doubt somewhere along the line we will have to pay for it in some way or another
You were conned io.
No-one has to accept a new meter at their property. In fact you can refuse entry to your property to any engineer. You energy supplier may well throw their dummy out of the pram if you do and cut you off, but it remains your choice at all times.
I would have simply refused their entry to your property and changed supplier.
If your new meter is small and round then itâs a smart meter. If so, you have my sympathy. You should ascertain whether it has 3G connectivity and if so put a Faraday cage around it to protect yourself and any family from the constant radiation it will emit (like having a mobile phone mast strapped to your house).
You can make a Faraday cage very simply using Faraday mesh which you can easily buy online. Just Google âSmart Meter Faraday Cageâ for all sorts of info on this.
The âYou have no choiceâ line is a pushy bully boy tactic being used by various suppliers but it is entirely illegal and untrue. British Gas have already been fined a considerable sum of money for fraudulently telling customers that new meters are mandatory.
Stand up for your rights.
If you do have a smart meter now, consider asking other suppliers if they would put back the old style meter if you swap to them.
Donât know if this is any use or rubbish?
Smart meters were being discussed on the radio yesterday. Apparently the âfirst generationâ all those installed to date will have to be replaced because the software they use will be obsolete in a couple of years time. They already have an inbuilt problem in that the data collected by them can only be sent to the power supplier who installed so if a customer changes supplier they donât work and it is too expensive to modify them them.
The second generation of meters are still being tested and wonât be ready for installation till the middle of next year yet the power companies are still installing the ones which will soon be obsolete. Madness.
We are all going to have to pay for this mess up in our bills.
I wonât be having one installed, my meter box is outside and if need be I will fit a padlock on the box so it canât be accessed .
Iâve rarely heard anything so ridiculous Meg!
Installing ones that they know wonât work for long! :shock:
Damn good idea to padlock the box, I think I will be doing that too, because my electric meter is on the outside wall so they can easily access it They canât get to the gas meter so easily though, because there is a padlocked gate to get through first. 
Not sure if that will breach your contract with your supplier so be careful. There is surely a clause in the contract that says their engineers must be able to come and make a reading.
Put an A4 laminated sign inside the box that says:
"ATTENTION
Under no circumstances must a Smart Meter be installed
at this address without the express permission of [insert your name]. Any attempt to do so will result in legal action being taken"