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Please consider this our mandatory mention of the fact that you shouldn't be surprised to find criminals in Australia.
Anyway… back onto what passes for sanity and seriousness when I post after midnight: do you have different breakers for each section of the flat?
Yes. One for the oven, one for hot water, one for the lights, two for the power points. Oddly, one breaker only serves two power points, and the other serves five of them. Good design.Please consider this our mandatory mention of the fact that you shouldn't be surprised to find criminals in Australia.
Anyway… back onto what passes for sanity and seriousness when I post after midnight: do you have different breakers for each section of the flat?
I once moved into a flat and couldn't figure out why I had no power. The previous tenant had stolen the fuses. Why? They were an old design, not used in the majority of homes. The only possible reason to take them was to screw with the next person to move in.
I'm assuming rented? Intention is to screw with the landlord in that case.
I am planning on taking my lightbulbs that I purchased (efficient and bright LEDs) out with me when I leave my apartment. The defaults that still work will remain, though, because I'm not that petty.
I am planning on taking my lightbulbs that I purchased (efficient and bright LEDs) out with me when I leave my apartment. The defaults that still work will remain, though, because I'm not that petty.
Rented, yes. It is my understanding that the previous tenants were kicked it after not paying rent for three months. I once found a stash of knives shoved inside a hollow in the bathroom, and there were staples in the ceiling. First place I lived after being homeless as a teenager, so in that situation you take what you can get. Still, there were nights I seriously considered going back to the street.
Oh dear, I'm really so sorry for all your power troubles @HoloDoc! $1200 sounds just crazy to me for your power bill, I really hope you're able to figure out what's going on and you can get your issue resolved.
Earlier this year I had a power bill from my provider for $350 and I thought that was really quite a lot for me! My charge wasn't just for usage but some sort of one-time infrastructure fee or something that was put on my bill. This month my charge I have to pay is only $125 (also my natural gas), and that's even with plugging in my car every day for a month! And I live in a five bedroom house with three floors (my basement's finished), but I've been sort of lucky because it's been just that right temperature outside where I rarely need either air conditioning or heat, you know? During summer my bills average between like $200-$250 every month.
I just feel something really must be wrong with such a crazy increase! My thought at least would be if you've been a customer for a long time and you have a history, you should at least be able to get them to do some kind of thorough investigation, right? Well I do really hope everything's okay for you and you don't have too much trouble or negative fallout for whatever you have to do.
Earlier this year I had a power bill from my provider for $350 and I thought that was really quite a lot for me! My charge wasn't just for usage but some sort of one-time infrastructure fee or something that was put on my bill. This month my charge I have to pay is only $125 (also my natural gas), and that's even with plugging in my car every day for a month! And I live in a five bedroom house with three floors (my basement's finished), but I've been sort of lucky because it's been just that right temperature outside where I rarely need either air conditioning or heat, you know? During summer my bills average between like $200-$250 every month.
I just feel something really must be wrong with such a crazy increase! My thought at least would be if you've been a customer for a long time and you have a history, you should at least be able to get them to do some kind of thorough investigation, right? Well I do really hope everything's okay for you and you don't have too much trouble or negative fallout for whatever you have to do.
Thanks Mary. I strongly suspect @Birdjaguar was right about my neighbours growing marijuana. But customer service and price gouging from electricity providers is such a big problem over here that it has become a Federal election issue. So I will have to fight uphill to get them to pull their thumbs out and do anything besides ask me to pay.
I suppose I could ask the Pime Minister for help, since he's trying to portray himself as Mr "Get Prices Down" right now, but when he was Treasurer I once asked him if he could kiss me before delivering the annual Budget, because I liked to get kissed before I got ****ed. He won't recognise me, but I guarantee he remembers that incident.
I'm single and live alone, and $1200 is the average usage for 12 people.so yeah, there is definitely somethings crews happening
When renting a car in the US, why do I need either a airline ticket OR liability insurance? These seem quite tangential. I wonder if you by law are provided with insurance if you are flying in? It would be good to know, as they always try and upsell insurance.
This is from easyrentcars.com when booking a car from IAD:
This is from easyrentcars.com when booking a car from IAD:
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Fuse burns out. Tenant asks landlord to fix. Landlord delays. Tenant says, "I'm taking this into my own hands." Tenant preparing to move out: "I paid for these; I'm not letting that damn landlord, who couldn't be bothered to fix things in a timely fashion, get these fuses that I paid for."
Definitely not the case in my old flat. The landlords were terrible about repairs, but the fuses were so old the electrician had to spend half a day tracking down someone who had replacements. And I don't think the tenant "prepared" to move out. It's my understanding they had to be forcibly removed by the popo.
Hmmm...They do seem quite separate. Airline tickets don't come with insurance and car ownership is not required to fly. It is smart to have auto liability insurance when you rent a car and in the US most policies cover you if you rent. Damage to the car you are renting (collision coverage) may not be covered. You can buy that from the rental company. In any case when I rent a car, I make sure i have both liability and collision coverage.
IF you're flying in and out, it's a much higher probability that you have it. If you're trying get a car without it, you're not going to fly somewhere to do it.
Locals do try to rent cars without being insured.
I have no idea at all what you're talking about, I've rented cars several times for my work trips and I've never needed anything like that, just my driver's license and my credit card. I've tried googling and I can't find anything, and I visited that easyrentcars.com and I've looked at their website, and I'm still totally confused, it says all you need is your driver's license, your credit card, and your passport or something if you're visiting from another country. Have you ever really encountered this before when you're renting car? Are you sure it wasn't from like a weird company or something? I'm so sorry, I'm just really confused and I'm trying my best to figure things out.
Oh and if you use your VISA Signature card, you get free insurance for your car rentals, as long as you use your card for both your reservation and your charge, and you decline car insurance you're offered from them
Oh and if you use your VISA Signature card, you get free insurance for your car rentals, as long as you use your card for both your reservation and your charge, and you decline car insurance you're offered from them
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