Mr Bates vs the Post Office

[mancboy]

Surprised we are not implicated in this yet.
Over to you Delooney.

Breaking: Man City used post between 2010 and 2020 and could be implicated in current scandle, fa to investigate.

 

[Ashton Moss Messi]

It's really sad isn't it.

I think a problem with the PR was that the post office is seen as being a bit of a 'boring' subject so it didn't capture the imagination of the public in the same way as say an NHS or banking scandal would.

I'm waiting for the next scandal to hit.
My money's on Smart Metering from the power companies.
Another techno-wonder that just doesn't feel 100% accurate e.g. stories of consumers being hit with revised bills multiple times greater than previous.
Here's a prime example...

TotalEnergies sorry for overcharging Cornwall businessman

Energy firm apologises after a Cornish businessman was overcharged via direct debit.

www.bbc.co.uk

An energy company has issued an "unreserved apology" to a businessman who was mistakenly hit with a £244,000 bill for a month's energy.

Patrick Langmaid, the owner of Martha's Orchard holiday park at Constantine Bay, said had experienced a "nightmare" since the money was taken out of his bank account via direct debit on 28 December.

Mr Langmaid said his normal monthly bills were between £2,100 and £2,700.


And here's a copy of his bill....

Cornwall businessman gets 'nightmare' £244k power bill by mistake

A holiday park owner says the direct debit amount was a mistake and he is yet to be paid back.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

It's really sad isn't it.


I'm waiting for the next scandal to hit.
My money's on Smart Metering from the power companies.
Another techno-wonder that just doesn't feel 100% accurate e.g. stories of consumers being hit with revised bills multiple times greater than previous.
Here's a prime example...

TotalEnergies sorry for overcharging Cornwall businessman

Energy firm apologises after a Cornish businessman was overcharged via direct debit.

www.bbc.co.uk

An energy company has issued an "unreserved apology" to a businessman who was mistakenly hit with a £244,000 bill for a month's energy.

Patrick Langmaid, the owner of Martha's Orchard holiday park at Constantine Bay, said had experienced a "nightmare" since the money was taken out of his bank account via direct debit on 28 December.

Mr Langmaid said his normal monthly bills were between £2,100 and £2,700.


And here's a copy of his bill....

Cornwall businessman gets 'nightmare' £244k power bill by mistake

A holiday park owner says the direct debit amount was a mistake and he is yet to be paid back.

www.bbc.co.uk

I am not one for techno-phobic conspiracy theories and am usually an early adopter of new tech but I'm actually with you on smart meters.

Loads of cases already of people being sent bills for thousands of pounds due to "clerical errors" at energy companies.

Jon Sopel mentioned it on the News Agents podcast only last week. Now he's a famous and serious political journalist who I'm sure only had to send a stern email to get his bill fixed but what if it's Joe Bloggs left on the hook for a gigantic electric bill - probably not so easy.

IoT tech in general is riddled with security problems.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[Gray]

Energy company not going to get me. I stopped my DD last May after my April DD payment was double the March one and no prior warning given. Sent numerous emails that they ignored, but as soon as I cancelled my DD they sent me an email quelle suprise!

 

[give it to gordon]

She is handing back her CBE.

In the grand scheme of things so fucking what. It only means anything if you believe in the honours system.

It's more important that people are brought to trail and sentence that would be better than handing back a gong

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Hope she gets sent an invoice for 60 grand then thrown in prison when she can't pay it.

I'm sure she can afford 60 grand. She was probably paid a share of post office profits for years. Profits that were boosted by the "missing" money that the post masters had to pay out of their own pockets. The missing money was added onto the post office profits, but difficult to prove.

Brilliant business model. Any losses are paid for by the workers. What could possibly go wrong.

Almost as good as the Bet365 model, whose boss Denise Coates "earned" £221 million last financial year to March 2023. That takes her salary to £1 billion over the last 4 years.

 

[paulchapo]

She is handing back her CBE.

In the grand scheme of things so fucking what. It only means anything if you believe in the honours system.

It's more important that people are brought to trail and sentence that would be better than handing back a gong

Exactly! The tossers responsible should be jailed, nothing less will do.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I'm sure she can afford 60 grand. She was probably paid a share of post office profits for years. Profits that were boosted by the "missing" money that the post masters had to pay out of their own pockets. The missing money was added onto the post office profits, but difficult to prove.

Brilliant business model. Any losses are paid for by the workers. What could possibly go wrong.

Almost as good as the Bet365 model, whose boss Denise Coates "earned" £221 million last financial year to March 2023. That takes her salary to £1 billion over the last 4 years.

Franz Kafka couldn't have dreamed up this shit.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Are you saying it never happened?

No, but you are saying it did exactly as portrayed by a drama on tv.
She certainly visited but as for her demeanour…
Never heard of poetic licence for dramatic effect?