Water Bills

Post by **ste860** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:42 pm

that happened to me too ,ball cock stuck down,woke up thinking it must have rained really heavy,grass and drive flooded,checked things and found out that the ball cock was stuck down water pouring out the tank

Post by **Guess** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:33 pm

hhfarang wrote:............... I got my monthly bill today and it is 2,482 ................Last month my bill was 315 baht and we didn't do anything different this month!

Don't pay. It is a mistake. 315 Baht is high enough. Even if you let all the water available back out into the drains you would struggle to use 2,482 Baht. Check the meter yourself. It may have been misread or could be someone on the fiddle. The bills are easy to forge but the metre is very difficult to tamper with.

I have heard of neighbors tapping into your electricity supply but it is hardly worth it for water.

Also as Pete said it is supposed to be free nationwide at the moment. We got our last bill six weeks ago and we are not expecting another for six months.

Post by **PeteC** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:47 pm

Just a side comment off thread for a moment. We get six months of fuel subsidies for our cars also. With oil now at about $92 and falling, plus the subsidies, we may be at 10 baht per liter again for diesel before it's all over! I can dream.

Pete

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:07 pm

I dont know where this free water is coming from me and my neighbours have all recieved normal water bills every month .
I have told them whats being said on this forum and they dont know anything about it .That includes a guy 2 doors away who works for the water company.

Post by **hhfarang** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:13 pm

It's a conspiracy!!!

Only 20 people are getting free water and their charges were added to my bill!!!!

Post by **PeteC** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:22 pm

If it's a no-no to post these links, a Mod please delete them. I haven't read them but tey may shed some light on the question. Somewhere there is also a Thai Gov web site that explains this. As I mentined above 300+ and 500+ some odd baht the last two months reduced to zero. Pete

[ Links edited by Mod, sorry that particular one is against our policy, you can cut and paste the info ]

Post by **PeteC** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:32 pm

I just read somewhere else that the free water and electric is not for commercial establishments. This means if your house is registered under a company name, either by you or your landlord if you rent, it seems you don't qualify? Pete

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:37 pm

Obviously, I wouldn't dream of using the links you provided, Pete, but our water bill has gone down substantially, although it hasn't disappeared altogether.

Not having a pool, however, it's really not something I can get too worked up about!

Electricity however...

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:38 pm

You will forgive me pete if i disregard Thai visa .com forum I live in Hua Hin and i dont know anyone that is not paying water bills .
Plus using my intimately superior experience of Older thai women

Put your USA swimmer with his 10 gold medals and line up 6/7 thai women and instead of a gun shout first to the end get ^%^^ FREE and he would look like a one legged zero footed duck and come a distant last
and yet when i asked my neighbours they thought i was a nutter

So question is there anyone in HUA HIN NOT paying for water

Post by **PeteC** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:54 pm

sargeant wrote:You will forgive me pete if i disregard Thai visa .com forum I live in Hua Hin and i dont know anyone that is not paying water bills .
Plus using my intimately superior experience of Older thai women

Put your USA swimmer with his 10 gold medals and line up 6/7 thai women and instead of a gun shout first to the end get ^%^^ FREE and he would look like a one legged zero footed duck and come a distant last
and yet when i asked my neighbours they thought i was a nutter

So question is there anyone in HUA HIN NOT paying for water

What isn't understood about the term NATIONWIDE PROGRAM? It was in every damn Thai and English newspaper, as well as on the Thai TV news.

Is Hua Hin now a separate country?

I am just the messenger. I suggest someone go to your water department and ask, as it appears Guess is not paying for his water. Maybe he is the only one south of Bangkok?

Heaven forbid that perhaps you are getting cheated by a crooked local water department?

Pete

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:08 pm

Pete i have asked the guy 2 doors from me that works for the water dept and he dont know shit, now if there are others in HUA HIN that are not paying i will be climbing out of my pram, but so far i have heard from HH who is paying and me that is paying and my friend Fred the dutchman and he is paying so are all my Thai neighbours, and i just dont think they would pay a brass razoo if they did not have to plus i get 2 thai language newspapers every day which the whole soi read and nobody has said anything about free water
so i will ask the question again

Is there anyone in HUA HIN NOT paying water bills

Post by **niggle** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:10 pm

I'm not paying for water neither is any of my (Thai) neighbours. I asked the Thai guy behind who confirmed that water is free for 6 months up to a limit of usage after which you start to pay again. Also confirmed that if your electricity bill is less than 150 baht (I wish), it is free also

Post by **PeteC** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:40 pm

niggle wrote:I'm not paying for water neither is any of my (Thai) neighbours. I asked the Thai guy behind who confirmed that water is free for 6 months up to a limit of usage after which you start to pay again. Also confirmed that if your electricity bill is less than 150 baht (I wish), it is free also

I rest my case. I do applaud your tenacity though Sarge. Pete

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:44 pm

Well got something going my Kings Palace Guard neighbour is going (tooled up) to the water company tommorrow to get the lowdown. My lady Tessabahn (brigadier general by her uniform) probably a cleaner is going to her bosses tommorrow to get the skinny
So hopefully i will have the facts for my soi at least tommorrow night
They want Free anything like i said

Post by **crazy88** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:02 pm

Just paid mine as usual .30 bt .

Crazy 88