Received a letter today.Mick F wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 10:41am Hi guys, I expected it would be by letter. No doubt with a cheque counterfoil like we get from Western Power Distribution for the two poles on our land as rental. Also, when we had extended periods of the water supply being off, Southwest Water wrote enclosing a cheque by way of compensation.
As for direct debits, we have two.
One for Netflix and one for Toyota insurance (roadside/home-start/recovery/assistance)
Everything else, I pay online directly from our current account. The way I see it, if we're on the bones of our wotsits, we would be in control, and not at the mercy of a direct debit.
We're Band B. Small two bedroom bungalow.
Remember, I pay online every month. No DD and we pay ten months a year, getting Feb and March free.
There's a link to register, and to include your council tax number.
It then asks you to input your firsts name(s) and surname, and your address and postcode.
It was the name bit, and the postcode bit that kept getting knocked back.
I filled it in as requested, but they have my first name as two initials, and they have our old postcode.
Correcting that, they were happy, then they asked for the bank details.
Our bank has the correct names, and the correct postcode, so it took a little while to sort it out.
Nice to get £150 but our council tax is £1,615 a year, so it doesn't even pay for one month, welcome though it is.