25 Sep 2015 5:54 PM:

Early this year I rented an apartment in southern Spain for six weeks. It was unexpectedly cold.  It had a coin electric meter and I found that my coin supply quickly diminished because the cost per day was approximately €12. At this rate my total electricity expediture for six weeks would have been €504 ( I was only using two small oil filled radiators) despite having been quoted €34pw as the highest weekly cost while using the aircon.  I discovered that the meter had been set at € 0,50 per kwh - clearly far too high and after much "discussion" the apartment owners agreed to it being reduced to € 0,15. This was near the setting of my neighbour's meter € 0.12 and would result in a weekly cost of €32 approx.

Having thought that I had located a place to stay early next year, I am being quoted a meter with a setting of € 0.40 which will again result in a cost far above that indicated to me by the apartment owners, and indeed much higher than I pay at home.

Can somebody please advise me what is going on here?!

 

Thread: Coin Meters/electricity charges

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