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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:30 am Post subject: |
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| abigolblackman wrote: |
I'll tell you what's happening. They are taking the average of the whole floor and dividing the total among everyone on your floor.
I don't know the size of your spot, but if it's bigger than other residents on your floor, they are unfairly charging you more because they assume that since your place is bigger, you are using more energy, whether you really are or not.
This happened to me my first year and my school didn't help me out even though they admitted it sucked for me. I froze that winter not using any heat at all while other residents roasted it up. Every month they complained that the foreigner (me) was using so much heat cause I was from California and liked warm weather. The manager believed them and I always had to pay at least 50% more for the utility bills. Those bastards sucked up the heat and I literally froze.
I moved out immediately.
I have a much bigger place now and pay less than 50,000 won for everything! |
I would have been tempted to simply not pay them. If I DID stick around, then man would my apartment be hot. I'd have the heating AND the air conditioner running. If you're gonna do the time.... |
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tsmithxx
Joined: 27 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| Sadly, I'm in a similar situation being overcharged for my electricity. I'm in the 170,000 Won range, which is less than you, but I've talked to other foreigners in the same building (and floor) that are saying they pay around 80,000 Won. I'm pretty sure it's my hagwon doing the swindling, but I'm going to try and find a Korean to figure this out for me. |
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