These kinds of articles that state the obvious are kind of useless .. I mean, what person of sound mind thinks that just stopping paying their bills is not going to have any consequences?
Maybe the government will finally do something about ridiculously high electricity prices? Worth a try. Engie producing at 4ct/kWh and selling at 40 ct/kWh is not market action… That is a not functioning market mechanism and needs to be solved asap.
YOU CAN GET CUT OFF, but then you get switched to fluvius where you HAVE TO PAY MORE but actually not really because you’ll always get a minimal supply because getting cut off in winter is illegal.
Statist media calling for civil obedience… Next article: “water is wet”
So in a few weeks the first nuclear reactors will close.
At the moment of the highest energy prices ever.
At the moment of 1 of the hottest summers ever.
Let the magnitude of incompetence that is governing our country sink in for a minute.
Working CS for a government subsidiary that involves taxes has taught me there is an incredibly large amount of people who will call to tell us they disagree with a tax or payment and will therefore not pay it. They legit think they have that option.
Some even like to point out they know politician Abc or Xyz so we just wait! Like that is a threat I’m going to lose sleep over. Alright Jean, you do you and see how far it gets you.
And then of course 6 to 9 months later they come crying that they had a police officer with a debt collector at their door and were forced on the spot to pay the tax + an additional 500 to 600 debt collector’s fee. Suddenly they are ok with ‘just’ paying the tax as long as we can refund the debt collector’s fee.
Actions have consequences? Total surprise! Moving on…
I’ve seen it a couple of times: once the deurwaarders and (bank-) blacklists start or god forbid State-imposed fines, it’s close to impossible to crawl out of the vicious circle of poverty. You are pretty much cemented in misery. With obvious consequences on the kids, if any.
I’ve seen one person succeed and that was only because he got a 50K “loan” into his new business, which he used right.
You mean following suggestions from the likes of Peter Terryn is generally a bad idea? :surprisedpikachu:
The problem is that there are just not enough people joining.
Energy-companies can cut off a few thousand households without anyone even notice.
If a few million people would be cut off for sure there would be a politician fearing the next election..
”Fire is hot.”
The whole point of this sort of action is to say enough is enough. If enough people refuse to pay, the government will have to intervene. Imagine if a million people lost access to heating and electricity. That would be a disaster in the making.
A hundred people ignoring their bills is their problem. A hundred thousand people ignoring their bills, is the company’s problem.
The aim is obviously pressuring the government into doing what they’re supposed to do, i.e. put the citizens/consumers first and not view us as cows to milk for a change.
What do you suggest?
It is not about the bill.
It is about the margin taken.
These cooperations should be doomed, not the clients
It’s time that we have a national strike. That will hurt society enough that measures will be taken.
I knew a guy that stopped paying his bills. He ended up losing everything he owned.
If anything, I guess stop paying your taxes. But it´s not like that won´t have consequences
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These kinds of articles that state the obvious are kind of useless .. I mean, what person of sound mind thinks that just stopping paying their bills is not going to have any consequences?
Maybe the government will finally do something about ridiculously high electricity prices? Worth a try. Engie producing at 4ct/kWh and selling at 40 ct/kWh is not market action… That is a not functioning market mechanism and needs to be solved asap.
YOU CAN GET CUT OFF, but then you get switched to fluvius where you HAVE TO PAY MORE but actually not really because you’ll always get a minimal supply because getting cut off in winter is illegal.
Statist media calling for civil obedience… Next article: “water is wet”
So in a few weeks the first nuclear reactors will close.
At the moment of the highest energy prices ever.
At the moment of 1 of the hottest summers ever.
Let the magnitude of incompetence that is governing our country sink in for a minute.
Working CS for a government subsidiary that involves taxes has taught me there is an incredibly large amount of people who will call to tell us they disagree with a tax or payment and will therefore not pay it. They legit think they have that option.
Some even like to point out they know politician Abc or Xyz so we just wait! Like that is a threat I’m going to lose sleep over. Alright Jean, you do you and see how far it gets you.
And then of course 6 to 9 months later they come crying that they had a police officer with a debt collector at their door and were forced on the spot to pay the tax + an additional 500 to 600 debt collector’s fee. Suddenly they are ok with ‘just’ paying the tax as long as we can refund the debt collector’s fee.
Actions have consequences? Total surprise! Moving on…
I’ve seen it a couple of times: once the deurwaarders and (bank-) blacklists start or god forbid State-imposed fines, it’s close to impossible to crawl out of the vicious circle of poverty. You are pretty much cemented in misery. With obvious consequences on the kids, if any.
I’ve seen one person succeed and that was only because he got a 50K “loan” into his new business, which he used right.
You mean following suggestions from the likes of Peter Terryn is generally a bad idea? :surprisedpikachu:
The problem is that there are just not enough people joining.
Energy-companies can cut off a few thousand households without anyone even notice.
If a few million people would be cut off for sure there would be a politician fearing the next election..
”Fire is hot.”
The whole point of this sort of action is to say enough is enough. If enough people refuse to pay, the government will have to intervene. Imagine if a million people lost access to heating and electricity. That would be a disaster in the making.
A hundred people ignoring their bills is their problem. A hundred thousand people ignoring their bills, is the company’s problem.
The aim is obviously pressuring the government into doing what they’re supposed to do, i.e. put the citizens/consumers first and not view us as cows to milk for a change.
What do you suggest?
It is not about the bill.
It is about the margin taken.
These cooperations should be doomed, not the clients
It’s time that we have a national strike. That will hurt society enough that measures will be taken.
I knew a guy that stopped paying his bills. He ended up losing everything he owned.
If anything, I guess stop paying your taxes. But it´s not like that won´t have consequences