ECG Has Gone Crazy | How Can I Owe 17GHS On A PREPAID Metre?

by Customer Discuss Staff | May 26, 2016 11:19 pm

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The shock of being told you owe money on a prepaid meter can send a chilling effect down your brains—and this is exactly how the below ECG customer-Edward N., seems to have felt when he was told by a vendor that he already owes 17GHS on his prepaid, when he had gone out intending to only buy 20 GHS.

Apart from the fact that he was compelled by this weird incident to buy 40GHS electricity instead of the initial 20GHS so that whatever debt on the prepaid can be paid off for him to have electricity, the vendor who notified him of the this could not even reasonably explain how has it become possible to owe on a prepaid meter, which ought to be paid ahead before using—especially when the person had not borrowed anything on the meter.

Edward asks; “is owing on a prepaid meter not an oxymoron?”

Read Edwards Shocking Experience Below….

Dear Customer Discuss,

I am writing to share my anger, confusion and frustration being caused by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). I may not know a lot of things but one thing I believe I know is the meaning of prepaid.

Despite how quick the new ECG meter runs whenever you buy credit on there which we are already struggling to keep up with, a new layer of stealing has been added to this already existing exploitation.

A few days ago, I went to a vendor near my house to buy 20 GHS electricity with my prepaid card only to be told that I already owe 17GHS on my prepaid meter.

As shocked as I was, I managed to calm myself and asked the vendor, how is it possible to owe any money on a prepaid meter when I have not borrowed any money whatsoever.

And the vendor was as confused as I was, only that she had seen this more than once, unlike me. She tried to explain but later said, young man, I don’t really understand why but this is happening a lot because five people this morning also had the same problem.

So instead of buying 20GHS, now I was compelled to buy 40 GHS because 17GHS was going to pay for a debt I do not know how it came about.

When I spoke to a couple of friends about this, some said they are facing the same shock out of the same problem.

Has ECG gone that crazy?

This rogue national company ought to be brought to line. Because, you can not introduce into the country such a fast running meter which chews whatever credit you buy within a short period and on top, start telling us we owe money on prepaid meters when the essence of prepaid is you pay ahead before using.

Is owing on a prepaid meter not an oxymoron?

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Response from ECG to ‘CustomerDiscuss.Com’ team

We are waiting to see if they will have anything reasonable to say to this…

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