I heard a sound of expense

@Cheyee (8344)

Pakanbaru, Indonesia

November 14, 2020 1:49am CST

In my country we have 2 kind of electricity bill. Those are prepaid electricity bill and postpaid electricity bill. Just like its name, prepaid mean you buy before use it, if your credit almost runs out, it would make beeping sound. And the other ones is postpaid. It's the most common system. You use it, and pay it next month. Now I am hearing beeping sound, so that's mean expense... I hope they change the sound into something more melodious instead of beep beep beep How about electricity bill system at yours?

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@Sojourn (13837)

• India

14 Nov 20

What device makes the beep beep sound. The meter?

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Yes, the meter makes that sound.

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@rina110383 (24492)

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14 Nov 20

We have both here in my country, prepaid and postpaid. Mine is postpaid.

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@rina110383 (24492)

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14 Nov 20

@Cheyee Philippines.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

@rina110383 I see. My neighbor country

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Really? Which country?

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@jobelbojel (35577)

• Philippines

15 Nov 20

We use postpaid here though I heard that some offers prepaid, postpaid is widely used here.

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@jobelbojel (35577)

• Philippines

15 Nov 20

@Cheyee Yes. And at the end of the bill cycle we would know our monthly bill.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

15 Nov 20

So that's mean someone come and take a note of your meter?

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

15 Nov 20

@jobelbojel have you ever pay more than usual?

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@SHOHANA (16093)

• Bangladesh

15 Nov 20

I prefer post paid system but now a days everywhere it prepaid

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

15 Nov 20

True..

@sophie09 (34236)

• Indonesia

15 Nov 20

we use the postpaid electricity here and i dont really know much, it is till my parents who pay that

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@sophie09 (34236)

• Indonesia

15 Nov 20

@Cheyee i dont think mine is double

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

16 Nov 20

@sophie09 good for you

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

15 Nov 20

Since pandemic a lot people whose use postpaid bill complain about their bill. It was almost double than normal.

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@lilianharp (168)

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14 Nov 20

I have a postpaid electricity system, I don't know if they provide a prepaid one too. do they cut your electricity when you prepaid is over or give you some free electricity until you pay the next one?

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

No electric until I buy new credit.

. I know our system kind of unusual

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

@lilianharp but i won't receive drastically bill increase

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@lilianharp (168)

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14 Nov 20

@Cheyee oh! that sounds like trouble

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@GardenGerty (160664)

• United States

15 Nov 20

I think some places people can prepay, but not in the area where I am. That might make people more careful.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

15 Nov 20

Basically we can predicted our monthly used. No drastically increase bill.

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

16 Nov 20

I postpay our monthly electric bills for 2 homes. Not cheap!

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

16 Nov 20

@Cheyee How long or how much?

@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

16 Nov 20

Electricity is sure expensive, but we kind of can't live without it. How long so you usually spend for this?

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@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

20 Nov 20

This something new to me here. We have always had postpaid. Use then pay

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

20 Nov 20

Yes, that's the common system around the world. We have it too

@thelme55 (77061)

• Germany

14 Nov 20

This is the fir time I heard of prepaid electricity, We only have postpaid electricity.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Yeppp it's uncommon

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@ShifaLk (17817)

• India

16 Nov 20

Wow... that's a good way, we only have postpaid

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@ShifaLk (17817)

• India

16 Nov 20

@Cheyee yes prepaid concept is actually nice.

@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

16 Nov 20

I think so. I can do budgeting better, because there is no drastically increasing bill.

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honesty and loyalty

@Merliva (3535)

• San Marino

15 Nov 20

It's sad that I don't know what you are talking about because when I pay my bills I just give the money to the lady and that's it

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

15 Nov 20

Who is the lady? Landlord?

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@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

14 Nov 20

I had never heard of such a thing before. Here we get bills every month as much as we spent that month on electricity.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Yes, apperently only few country use it.

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@Butterfingers (66583)

• India

14 Nov 20

Here we pay post after we consume

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@Butterfingers (66583)

• India

15 Nov 20

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

That's the common system

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@maximax8 (31046)

• United Kingdom

14 Nov 20

In the United Kingdom some houses have pre pay meters. They make electric prices a lot more expensive than direct debit. In 2005 I moved to a house that had a pre pay meter. It was annoying as we had to load money at the Co-Op. It was terrible if we ran out of electric power. In 2010 I moved to bungalow where I could use direct debit. My electric bill is mixed with my gas bill.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Who does provide your gas and electricity? Government or Non-gov?

@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

14 Nov 20

We don't have a name like that, just bill. But judging from the current system, I can say it's similar to your postpaid plan. We only pay the bill when it arrives, depending on how much you use.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Yes, most of country use that system

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@Shavkat (139933)

• Philippines

14 Nov 20

The electric bill is always every after a month.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Yes, it's the most common system

@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

14 Nov 20

I guess I wouldn’t like that sound loll

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

I don't like it either. It's like give me money.. Give me money.. Give me money

@Janet357 (75646)

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14 Nov 20

mine is postpaid. So no beeping.

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@Cheyee (8344)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

14 Nov 20

Too bad, you wont hear how beautiful that sound is. I hear it as money... money... money not as beep... beep... beep...