Overcharging Results In Suicide Attempt

E.ON (based in Düsseldorf, Germany) claims to be one of the world's leading energy companies with its core activities in power and gas. It has been accused of creating a situation whereby a war veteran (84 years of age) attempted suicide as a result of E.ON allegedly overcharging. E.ON said:

"We believe we acted fairly and appropriately under the circumstances"

The most despicable attitude is the cowardly attempt for those individuals who are responsible to hide behind the corporate "we" device as this represents the attempt by these individuals to escape culpability. Whatever the circumstances causing this situation, there are better ways of acquiring success. In view of another example, of high relevance this could suggest a deliberate policy for energy suppliers to have absolutely no interest in the survival of the individual as there are many thousands of other 'customers' to provide perpetual sustenance. It does appear to form a classic parasite-host combination:

If the few do not survive
there are many others who will
provide rich pickings

This describes a dreadful scenario.

Charging a residential user up to:

£1800 for a quarter

just made no impact on this business even though Mr Bargate lived alone and was careful to use electricity off-peak. No investigation was conducted even though any charge of this kind must be atypical in the extreme. Allegedly, bills had not been paid in 2 years, yet no investigation appears to have been conducted. It would seem that E.ON cannot be wrong and hence that must constitute the grounds for the warrant. If the demands were not correct and no investigation had taken place then the warrant presumably attempts to legalise a possible illegal action. A similar scenario to the British Gas fiasco, but at the other end of the age scale: old (E.ON) -> young (British Gas). It has emerged that bills were up to four times what they should have been and that overpayment of more than £10,000 may have been made, but

Nobody noticed