Electric (OUTRAGEOUS) Prices in TRNC...

Indian


Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 14:18

SOMETHING WRONG!

Under the new prices for electric in North Cyprus, 587 units cost at todays rate 108GBP.

In UK the current price for 587 units is 84GBP.

The current minimum wage in North Cyprus is around 432GBP a month

The current minimum wage in UK is around 957GBP a month.

It is said people in UK are struggling to pay their electric bills, so how on earth are people in North Cyprus able to pay!!!

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 14:25

Its the winter months that will be the hardest. During the summer months you can generally get by without using too much electricity by living outside (just don't use the air con) but its still very expensive. There'll be a rise in the sales of candles and hurricane lamps soon so stock up before the shortage.

Indian


Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 09:21

Yes, AC will be out of question in winter unless one wins the Euro Lotto. And for candles and hurricane lamps getting popular, i am sure they are used to it with so many electric cuts in the past.



I do wonder if people buying property here, ever look into these things or just blindly buy saying, "Wow, look at the views and such friendly people" !!!!!

Aga Buyers A G


Joined: 04/10/2007
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:08

Does anyone think that there is a hidden agenda behind the price rises over the last 3 years in N. Cyprus, more especially seen this year ?



Are you sure that the TC's are paying the same utility rates - we know that there are diffrent tiers for water prices - could this be the same for electric



makes you wonder does it not ?

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:14

Indian , we looked at all aspects of buying here 5 years ago , and utility bills were low then , it only the last 12 months that utility bills have gone really expensive , but i think now people will start realize TRNC is not a cheap place to live anymore , as for living elsewhere in the world if you want to run expensive comodities , there is no where really cheap anymore . But we do have the added bonus of friendly locals THE weather and the fab view here in the TRNC .

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:39

indian

How on earth could anyone foresee, find out, or believe even if told, electric would triple in price.

Thro sites like this people are now very wary of purchasing in trnc, only thro advice from people who have already gone thro the process,and can warn about lack of specific performance law,deeds,etc.However nobody has a crystal ball,and I think everybody has been caught out and surprised by latest price and tax rises.

I think very few people purchase now without checking web sites first.

shytallknight


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 39

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 15:26

I asked in another post if anyone has solar panels, or has anyone priced them ? I know people using them in the UK and they turn the electricity meter backwards, legally I may add, so I wondered if anyone inTRNC has them or tried them ?

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 15:46

the reason our bills are so high is that we are paying for the non payers. found our neighbours electric bill outside our house. they owe more than 7,000ytl. i wonder when kibtec will cut them off?

Laptalocal


Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 99

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 16:49

They wont! When I bought my old resale property I ended up paying the electric bill for the previous local owners which was over £1200. When I asked Kibtek why they hadn't cut them off, they said that they didn't like to because it is rude and offends! They obviously didn't feel it was rude to expect me to pay someone else bill though!!

Chick-a-Dee


Joined: 16/06/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 16:53

Do you think KIBTEK are ripping people off? Do the current prices reflect the general balance of the economy in TRNC?

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 17:16

Just been told if I don't pay my monthly account each month within 30days I'll be cut off, without notice. Thought powergen were tough.

kimosh


Joined: 09/08/2008
Posts: 193

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 17:54

well they do cut you off when ya dont pay i move here just over a year ago and i had only been in my new house for one week and i got a bill of 1,800 ytl omg i thought plus my electric was on builders rate which was a mega problem at the time to resolve ... they kept telling me i was lying and i owed this money ... i didnt pay it the next month i wasnt at home when metre was read but they had cut me off ... and that bill was a wopping 2,200 ytl on top of what i hadnt paid the month before ...i was told i had to speak with the contracter what a joke that was he was in england and i was without electric for one week and had to pay a fine for being cut off... and pay the bill in full and took me 2 more months to get it tranfered into normal rate ...

Indian


Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 18:32

How about this: A rumour or truth!



Kibtek employees and their relatives don't pay electric bills...ever!



I bet there's some truth in it!

rtddci


Joined: 29/12/2007
Posts: 842

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 18:36

There can't be a difference in the way Kibtek treats foreigners surely? That would be blatantly racist. In NC surely not?

CJtill


Joined: 02/05/2008
Posts: 836

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 20:57

From what I can understand if you dont pay your bill after the second month Kibtek remove your fuse and take it away, which in theory means you have to pay your bill to get reconnected. In practice what sometimes happens is the non payer removes someone elses fuse (normally from a complex where there are a lot of holiday homes) and continues using electricity as normal. The next month the new fuse is removed by Kibtek, but the devious non payer then takes the next fuse in the street cabinet. This continues until............you tell me.

Michael

rtddci


Joined: 29/12/2007
Posts: 842

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 21:54

Having experienced that I now take my fuse out when we are away from the apartment.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 01:55

It came to my notice when I went to pay my transfer of electric meter to my

name at Kibtek, that the charge had risen from 540ytl to 740 ytl (It was 176 ytl

last year). I was outraged, and I had not brought enough money. A man who was sitting in the office spoke in English to me and told me that if I had a Turkish Cypriot guarantor it would only cost me 250 ytl. I replied that maybe I

would have a friend who could do this. Now this friend & ex-colleague has offered to guarantee me & will go down with me to Kibtek when we are both

there. Maybe others do not know this & may be in a position to be guranteed.

ishmail


Joined: 27/06/2008
Posts: 91

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 07:27

Kib tek will cut of foreiners, make no misteak, we pays the same as you peoples, but electric companie need monet to pay workers cos plenty peoples not paying there electric bill, an they need to pay for new stuff brougt in recently so they just puts up the unit prices, check it out on you bills.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 07:40

Regarding Kibtek employees getting free leccy this was certainly the case a few years ago, there was one guy who left Kibtek and had a restaurant in Karmi who was still getting it for nowt two years after he left.

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 08:24

You government guys who read these posts need to take heed. It is only a few TC’s that get free electric the rest, along with us so called foreigners, are getting very pxxxssed off with all these increases. Get off your butts and collect the money owing, whether it is electric or builders, or you will be out before the end of the year.



Troodo



Happy to live in the safe area – still – at the moment.

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 08:30

PS.

We may not have the vote, but we all have a lot of TC’s friends. Do you think that we foreigners who live here hold no influence at all?



Troodo



Happy to live in the safe area – still – I think.

iceman


Joined: 15/08/2008
Posts: 724

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 11:28

The fact that we are all paying for the non payers is true...

Electricity board employees did not pay a bill until a few years ago but new they do..The Army was also not paying till few years ago but now they do..

Its the official state buildings not paying nowadays and with the price of AC units going down they have installed AC's everywhere..

None of the government offices or municipalities are paying any electric bills!!!

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 12:21

#9: "When I bought my old resale property I ended up paying the electric bill for the previous local owners which was over £1200."



Why did you pay someone else's debt?

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 12:24

Troodo: "Do you think that we foreigners who live here hold no influence at all?"



Are you being ironic?

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 12:26

#22: "with the price of AC units going down they have installed AC's everywhere."



It's an ill wind...

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
16/08/2008 13:04

Eric.

You really have not a clue what goes on here have you? Only, it would seem, what you wish to know.



Troodo

Happy to live in the safe area.

Indian


Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 09:18

And the argument continues, forever.....end of the day, people are being ripped off with ridiculous prices. I wish there is a quicker solution to this island and this part of the island becomes legal. Then the people in the authority will have the shock of their lives when EU tells them to do the legal things in a legal way.

Hope and pray, cheers

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 12:18

msg 27,



I agree.

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 15:10

Agree with message 26



Telling someone you were involved in property in TRNC will soon become like telling someone you were taken in by a Nigerian money transfer deal to help the widow of the ex oil minister by allowing your bank details to be used,in return f

Embarassed to be so gullible in each case.



As regards the EU, one major problem would be anti discrimination legislation,the TRNC economy would really suffer if that were to happen.

TracyF


Joined: 17/05/2008
Posts: 70

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 15:18

We have just returned from Lapta after a 2 wk stay and paid £210 for the electric bill!!! We were a little shocked (not electrically of course) but will take heed the next time we visit

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 15:19

What i always say is what goes round will come round rip off merchants will have there come upance , be sure of that .

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 19:51

message 31



Sorry Pipie,I think you are wrong. Its the same the world over, the rip off merchants have their luggage packed and are ready to leave.Its the ordinary people who have to stay that will pay.

I feel sorry for the british ones wanted by UK police,as looks like pretty soon, regardless of when or if the north joins the south, they will have look round for another safe haven. I dont think there are many places left that dont have extradiction, that one would want to go to.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 20:25

girne 29 i take it you are having a rough ride also ? well all i can say is if things continue and people keep having to put up with unfinished complexes , broken contracts , broken promises ,bullying tactics name and shame is the only way to go .

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 20:26

sorry going off track everyone