License to Print Money

[ashekenaz]

Today, the target of my ire is British Gas. Further to the saga of the amazing disappearing wallet, it turns out that those fine men at BG will charge me £8 for a new plastic gas topup card, which probably costs about 75p to produce.

License to print money, I tell you.

Comments

[bonedancer]

All utilities are. There's no true competition and it's a stupid thing to privatise.

[word_maker]

Get a windmill and generate your own power!

Or a giant hamster wheel!