would you consider this a fair trade ?

[hahahavefun]

Couple and single mum of one sharing house together , couple have home phone and internet bundle 200 Gb data , no one uses the phone to make calls but when the couple are not home that is goes to work or away for weekend they take wifi cable so single mum and her daughter cant use internet . But as a single mum she gets a rebate for electricity and discount because because she stayed with same provider when they moved in together and they just halve the bill and thats all they pay taking half of the rebate not paying half of bill before rebate comes off . Would you feel one compensates the other when the only downloading from internet is for facebòok and searching stuff .

[the_great_she_elephant]

I don't care who pays what.       200 Gb is a lot!

Not when your 21 year old grandson comes to live with you, it isn't! 

[fiestas*girl]

buy your own router and bring it out when they take cable with them..... piggy back off their bandwidth

[azureline**]

Happy to take advantage of the single mum's electricity discount but not happy to share a huge amount of wifi data?

Do you have regular meetings to discuss household workings?

I would discuss the toilet issue and the data........

[cherry*135]

Have to be careful... You don't annoy the people you share with and they tell you like it or leave.

Then you still in the same situation (no broadband) and the others ( family members in this case) are titchy with you... Doesn't make for pleasant living.

To me it is a small issue... Get some mobile broadband.

[azureline**]

And then, the electricity bill split should exclude your rebate, IMO. It isn't theirs.

[cherry*135]

If the rebate is part of being entitled to Govt Assistance, then the couple shouldn't be partaking in the benefit of that. Again why wasn't that discussed before moving in?

The discount from electricty supplier, most electricity suppliers offer those now.

[azureline**]

Rebate applies to single parent payments, discounts can also apply, pay on time, direct debit etc

[hahahavefun]

Single mum hasnt benighted from the sharing she was already living in the area and is still paying same rent as she was but costing her more now in electricity. After applying for so many houses the one they eventually got was pricey making half rent the same as what single mum was paying on her own anyway . Single mum doest care who has what or who eats what but not so for the couple , in all fairness though its mainly just one member of the couple who is the problem . They moved to a nicer area a much much nicer home cheaper rent and electricity . Single mum got one of the couple a full time job offered to share a house ...

[imastawka]

Needs to be un updated discussion IMO.

Leave the wifi cable home or pay half the elec bill before rebate

Or get your own b/band and tell them to pay half  elec before rebate

Maybe speak to the person who's more agreeable first?

[punch*drunk]

You might want to look at whats using so much electricity. Doesn't make sense that a household would use more than double the electricity, even with 2 more people. Do you have more electrical appliances or something now? Heating or air con?

Although on the surface it doesn't seem fair they are getting the benefit of your rebate but it also wouldnt be fair if you benfitted from a rebate applied to their share of the electricity. The only "fair" arrangement would be for the elec company to only apply the rebate to half the bill, obviously something that's not going to happen.

Is this a rebate that is specifically for a pensioner or just a loyal customer thing? Its pretty easy nowadays for anyone to get their bill reduced by 20% or more just by asking, so they could potentially get the same rebate even without you there.

The wifi is theirs, although how they could use that much with only 2 of them is a bit beyond me, and presumably they allow you to use it sometimes. Perhaps there has been an issue with overuse by someone in the household and they chose to limit use rather than make a fuss about it.

Sounds to me like you need to talk to each other.