Pensioner Winter Fuel Payment - I just don't get it?

[Mottie]

according to her

Yes, according to her. Do you think my wife is a liar?

 

[motorbiking]

Any large organisation - public or private - is bureaucratic, and that inevitably leads to empire building and corruption that go with it. As an example the local water company repaired a leaking water meter/stopcock but waited three hours because they couldn’t get a signal. Not sure I bought that, but the job became a day long. They declined to fill in the hole, because health and safety required other team to do it.

I have a consultant friend, who says it's a slackers paradise. of course it may be due to poor morale.

 

[Mottie]

I have a consultant friend, who says it's a slackers paradise. of course it may be due to poor morale.

I may have mentioned it once or twice before….

 

[blup]

I have a consultant friend, who says it's a slackers paradise. of course it may be due to poor morale.

I’m not sure the bosses are bothered because monopoly style nature of the business must guarantee profit. Obviously scrupulously regulated by OFWAT etc

 

[johnny2007]

Don't you worry...
Rachel will change her mind before next winter and nobody will get it.

 

[Mottie]

Don't you worry...
Rachel will change her mind before next winter and nobody will get it.

I’ve just had a letter telling me I’m getting it!

 

[motorbiking]

I had a text telling me I was eligible. I'm not.

 

[JohnD]

I had a text

If that is actually true...

Probably it was from the scammers harvesting names and bank details.

If you speak to anyone who gets such payments, they will tell you they receive a letter in a brown envelope. Not a text.

Pensioners warned to stay alert as winter fuel payment scams surge by over 150%

Pensioners are being warned to look out for Winter Fuel Payment text message scams following a surge in activity from opportunistic criminals ahead of next month's payments.

www.gov.uk

I don't know how the Express got your photo.

DWP winter fuel payment recipients issued urgent alert about new text message

The warning comes as winter fuel payments are due to start landing in bank accounts soon.

www.express.co.uk

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I’ve just had a letter telling me I’m getting it!

Me too..

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I had a text telling me I was eligible. I'm not.

Did you have to reply, with your bank details and password?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

'All pensioners will receive Winter Fuel Payment but those individuals with a taxable income of £35,000 or more per annum will have their Winter Fuel Payment amount claimed back via the tax system. There is an option to opt out of Winter Fuel Payment.'

Why such a high level of £35K? That's more than many earn, when they are working. What difference will 200/£300 make to those with a £35K income per year, do they even need that extra top up?

It seems to have been one extreme, then the other.

Because so many well off pensioners complained

 

[motorbiking]

Did you have to reply, with your bank details and password?

you got the same text. must be legit

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

you got the same text. must be legit

Not that I can recall - I suspect most of these scam calls, SMS's, and emails are filtered out by my providers.

 

[JohnD]

'All pensioners will receive Winter Fuel Payment but those individuals with a taxable income of £35,000 or more per annum will have their Winter Fuel Payment amount claimed back via the tax system. There is an option to opt out of Winter Fuel Payment.'

Where is that quote copied from?

 

[Mottie]

If you speak to anyone who gets such payments, they will tell you they receive a letter in a brown envelope. Not a text.

Mine came in a white window envelope.