u/Fantastic-Brick-7337

Hi all ,

I thought I share my positive experience with octopus. I only been a customer since April , when I moved house. And they were offering the best quote for gas and electricity.

Today I wanted to cook some food at 13:00.
Gas hob doesn’t work. Checked gas boiler , doesn’t work either.

Checked gas meter , totally blank screen. Even when pressing the buttons.

Called up the national gas emergency line , since I wasn’t sure what exactly to do. And Google said start with that. After a few questions the lady said , the battery is dead in my gas meter.

( I didn’t even know that a gas meter needs a battery. And if the battery doesn’t work , the gas shuts off. )

She said call octopus and they’ll sort it out.

Found there number , called it. Then it said since it’s the weekend , send them an email on their emergency email and someone will get back to me.

A lady emailed me back within 5 mins. This was at 13:30.
Took a few more details from me and arranged an engineer out. Was told he’ll turn up within 4hrs.

She also said if the engineer had time he’ll change my electricity meter too , since that’s old as well.

The guy called me just before 16:00 that he’ll be here in 10mins.

Changed the gas meter pretty fast , and I had gas again.
He will have to come back some point next week to change the electricity meter though , since he had another gas emergency to attend after me.

So yeah I’ve noticed my gas meter was dead at 1pm and the new one was installed by 5pm.

The old gas meter was installed in early 2014 according to the sticker on it , so it lasted a good while.

Anyway , I just thought I’ll share this positive thing :)

Hi all ,

I’m flying to Boston next week , and just got a call from AA customer service stating Heathrow has some catering issues and they can’t provide any special meals on the flights, for economy and premium economy passengers.

I pre selected my vegan meal back in December when booked the flight.

The lady on the phone said she’s not even sure if they’ll have normal veggie options on the plane. Just the meat.

Anyone had any recent experience ? I guess it’s better to bring my own food , just in case.

I did a quick google and seen articles about this back in March / April time. But nothing more recent.

Thank you ☺️

Hi all.

I’m looking to buy my first ever Xmas tree , just moved into a house and plan to have it decorated etc.

If you have an artificial Xmas tree, do you like it , and what brand is it ?

I came across balsam hill trees , they are pricey , but seems to be a good quality and loads of good reviews on their website.

Is there any other brands out there ?

Looking to get a normal green tree , 7ft tall.
Happy to spend around £800 on it.

Thank you ☺️