Eskom refuse to fix a bridged meter box.

<p>Good day</p> <p> </p> <p>I have a proble with Eskom refusing to fix a bridged meter box.</p> <p> </p> <p>I bought a house on the 15 march 2017, after moving in at the end of the month of march we noticed that the meter box has been tampared with as it was broken from the outside cover.</p> <p> </p> <p>we opened the box to our shock it was bridged, the firts week of april we went to the eskom barnch in vosloorus and took the pre paid box with us to show the that it was taken outn the electricity was bridged.</p> <p> </p> <p>we took pictures to show the, the send one of the field agents to come and inspect the damage. which he confirmed that we need a replacement meter.</p> <p> </p> <p>the eskom gave us a qoute of R8000.00 to be paid before they can fix the meter box, we informed them that we wont pay for some thing that we didn't do and we are reporting this matter for the to open an account for us.</p> <p> </p> <p>the said that the qoutation includes the penality fees for the previous owner for not buying electricity and new meter box. the strange thing is that they can't find the previous owner on their systems.</p> <p> </p> <p>please see attached pictures and the qoutation. i rely need help as i would like to buy electricity and have an account in my name.</p> <p> </p>