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RavenDarknight
Seasoned Newcomer
5 months ago

Cannot pay bills and now no electricity

The pay bill function is not working. It is showing a positive amount of $20.00, but it still shut off the electricity. I do not have any mods downloaded; just the basic game and expansions. I have tried moving my Sim, paying the bill on another lot, I found a paper statement in my inventory but I can't pay it either. No matter what I do, I cannot pay the bills and wherever I put the Sim, there is no electricity. I've searched the forums and online for solutions and nothing works. Please help! 

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  • RavenDarknight  To help you further, couple you answer these questions please?

    What platform are you playing on?  PC, Mac, Xbox, PS4/5

    If on a computer, are you using mods and/or CC?  And if you do, have you tried removing the mods folder and testing to see if it happens without mods installed?

    Does this only affect one household, or does it affect all households?

    What world and what lot did this first happen on?

    Have you tried starting a new game and does it happen in the new game?

    Have you tried repairing the game?

    Does your issue seem to be the same as some of the replies in this one:  Household receives positive bill they can't pay (wrong Math) | EA Forums - 4943342

    Hope this helps.

  • My work around was having my sims completely upgrade all Electronics to be eco friendly, made my house off the grid and used generators from eco lifestyle until the repo man came to repossess stuff. I also hopped to different houses and used their stuff like showers and beds until they came

  • I’m having the same issue. I saw a thread on where it said to delete pets done that still can’t pay bills. Electricity is off and nothing seems to be working

  • E6V9's avatar
    E6V9
    New Rookie
    5 months ago

    its so long but you have to wait for the repo man to come that's pretty much the only fix at the moment