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MSE News: EDF table-topping energy deal set to disappear

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"The Online Saver 7 tariff tops the tables for many and offers a £100 welcome bonus ..."
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  • Grr! We couldn't start the switch until today when we completed on our house purchase, now quidco/topcashback £80 extra cashback has vanished :-( will have to crunch the numbers again to see if a switch to EDF is worth it or whether we are better off with someone who doesn't charge extra for IGT gas.
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  • neil9313
    neil9313 Posts: 696 Forumite
    Yes saw Cash Back had gone on TCB, must be costing them to much, or they have reached the number of new customers required!
  • neil9313
    neil9313 Posts: 696 Forumite
    Grr! We couldn't start the switch until today when we completed on our house purchase, now quidco/topcashback £80 extra cashback has vanished :-( will have to crunch the numbers again to see if a switch to EDF is worth it or whether we are better off with someone who doesn't charge extra for IGT gas.

    Try BG or SSE/Ebico, they are I believe the only 2 that don't charge IGT
  • Pincher
    Pincher Posts: 6,552 Forumite
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    A good deal for the customer means a bad deal for the supplier.

    It's just rather bad form to extend the £100 Welcome Bonus to 31st December, then pulling it now.
  • I'm happy, I got a letter from EDF recently saying they aren't increasing their prices. Makes a change!
  • BargainMad_3
    BargainMad_3 Posts: 772 Forumite
    edited 9 December 2010 at 6:18PM
    I suppose that the real end date for this was 30 November and so even a one week extension was more than they had to do.

    Hopefully people won't be too dismayed as it isn't that brilliant a deal when you look at the standing charges on this. Let's just say I need both the £80 Quidco and £100 EDF cashbacks to make it worthwhile.

    And they WILL be increasing charges come March.....
  • wendy05
    wendy05 Posts: 1,365 Forumite
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    BargainMad wrote: »
    I suppose that the real end date for this was 30 November and so even a one week extension was more than they had to do.

    Hopefully people won't be too dismayed as it isn't that brilliant a deal when you look at the standing charges on this. Let's just say I need both the £80 Quidco and £100 EDF cashbacks to make it worthwhile.

    And they WILL be increasing charges come March.....

    the average price increase will be in the region of 8 to 10% i suspect, as with other suppliers.

    the £100 will in most circumstances compensate for that rise (average bill is estimated at £1000) so effectively no price rise for 12 months.
  • The Standing charge is excessive but they are the second cheapest before cashback. Anyone know when the £100 will be credited to my account ?
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  • For me the cashback had to be both the £100 and the £80 for it to be worthwhile. It looks like many will have to put in enquiries for the quidco £80 as they have a tracking issue.
  • we changed to EDF 2 weeks ago through QUIDCO,the £80 is showing but I haven't heard a thing from the new supplier,is this normal,thought we should have at least had a email from EDF?
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