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Daily Mail article on savings
I have just been reading the front page headline article in the Daily Mail which states: MILLIONS PAY £270 TOO MUCH ON BILLS Now obviously many are paying too much for their utilities but I thought this was ‘creative journalism’ at its best! It gives a table of savings in large print provided by uSwitch. However you need…
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Britsh Gas.. Am I Being Conned !!
hi this is my first post here. i moved into new house 12 weeks ago but when signed up with british gas and i was informed by the operator that everything in the house was covered under the insurance of £22 a month and that we can cancel the contract at any time. we never signed any contract as this was done over the phone.…
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Is this right? Should I be worried? Powergen.
Having read a few of the threads on here I thought I would check my Powergen bill online, it currently says We're unable to accept meter reads for the following product(s) at this stage: Electricity Gas We were on token meters using approx £5 a week for each the gas & electric (£10 a week total), wanted to change for years…
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Can I switch to Telecom Plus now please ?
apologies for not including this question in the Telecom Plus Discussion thread, but I started reading it and the debate seems to be based on how they sell their services rather than the price of fuel. USwitch has been advising for some time now that Telecom Plus would be over £100 a year cheaper than my current Powergen…
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Am I being scammed by PowerGen who don't want me to swap?
I have just received a phone call from the company I am switching from (PowerGen) about the company I am switching to (NPower). NPower were assessed as being cheaper than PowerGen via your site and they also offer a £50 rebate at the end of one year. The caller from PowerGen tells me he believes there is a clause in the…
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Final Elec Bill Strange Price Increase !
Hi I have just changed my Gas and Electricity supply's. The previous bill from 'British Gas' who supplied my electric was £111.00 a quarter. This worked out at 14 KWh a day (110 days) which I thought was on the high side so decided to change. I am now with N Power for Elec/gas. Just pay'd my final bill from B Gas which was…
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british gas price protection 2010
sorry if this has been discussed before. i had a quick glance at the last 3 pages and could nto find any reference to it. what are your views about the british gas price protection 2010, where they freeze your new energy prices so that they stay the same till 2010 for both gas and electricity. apart from the fact that you…
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Total rewire!!! - How much does this cost?
:eek: We have been told the house we are looking to buy needs a total rewire. Current owners appear to have tinkered, sorry done some DIY and this has not helped. Had a quote in around 4k. Its a small 3 bedroomed house in Berkshire. Its currently got 1960 original wiring with no earth in the system and original fusebox. We…
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Switched To "Cheaper" Supplier - Massive Hike In Payments !! Beware...
I switched from Powergen to Scottishpower based on a recommendation from a comparison site. I am now paying £101 for my gas and electricity per month, whereas I was paying £39 with Powergen ! ! ! My gas payment has been set at an unbelievable £75 per month - Scottishpower tell me that this is based on my estimated usage…
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EBICO customers be aware.
I transferred to EBICO for gas and electricity about 3 months ago, to what seemed a good deal, and found that Southern Electric was my supplier. After the recent price increases I find that I'm paying £62 (about 10%) a year more for the EBICO tariff than if I was on a Southern Electric's lowest tariff. Nice work EBICO,…
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Letter from British gas re price increase
Prices going up from next April... If you sign sign and return the letter you get the prices frozen until April 2010. However if you cancel, you '...will pay a cancellation fee of up to £75". Is it worth it? Martin mentioned gas and electricity recently and said to hold fire at the moment...
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Is this how you check your Electric meter?
I thought that there was something with my Electric Meter we were using over 600kw a month. So I've been recording my meter reading everyday for the past week. Yesterday the meter went up by 113kw in a day! I phoned Npower who told me to record the reading then turn every appliance of for 10 minutes then turn my PC on for…
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Eeeny Meeny Miney Mo (To cap or not to cap?)...
Still trying to decide what to do. I've decided to move to Scottish Power, but can't decide whether to cap or not. Rates are capped until May 2007, which is 20 months. My quick calculations say that I'd be paying approx. 13% extra for the privilege. One way I'm looking at it is that if I went uncapped, and there was a big…
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Electricity tranfer from hell
In May I made a request, through the website of uSwitch, to transfer my electricity supply account from Powergen to ScottishPower ManWeb. At the beginning of July, I received confirmation from ScottishPower that my transfer was successful. However, in the past two weeks I have got letters from Powergen which say my account…
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Energy Helpline cashback ?
Has anyone had their cash back from Energy Helpline?. I started with my new supplier on 30 June after switching via Energy Helpline. I have called them a number of times and each time someone says "I'll get back to you after checking with our Finance Dept".
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British Gas Central Heating Care
I have signed up to British Gas Central Heating care, got my appointment booked for 27th Sept, any one know if I am covered now if something was to happen before the inspection?? also anyone know how through the inspection is? If indeed they show up
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Electricity
Hi there We are on teo rates for our electricity, day and night. I do most of the washing after 5am as it seems to be cheaper then but it also finishes close to our getting up time so the clothes are hung fairly quickly. Do you by any chance know if the cheaper night rate also applies during the day at weekends? I tried to…
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Bills - setting up new accounts while still packing up in old property?
Hi, I haven't been on here in a while and I also apologise for the confusing sounding thread title (MODS feel free to move this to the correct forum BTW!). Right, I currently live in a 1 bed council flat above a row of shops and tomorrow, Monday 19th I will sign up for a larger, 3 bed council flat, also above the row of…
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Legal question - we don't get a gas bill!
It sounds too good to be true...but we don't get a gas bill at our current flat. We have lived here now for almost a year and when we moved in we contacted all utilities to change details etc. The gas was a problem - we thought it was supplied by Powergen (based on mail delivered from them to the previous occupant). When…
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Absolutely Free Cavity Wall Insulation
Good evening all, we are with Age Concern Powergen electricity, if you are over 60 you do not have to pay a penny for full cavity wall insulation on your house, bungalow or whatever, and you do not have to be on pension credit, or benefits to qualify. We also understand that Scotpower are doing something similar. Hope this…
