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Moving, which gas/electricity to go with
Im moving house, not too sure which gas/electricity company to go with, will be duel fuel, 2 bedroom ground floor flat in a house, lots of different views on here, but if anyone has any ideas I would be greatful for any ideas! Thanks Laura
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Switching more than once?
Hi, I usually hang out over on the MSE weight loss board, but a switch I made back in November is just coming through, and I wanted to ask a question. Basically the history is that back in November I went onto Energyhelpline to switch. The cheapest tariff it came up with (much to my amazement) was British Gas. I was…
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Scottish Power prices.......
...........Anyone know when they're coming down?
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Card Prepayment Meter Bill
I recently changed from N-Power to BG about three months ago and have recently had a bill from NPower stating i owe £92. I don't understand this as it was a card prepayment meter (and i never owed them any money since i've been with them), i've looked at the energy watch site and it says this is a common problem for token…
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winter bill???cold and no lights lol
Hi having just got my electric and gas bill and it been my first proper winter living in my own house and paying the bills, i whave been a bit shocked!!! The total gas i have used in the last 3 months came to £222.14 and electricity was £114.44 i have a 2 bed semi with roof insulation and double glazing. I am shocked…
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Latest door step trick
Just been door stepped by someone working for NPower, and been fed a load of rubbish about them. The one which made me laugh is that "By Law, British Gas have to charge more than anyone else".... :rotfl:
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switching gas and lec but which company is best??
Hi guys, I want to switch my gas and electric to another company, I am currently with british gas and have been told that they are highly priced and also have had a few problems with direct debits etc. Does anyone have any idea about which companies are offering better deals at the moment? Any advice is much appreciated.…
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no hot water / heating - ideas?
hello we have been without hot water / heating since the end of december / start of january. we rent the property but our landlord has a homecare agreement... british gas have been round a few times to try to fix the problem but it hasnt worked so far - so we've had no warm water or heating for the whole of the winter.…
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No bill from british gas
Do companies have to send you a bill by a certain time? I know that sounds weird, but basically my problem is i moved into my new house on the 20.10.06 and i have not had a gas/elec bill i can pay from british gas yet because they still address the bill as 'to the occupier/s' and won't accept a payment from me until its…
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£300 off Radiator Thermostats with BG Homecare
.....you can have £300 off the cost of having radiator thermostats fitted for one month only if you have BG Homecare. we are getting 8 thermostats fitted for £132 pounds - less than the cost of the valves alone - and also includes draining the system and putting in cleaning chemicals. I have seen this posted on another…
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Changing electricity meter - Questions
Hello. After the recent price cuts for gas and electricity announced by British Gas, and the arrival on our doorstep of our quarterly bill, we decided to once again review our energy supplier choice. We realised that we've probably been making the wrong decision for years based on our misunderstanding of the type of meter…
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Credit Search When Changing Supplier
I have contacted BG about transferring to them via uswitch. However I see they have carried out a search on my credit file. They have got application type as utility. Does this type of search affect my credit rating like a search for a loan or credit card.
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Advice on best deal for pensioner
My Mum is 77. She lives in a one bedroomed warden patrolled bungalow. The house is all electric and she keeps it very warm! Her electric is supplied by Scottish Power and, according to her last bill (27/10/06-03/02/07) her electric is being charged at 9.810p per unit and standing charge of 11.270p per day.That charging…
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Problems getting overpayments back? Atlantic
I am currenly with Atlantic Energy (dual fuel) and have been paying £62 p/m elec and £42 p/m gas-i recently got my statements 8/11/06-07/02/07 and found that i was £116.78 cr on electric and £5.27cr for gas-i asked for this money back and was told that any payments taken after meter reading 22/01/07 actually dont count…
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Powergen Massive business price increase?
Hi there, Im not sure whether this should be here or in small biz forum as its about business utilities. I have just recieved our gas and electric bills from powergen and have found that our standing charge and tariff on our gas bill has gone up nearly 40% while our tariff on our electric bill has increased by just over…
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wow, someone helpful at British Gas
I just spoke to a very helpful lady (after being transferred to the correct dept!) who just wrote off an old bill of just over £10 unprompted for me. I've just had my gas meter changed from a card meter to a credit meter (after a 6 month battle). I only rang up to ask them to tranfer the outstanding balance to the new…
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British Gas
I'm not sure I'm in the right area but if someone can help. Last month I recieved a letter out of the blue from debt collectors BCW saying that I owed Brisish Gas £189.43 from a property that I moved out of over 2 and a half years ago!! . I contacted British Gas and the lady informed me that the account was zero and that…
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Sainsburys MasterCard refused by EDF Energy
Hi all, Just attempted to pay my EDF Gas Bill with my new, successfully activated Sainsbury's Credit Card (Master Card). EDF tell me, however, they're unable to take payment with this particular credit card. Their system takes credit cards generally but not this particular one. Does anyone know what's going on - and how to…
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Cheapest place to buy an Electric Shower and Towel Rail?
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post. I did look, but it seems the most suitable. I need to get an 8.5kw electric shower and an electric heated towel rail for a flat I have just moved into. I've tried the usual suspects: B&Q, Focus, Wickes, but was wondering if anyone knew of any other places I can check for prices.…
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N Power Cuts Prices from 30/4/2007.
"Npower has today become the second big domestic energy supplier to announce cuts in gas and electricity bills, making it the cheapest supplier - for now. The company, which is owned by the German group RWE, said gas prices would fall by 16% while average electricity bills would come down by 3%. However, the reductions…
