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Moral dilemma - WWYD ?
I have had an ongoing problem with British Gas since last July ( see this thread for Long version of problem. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=294391 Short version - BG and MPAS now think we only have one meter which has small amount of usage. Should I let them carry on thinking this and therefore have…
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Bring down electric bill: help pls.
Just got my electric bill - I'm electric only, no gas. From 24/03 to 10/06 (about 10 weeks) I have used 1418KWh (about £50-£60 a month) What the hell is going on? I am living in a 2-bed flat alone. I called Scottish Power who say that they had a lot of calls from my block and that our electric heaters (I rarely use) and…
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MoneySavers HELP ME!
Hi everyone This is the situation I'm in now: I moved into a new house in October 2006. Immediately I applied to change electricity supplier to British Gas (don't ask me why!?). BG send me a couple of letters confirming that they have my direct debit details etc and the last communication that I had was another letter…
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What Can We Do? British Gas Problem!
Hi. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for us?? We moved into a new house just before Christmas that had prepayment meters installed. In January we had the token meters taken out and normal ones put in. Both gas and electric are with British Gas. We've had a gas bill but have never had an electricity bill, despite…
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BG to go back to reviewing DD's every 6 months
As above, they've done what they needed to do with reductions and refunds so it's back to normal as of next week.
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help problem with gas supply
Hi I wondered if anyone could offer any advice. My husband has a shop and has a gas boiler to heat water and central heating is run from gas. For ages I have been telling him that the gas bill was way too high and that we were using loads. He eventually told me that it was because the cetral heating was on all the time…
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Scottish Hydro cold calling - I'm confused?
I just had some pushy sales person from Scottish Hydro at my door trying to get me to sign something that would stop me being charged standing charges for gas and electricity. When I told him we were with British Gas he said it didn't matter as they supplied the energy. He blabbed on for a while about how we were paying…
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Carbon footprint calculator
Its at www.direct.gov.uk/actonCO2. I ran through it and I'm; Home .91 Elec 1.31 Travel .63 Total 2.85 National average is 10.22 Target we need to aim at is 2.28 So I live in a modern house, drive an 800cc car and have the lowest energy bills of anyone I know but I'm STILL over the limit. Bummer. Regards X
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help with big electric bill
hi, we recently got our quarterly electric bill and it is working out at over £60 a month. our gas was only £60 for the quarter & we have gas central heating. part of the problem is the last reading was an estimate. it says we used: 1557 units @10.369 =£161.45 with a standing charge 83 [EMAIL="days@ 15.810"]days @…
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Why is switching so difficult?
I am switching my electric and gas from EDF to NPower. I have had confirmation from NPower that both my services have been transferred to them but EDF insist that my electric hasn't been transferred. So at the minute NPower are supplying both my electric and gas but EDF are also supplying my electric. Tried ringing them up…
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estimate my bill please
im a single 22 year old guy,moving in my own 2 bed semi.what u rekon my gas/elec bill will be roughly per month?is it better to get them combined or not?when im not in the house or at work nothing will b being used so id imagine it shouldnt be sky high.cheers
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Ebico Gas and Electric
I have changed my electric to Ebico and my frist bill is due this month. I later enquired about changing the gas as well but I was told that both bills would be issued together (paying quartely don't like DD). This I can't possibly do for financial reasons. Has anyone else found this to be the case?. Thanks in advance.…
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Beware - Southern Electric are coldcalling
I have just had a visit from a very pushy 'senior manager' from Southern Electric. He appeared to be official and his opening line was 'I have been sent to check up on' etc etc - just like you would expect from a meter reader. If he was more open and said 'can I persuade you to buy energy from us', it wouldn't be so bad,…
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Boiler + Freezer
Hi, Am not sure whether this is the right place but.... I have just moved in to a new flat..a very compact one..and there is no place for a freezer. I have a small Boiler room, which is abt 30 Inches x 50 inches area, and am wondering of its safe enought to put a small freezer under the boiler...there are a few shelves…
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need some advice with BG please....
Background: moved into house in August 06 and signed with British Gas rep mid aug for duel fuel but have never had a bill! Everytime me or OH call BG we get the same reply of 'we cant find you on the system for gas, we can see the details for electric but we cant send the bill because it states duel fuel' Anyway, I got…
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can someone help me make sense of this from Npower?
Am trying to work out if they have overcharged me as we were billed £70.47 after our account was closed and on the statement I requested from them via email, it shows as a CR and a DR. I cannot make head nor tail of this thing. AM I in credit with them or not? help please, below is the email copied/pasted exactly as it was…
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now I know why
Last year I decided to save a few quid and change energy provider. Ive just used over 2 hours speaking to a call center representative of the company concerned to conclude that he knows absolutly nothing about energy or the costs. Not even the differance between a cost with VAT and without VAT this is someone placed there…
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first time buyer - what services?
I am finally ready to move into the house I bought...I was going to use uswitch to see what the cheapest gas/electricity would be but they seem to need a current supplier. Can anyone recommend a website to show the best deals? I need to know the same for water as well so will tack it on here rather than cross-posting.
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British Gas Bill Quadrupled - Advice needed please for newbie
Just received a letter from British Gas, “recent review of account, blah, blah, adjusting monthly direct debit payments, blah, blah” We were paying approximately £40 per month, an amount BG estimated based on our previous gas suppliers bills, now they are saying our new monthly payments will be £169 per month. :eek: My…
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Advice on British Gas/billing problem, please
Hello! I've only just found this website and am really impressed by the high standard of advice on offer. I'd appreciate your views on a problem I'm having with British Gas. I'll *try* to cut a long story short, but it is a long story! In January 06 a new gas meter was fitted at our house. In March 06 we decided to swap…
