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Advice Please Pre Pay Vs Billing quarterly
I have just moved onto my house and am paying for both Gas and Electricity on prepay meters. We have spent this month £30 Gas & £30 electricity already. Is this over the odds and do you feel I would benefit from not having the meters. Or is this just the norm with it being a heavy usage month. Any advice is greatly…
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Gas boiler locked out
Went to turn the heat on last nite was on for a bit then went off tried to reset it and it say locked out does anyone know what this means?????? I have a gas card and put £20 on it yesterday
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Boiler/heating breakdown - no cover
Hello, My gran is having trouble with her heating. The radiators are not getting very warm. Because it's very cold this time of year she's just signed up with Homecare 200 for £17/month. When we called to arrange an engineer they said because the fault had already occured we would need to upgrade to the £27/month policy.…
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Flueless Gasfires
I have seen some advertisements for flueless gas fires which look as though they would be very good and are said to be 100% efficient. :T I live in sixties house which has no chimneys and is a little "bland" I really like the idea of having a fire in my sitting room both for the warmth and the cosy look. Does any one out…
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can anyone recommend cheap gas company for business
I was wondering if anyone experienced in buying gas for a business?? My parents contract is due to end (currently with Southern Electric) and I've been searching individually through the companies as well as using sites to compare across all the companies, But having little success, are Southern the best on the market for…
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New Scottish Power customer? Check your details!
I have been a Scottish Power customer for over two years and never had a problem. Last week we moved house and I called up to transfer my account to the new address. Yesterday I received two letters from Scottish Power: The first had my name, address, telephone number and on the back my bank details for the direct debit.…
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Days in a quarter?
When an energy company states that they charge the 1st 1465kWh per quarter at a certain rate how may days are they using in that quarter? Is it 365.25days/4 = 91.3125 days? G56
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Old debt on prepayment meter
A few years ago I run up a large debt on my gas meter(£1000) and my meter was changed to a prepayment meter. I was paying the debt for a while then changed suppliers and have never been asked to pay this money back. I now want to get a standard meter again but am wondering if I will be asked for this money as the debt is…
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Gledhill Boilermate - How Efficient Are They ??
I may have asked this before, but I'm trying to find out (without much luck, I have to say) how efficient the Boilermate thermal storage system is ?? Anyone with any ideas/experience ?? was pointed to DIYnot.co.uk, but the stuff on there doesn't really answer the question. According to Gledhill, they are much more…
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sainsburys EDF con trick
New to the forum but a work of warning. My wife was in a sainsbury store and basically misled in to signing a contract to supply gas and electricity. She though she was simply giving details so that we could receive information. Sainsburys have admitted they are breaking the law but continue to do it. In short do not go to…
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British Gas sends me a bill for £17077.20
I moved into my new flat in april 2006. its an all electric high rise. i chose BG to be my provider. asap changed my meter from prepayment (key) to credit (normal paid by bill). as it is the cheaper option and does not put me in the situation where my freezer defrosts when i forget to charge my key! in december 2006 i rang…
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Faulty Electric meter
I had economy 7 and recently discovered my electric meter was stuck on the day rate, which meant I used no night units and was charged for the full day rate tariff. Now I only started looking because my electricity bill was increasing more then the inflation rate this I have now found out was because my kids had been using…
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new meter to be fitted...
One of my neighbours lives in a fairly olld property. She had a new electric meter probably 10 or so years ago....now she tells me that metrplus sent her a letter to say - I think - 'due to recertification' she will need to have a new meter fitted. She doesn't want the upheaval,she is elderly. Has she by law gort to allow…
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SuperDeal & Flexiheat
Hey there. Ok. About 3 weeks ago with two friends I moved into a flat, which is all electric. Fine. Now, after a big issue with there being NOTHING to explain ANYTHING left for us from the landlords (who had only recently purchased it and set everything up) and no info forthcoming it seemed ever, I eventually found out…
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Utility Bills on new properties
If someone does not receive a gas bill for several years after moving into a new property, I hear that there is a maximum period of time/amount of fuel which the new tenant is laible for. is the builder likely to be receiving bills or is it likely that no company has adopted the supply? THANKS!
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How often do you supply readings?
How often do you supply readings for your electric, gas and water? (If you have a water meter). This is really for those who pay by Direct Debit. I have just switched to Atlantic, who have set up a direct debit which I feel is on the 'low' side for what we will be using (although not *too* far out). They have told me to…
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British Gas problem
Hi everyone I have a problem with British Gas and I would like to know if anyone else has been in this situation. I left British Gas last November and moved to NPower. I used to pay BG by direct debit . I had gas and electricity from them. I received a final bill for the electricity and paid that last December. Today I…
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is electric company not liable for damage?
first of all, apologies if this isn't the appropriate forum, but looked to be nearest to the subject at hand.situation is that last week we lost power to the house, and - to cut a long story short - this was eventually diagnosed as being due to water getting into a joint in our supply in the pavement outside the property…
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British Gas customer - Get 4 free energy efficient light bulbs when you move to paper
British Gas customer - Get 4 free energy efficient light bulbs when you move to paperless billing" ==================================================================== Hello I am British gas and electric customer and switched to the new "Click 4 Energy" tariff a few weeks ago, which is All online and get paperless billing.…
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Money off Boiler insurance
Got sent this by email a few weeks ago. If you are thinking of boiler cover then this gets you 10% off. https://www.myhomecare-offer.co.uk/bandq10/
