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How often to take meter readings?
I have just moved to a new home and have always had a pre-pay meter before (which I am glad to be rid of!) Just had my first bill which was fine but the estimates from Eon were higher than my readings which I entered on their website. How often do others take meter readings as I have no idea when to do it, is monthly about…
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Economy 10 the wrong tariff?
I've been living in my new-build apartment for 6 months now and just got my first electric bill. Its for just over £800 for a 5 month period. This is nearly 3 times what I used to pay in my last flat and I'm trying to work out why! :confused: Any ideas? I'm on economy 10 tariff by EDF energy. I've worked out I used in the…
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BG Homecare 400 cover - Anything Cheaper?
Hi. I've just been quoted £37 per month over 10 months for my renewal price for my British Gas Homecare 400 servicecare agreement. On average I call them at most twice in a year (sometimes not at all). This covers my central heating system (including boiler), my electrics (wiring) & plumbing (water pipes etc). Anyone know…
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cashback question
I am currently with bg click energy 1 and on a comparason site click energy 5 is coming out top pick. Would i get cashback for switching tarrifs although i'm not changing company? I'm torn between that and scottish power but feel the bg switch woulkd be easier. Thanks
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The switching fuel companies seems a joke in my area
I have been checking price comparison sites every few months, as people may know I had the edf fiasco and now cannot get the online v5 package. I have spoken to ofgem who actually told me they supported the withdrawal of the product for new customers as it was unfair on other companies :eek: With edf aside the company I am…
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Queston about GAS&ELE, prepay metres
Hi, Ive been meaning to go through ALL this site to help save cash! (its so hard as you find something else that take you mind off what you was looking for) Or is that just me! lol Any way could anyone advice, im with British gas for my GAS & southern Ele for my ELE, I pay by key metre for both, always have done. Ive been…
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anyone care to guess
A friend at work has just recieved his first electricity bill,the problem is he as been living there for three years.He has been putting money to one side for the day they caught up with him,the man who read the meter said the units he had used were over 12000 on the meter.He has saved over £900 question is will this cover…
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Beware when changing suppiler
Changed to Scotish power as was shown as cheapest sent my first meter reading .payments going up from £75.00 p/m to £117.00p/m when asked why, told that monthly payments are based on present usage and not averaged over the year,so I will have to wait to the summer to review bill,,so much for saving money..
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Saving money for SCHOOL
Hi, I hope this is the right place to post. I am trying to save my school money (I'm a teacher). Our gas bills are about £1200 a month Electric about £1000 a month. Any tips gratefully received. I have started by trying to get everyone to turn lights/electrical equipment off when not using. We have also applied for a grant…
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Savings Without Changing Supplier
Not sure if this has been mentioned on here but quite a number of people are paying over the odds for their electricity even if they have changed to the cheapest supplier. This is how I came about discovering this. Recently my mother in law asked me to have a look to see if I could save her some money on her Electricity &…
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Scottish Power Direct Debit Problem
Scottish Power wrote to me recently increasing my monthly direct debit payment to £92. Last month they took this amount from my account. However, I have just looked at my online statement and see that today they have taken £100. Can they do this? Had I not had sufficient funds, this could have cost me dear. Any advice…
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Advice on switching utility companies
Hi, I currently I using Eon/Powergen dual fuel, and am looking to change to something cheaper, and hoping for some cashback on the way. I looked at Energy Helpline but I wasn't sure if I was going to get the cashback by doing it online? However, it said the British Gas dual fuel online would be the cheapest. I went to…
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Help! BG gas bill (really!) huge?
Hello there, I'm just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on our recent gas bill, I know prices have gone up recently but this seems ridiculous! We moved house early Dec last year and received a final bill for £76.77 for the dates 11/10/07 - 03/12/07 and the meter readings said we had used 84 gas units, all fine.…
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Scottish Power - capped price til 2011??
I've been with SP for some time, moving from npower was the best thing I did! Obviously I'm never going to get the same saving by switching again, but I've just had a letter from Scottish Power inviting me to stay on a capped tariff until February 2011. Any suggestions on whether I should take my chances please? Do I go…
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''npower boiler challenge''will BEAT British gas quote or give you £100*..?
Thought this might be of use to someone,......... At npower hometeam, we’re so confident we can beat your boiler installation quote from British Gas that we’ll give you £100* if we can’t. * Big boiler terms and conditions apply Gas boiler and central a FREE quote without obligation to install a new boiler. You don’t even…
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Debt to scottish power - need advice please
I have lived in a rented flat for the last 5 years. The flat had a power card meter when I moved in. In 2006 I changed my electricity supplier and have had very little dealings with them until Oct 2007 when they changed my meter to a key meter. The change went well until I noticed on my recent statement that I was being…
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Family of 4 and leccy bill of £1000 - options?
I am with N power. My last bill was £656.69 in debit and my monthly payments were increased from £20.00 to £109.00. I spoke to N Power about this and they explained that the high monthly payment was to pay off what I owe so far and afterwards my next bill my costs are likely to be higher if I continued to use my leccy in…
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E:On Excessive Bill - what to do?
Hi there, I received a gas and electricity bill from E:On over the weekend that seems completely wrong to me and I wonder if anyone can give me some advice as to how to proceed? I live in a 2 bedroom flat on my own and my previous bills have been for £99 (for Feb to Dec 06) and £87 (for Jan to August 07). The bill I…
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Moving a meter?????
Hi Ok so im a council tenant, recently moved into my house to find that in the 2 cupboard next to my kitchen sink is both my gas and electric meters to be specific it goes entrance to house/electric meter/sink/gas meter/washing machine. Now the problem is we have just been given a dishwasher (which we have always wanted)…
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think ive been had from previous owner.
hi when i moved in to my new flat in november i forgot to take a meter reading on that day and have forgot to take one untill today i know its five months and its my fault but i think the guy before must have lied to N POWER. they have been estimateing my bill now and i got my second bill form them which was 168.80 for…
