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Archives for May 2008

Trouble with British Gas...
Hello, can anybody advise us please..? Last May - we moved out of our home, made note of all our final meter readings and then in June - rang them through to British Gas moving house contact number. We had dual fuel tariff so an advisor took my gas and electric meter readings and said we would receive a final invoice. As…
Switching from npower - in credit
Hi, I wondered if anyone can advise me if they have had any problems switching from npower? I'm thinking of switching this weekend (in line with Martin's advice), but I'm actually about £130 in credit with them. I'm worried they won't pay up the extra, or at least not without a fight, as their terms and conditions seem to…
Scot Power - £800 bill from 2001!!!
Hi, Wonder if anyone else has had this sort of experience. I'm on a pre-payment meter. Scottish Power wanted to come and replace it, so I said I would like to go over to a normal credit type meter. They said I could only do this if the large balance on my account was cleared (£800) - WHAT BALANCE??? I replied (as the whole…
Should I switch to EON Price Protection 2009?
I was wondering if I could ask for some advice as i'm a bit crap with bills. I'm looking to change my gas/electric supplier due to the increasing costs. I'm thinking of going with EON's duel fuel, Price Protection Oct 2009 option (Paperless billing, Monthly direct debit etc) Currently i'm on Standard Quarterly DD…
Confusion on Gas/elec Annual Discounts
Hi all, Apologies for what I'm sure most will see as a really silly question; When comparing gas/elec tariffs I understand a lot of providers offer discounts for both going dual fuel, and paying by DD. There's also mention of these being yearly discounts, savings per year, and discounts recieved annually. My situation is…
Help please - moving & utilities
Morning all! I received a call yesterday to say that I'm completing on the flat I'm buying next Friday :eek: I want to set about starting to sort the utilities out but I'm getting myself into a right pickle now and wondered if someone would be able to help me make sense of it all. Firstly - we are with Pipex on a BT line…
Ahhhh HELP! Capped prices, very confused
I am panicking slightly as to weither to cap my gas and electric prices. I currently get one months direct debit refunded each year (£84) with southern Electric. When I looked at Eon, the best capped provider it will cost me £76 more per year and i will lose my refund, total of £160 more per year! Does anyone have any…
Quidco and British gas
It said on Quidco that they would pay on single fuel £40 and duel fuel £60. I change Electric company to them and I also changed tariff with mygas as I am with them for my Gas anyway. So at them minimum I should have got £40 and if they allowed the tariff change with the gas i should have got £60. I only received £25. I…
I really need help on this one, I need to switch and I don't see how
Hi guys, I know that some of you are not going to agree with what I'm going to ask, but I came here because my financial situation isn't easy. A bit of history: I've been living with my wife on this 1-bedroom apartment in South London for about a couple of months. We have never registered on the current energy provider,…
ARGhhhhhh Please Help
We have been trying to sort out out Gas & Electric tariff for the past 2 days and feel as if we are hitting our head against a brick wall!!!!! We are interested in getting a tariff cap for both Gas & Electricty, we saw Martin on GMTV this morning who heavily pointed out that the best/cheapest capped tariff finishes on…
Is u Switch Accurate?
Hi I have relied on U-switch for the last few years and monitored my actual KWh usage on both gas and electricity. It always seem to say that my current tariff with E-on is the cheapest. Yesterday I had to guys knock the door and where from Swalec(dont worry checked id) they said they where the cheapest, usually i say no…
Nothing to compare with if first home...
Hi all, About to move into my first home and although there are plenty of comparison sites around, i do not know my existing supplier, nor do I know my existing usage...so I cannot compare. Any advice on finding the best deal to start out with? Thanks
really confused by switching site figures.Help please.
I decided the most accurate way to get the best price for my utilities was to input the actual usage for the last year.So I used the online billing info for my edf account and got all the details off my bills.The problem is the site then said,your current annual usage for gas & elec is £719 and gave me the best providers…
Electric savings seem a bit much.
I am in the middle of changing energy suppliers. I used to pay £48 a month with southern electric. I joined British gas dual fuel click 5 tariff and today they rang me to say my electric would be £24.50 a month. Thats £282 over the year without the gas savings. On uswitch etc they estimated £150 for both. I don't know…
Any hope in switching/saving?
Right... I moved into my property on the 15th of April. I received a bill from E-On (which is the supplier of gas and electric at the flat) in the name of my landlord. It was an estimated bill dating from the 1st of April (half a month before I moved in) til the 19th of May (hello, slow Royal Mail). Anyway. the estimated…
Deal or No Deal?
Hi folks I'm with Npower and have all electric, they have a deal on offer: fixed until 2011, with an additional 7% price increase per unit, is this a good deal?
Utility switching. Is it worth it!
I am with southern gas and electric and at the end of each year get a months direct debit rebate (£84). Is it still worth me switching to a capped price tarrif Eon for 18 months?:confused:
Scottish power and Quidco
Trying to swap from Eon to Scottish power through Quidco and for some reason all it will do is give me a quote can't seem to find where i fill in to swap to them, can anyone help me out Thanks
Signing Up To Eon Thru Quidco
Hi all it says when i get throught to `click here to visit this merchant to earn cashback` , that the payment will only be made if singing up to pay via BACS Do they mean direct debit ? any advice welcome Dan
Are you collecting
Hi. I have been reading all the post on here about changing suppliers:eek: . I have also moved to price protection till 2009 with eon But don't forget with eon you can register your Tesco Club Card and get your points added. With the price of fuel now this be quite a saving. It may be worth checking to see if your supplier…

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