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Just had the bill...
I was pretty shocked by my gas and electric bill this month. I live in a 2 bed rented flat with my boyfriend, and we are moving 200 miles away to wales in a couple of weeks. As you can understand it's a stressful time- we are spending alot of money, but my dual fuel bill arriving has made it so much more worse. I'm not…
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sng enery suppliers
My daughter is with Scottish Power and is eager to switch after watching Martin on GMTV. However, what happens to the amount outstanding on her bills. As she pays by direct debit there is always a debit following winter and then it levels itself off over summer. If she were to swtich now would the debt be transferred or…
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Capped Confusion - Help!
Having been a big fan on Martin over the years I have taken his advice on many occasions and saved oodles of quids. So, I hung on until I got the “green light” from Martin to change enregy suppliers, and sure enough I was able to save probably 10 percent on my Dual Fuel by making the change. So my new supplier took over at…
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How to i convince my supplier to give me a better deal?
hi, i am with Scottish power, and for many reasons i cannot change suppliers, but i also want them to be giving me a better deal... can i call them up threatening to leave them, in the hope that they'll allow me to go onto their capped tarrif?? many thanks...
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guilty ignorance is no defence
I plead guilty because ignorance is no defence! OK Electric here in my part of the woods is been hiked by 30 percent between now and Christmas, and we can’t shop around because we have no alternative suppliers. Anyway I’m hearing that leaving items on stand by such as TV’s, Computers can be a costly mistake that they are…
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Capped Energy different end dates
Looked at these and they are good but make sure you check the dates they finish as they all vary some may save you more money when first looking at your savings but the cap may only be until Feb 2009 whereas others are less saving up front but are capped until oct/dec 2009
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urgent help needed - please respond
day 2 of my new combi boiler install starts tomorrow and i've just had a sneaky peak at the manual and it says max water temperature 56 deg celsius - we like our water boiling and to add cold - what do I do - have no thermometer to measure how hat 56 deg is - husband will go mental........
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Gas/electric/water: what would a couple typically pay per month?
Hi I'm about to buy a 2 bedroom house and I'm trying to do a budget planner for my incomings and outgoings. How much would I typically spend per month if using direct debits on each of the three above? Please base any estimates on a house with central heating, double glazing, shower etc
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Scottish Power Capped Rejected me!!!!
I applied online for the Scottish power deal. A month later after everything was going according to plan I recieved a letter stating that due to me having "the wrong type of Economy Seven Mwter" they would not be able to supply me. When I rang to ask what was going on they waffled to me saying that only a small number of…
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Help!!
Hiya, Hope someone can help me Im so scared!! I switched to swalec in 2006 through Uswitch. Somefrom from swalec came and took my meter readings and went from there. I noticed that every bill I had the readings were something like 7000 when they were actually 3000 odd so I kept ringing with actual meter reading and they…
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NPower..is this right?
My first post here, and im desperate for some good advise please, apologies if its long.... I did a house exchange 2yrs ago (april29th 2006) , so was forced to go with Npower till i changed back to british gas who i'd originally been with at my prevous property. myself and the lady i exchanged with telephoned our final…
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SWALEC says deregulation means they are cheapest - Advice needed!
I have just started to swap from Scottish Power (capped to Sept 2008) to E-on (capped to October 2009) and am a couple of days into the 7 day cooling off period. A chap from SWALEC just called to the door and said that because they are the local provider they are cheaper than anyone on a comparison site because the sites…
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Is my energy consuption too high???
Whilst moving to a fixed price tarrif I took a look at our energy consuption, currently its averageing Gas - 7099 kwh / quarter, Electricity 2390 kwh / quarter, over the last 3 quaters (Spring, Winter, Autumn) and is for a 4 bed detached, with 2 adults (and a cat!) living in it. Having read other posts this seems a liitle…
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What price good customer service?
We've had many, many problems with British Gas over the past couple of years (I won't bore you - I'm sure you've heard the typical stories....). I presumed that they would be more expensive than the rest and I was looking forward to switching to a cheaper company with hopefull better customer service. I am now very…
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A little advise pls....sorry its samey!
Hi Guys, Im currently with EON and paying £34pm for gas and electric.....but ive had a letter saying its going up to £62pm!! Argh! Now ive been trying to understand what to do and have been looking on the comparison sites etc...but I just dont know whats best to do! Any ideas?
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Electric cheaper than Gas heating?
Hi there, We're installing a new heating system in our 1 bed flat soon (we have ancient storage heaters and immersion tanks), and have come across the following link from 4ecotips that says that gas prices will shoot up in the next few years, meaning that electric heating systems are much more economical. The research is…
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'Top cap rate ends Monday 2 June'
'...strong rumours are one of the cheapest will end Mon 2 June.' Which energy supplier is it that Martin is referring to? I spent all of yesterday evening and today researching into cutting my energy costs and it's doing my head in. If it is Scottish Power Fixed Price Energy to February 2011 that Martin is talking about,…
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British Gas rant!
Sorry for the rant but in February I rang British Gas and registered for the Essentials Tariff, I've got a prepayment meter and was told that the rate would automatically change on the meter but it would take a couple of weeks. After a month I realised that I was still having to put the same amount of money on the meter so…
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any compensation following power cuts?
hi not sure if this is the best place to post but.............. my street has been getting power cuts fairly frequently for the last 5 months. it had been ok for the last 3weeks but we had another 3 hour one last. im kind of asking in advance really, rather than for the previous cuts (which i guess ive left too late to do…
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Powergen - Eon bill help
Hi all, Im hoping someone can give me some advice about a bill I have received from Eon. I had a new meter put in at the beginning of the year. The person who put the meter in said he would inform my energy company but they didnt get told. So when it came to meter reading time for my new bill they wouldnt except my reading…
