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British Gas Business Retention Tactics
I have swithed to Scottish Power Fixed 2011. I received a letter from British Gas asking me to ring them with a final reading. When I called they tried to persude me to stay, telling me that they were the cheapest on line energy provider. I explained my reasons for leaving, i.e. expected price rises and where I was going…
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Centrica to publish first-half trading statement on Thursday
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sharewatch/the-week-ahead-sainsburys-expected-to-deliver-solid-update-847924.html THURSDAY: Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is due to publish a first-half trading statement. The company published a detailed interim management statement in May and analysts expect little new…
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Best Commerical Package
anyone got any ideas on the best commercial rates for a dual fuel account ? any help welcome thanks Will
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Moving house come 1st July - Advise Needed
Good Afternoon I am moving into a two bedroomed flat on the 1st July. We have no idea what companies the current occupier is using and not sure what to do/ whether we can do anything with regards to changing suppliers until we actually move into the flat. :confused: Can anyone offer any tips or advise please? Thanks.
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EDF Fixed rate - check your bills!!!
A friend of mine, like me, with EDF, discovered that although he signed up for a fixed rate deal a year ago, they were still charging him variable rates. I checked my bills and discovered that they had also put my gas & elec prices up. A L-O-N-G phone call later (good job it's freephone) and a nice refund came my way :j
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its got pathetic
n power have sent me a bill this morning saying they have upped my payment by 20 a month starting from july 21st. I dont like the way they just send these letters saying they will take money. Anhoo i cant afford a rise like this as well as all my other bills. I know im not alone but is there anything i can do about it.…
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What is the difference between Price Capped and Fixed Price?
Sorry for being so thick! If the price is fixed on my gas/electric, does that not mean the same as capped? At present I've seen my gas/elec shoot up in price since I came off my Price capped price with eon. They have put me on a 'Price Protection Plan' but my monthly payment has now increased from £50 per month to £75 and…
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British Gas - Are Pathetic
Okay ill try keep this short, but im posting for my sister here. she lives in a rented 2 bedroom house. rented with a private landlord It started about 3 month ago, the boiler in the house was always breaking down, british gas was our supplier the landlord pays for the gas and electric in the house, but it keeps breaking…
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Help, done a silly thing, at wits end
Hello, I'm not used to posting so if this is in wrong place, please move it. I lived with my father for years as he had alzheimers. He went into a home in the 1990's. After he had gone into the home, I changed suppliers for gas and electricity, can't remember who to, it was a salesman at the door. Anyway, they went out of…
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£50 Sainsburys vouchers for transferring to Sainsburys Energy
I received an offer via email for transferring to Sainsburys Energy online. I'm doing my calculations and I think I might do it, but wondered if anyone knew whether these are £50 straight up gift vouchers, or whether they have set criteria - eq £10 off when you spend £50 on alcohol, £20 off when you spend £100 on groceries…
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No capped deals left - fixed rates until 2011
According to both uSwitch and moneysupermarket, there are only fixed rate deals available now. npower is coming out the cheapest on both sites for us, saving around £164 a year. We are dual fuel customers. Is it generally accepted that fuel prices are going to remain high, and aren't likely to drop, in which case it might…
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Help! Paying Gas+Elec at 2 properties at once
Hello! :) On 06/05/08 we completed on our new flat which we are buying. Now we are FTBs and we are still renting our previous flat. The tenancy finished on 01/09/08. SO we need to be paying the utilities on both up until then. Now although in the property we own we've not moved in yet we are using some power as we are…
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Is it a night stoage heater...
Hi (first post) :confused: , Well i am moving into a lovely little cottage on the 24th, and unfortunately it is on night storage heating, which after reading around on here and elsewhere, turns out to be far from the cheap option that some people have said(digressing) There is a electric fire in the lounge (which looks…
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Gas & Electricity up by 200%
I've have notification today from nPower that as their estimates were far too low I am now over £700 in debt. My repayments have been upped by 200% from £45.00 per month to £135.00 per month. I just can't afford this and I've been in tears all day. I've spoken to nPower and I agree with the meter reading and they admit…
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£1,450 Nightmare
My partner and I have just received a £1,450 electricity bill from E-On!!! It appears as though we have a faulty appliance however E-On have acknowledged they failed to bill us last quarter 'the engineer missed you off his rounds'. Our last bill was Nov 07 - had E-On billed us at the correct time we would have picked up on…
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Paying Npower and Atlantic for gas!
I have recently switched my gas supply over from Npower to Atlantic gas and electricity. I switched in march 2008 and since then i am now being billed by both of these suppliers! I have contacted Atlantic on many occasions to explain this and spoke to there useless call centre staff and managers there and still the problem…
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Warning: Energyhelpline haven't updated my tariff (again)
Just in case people are using Energyhelpline ... I received a letter from Eon telling me that they've increased the charges on my EnergyOnline ExtraSaver version 5 (standing charge) with effect from 1 June 2008. I hadn't seen the postings on here (oops!). So, being an aspiring moneysaver, I went to the Energyhelpline site…
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Commercial Premises Power
Hi, Looking for a site to compare commercial property power prices on please? Shenachie2008
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First Utility - No charge for Gas
Can anyone help or suggest what I should do?!? In December I bought a new house, and First Utility are providing my gas and electricity. In Jan/Feb/March, all the bills came and everything was fine, however the last three months I have paid my gas standing charges and all the electricity usage and standing charges, however…
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Bills in a shared house
Me and some friends are moving into a rented house in about a week (5 of us all together) and I've been trying to work out the best way to deal with bills. Is it possible to get the bills put in all five of our names so that if they don't get paid we're all equally responsible? If not, what would you suggest is the best…
