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Calor LPG Tricks
First off - hi - this is my first post! Second: has anybody else been on the receiving end of a 38.5% LPG price increase from Calor? I recently renewed my contract (about April) , after checking with Calor that I wouldn't be put on the Standard Domestic Tariff from the Discounted Tariff I was on at the time. They affirmed…
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e.on
i am trying to sign up to these via quidco, but we have prepayment meters and although you can have gas and elec with them on prepayment it wont give me a quote for prepayment it automatically says payment method needed is dd can anyone please talk this blind bat around selecting prepayment as preffered payment method.…
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Trying to sign up with Ebico online
As above, i go to their site, go through all the details signing up for their gas service, get to last page click on next and i get this error message. "Error: code name does not exist" Can anyone shed any light on this please, i have sent an email but had no reply as yet. Thanks
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2 bedroom flat, MASSIVE bills, advise please??
i live in a 2 bedroom flat alone, work a lot so am not there a lot of the time, all electric and have all the normal appliances and with npower. i have recently got my electricity bill and it has said that i owe over £1000 for 3 months usage... which I think is waay too much considering the circumstances... especially…
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Atlantic now trying to retain consumers
We applied for Scottish power cap before it was pulled, but it was a close run thing with Atlantic ; around £220 extra and fix only for one year. We dithered a lot! Atlantic have obviously had the call from Scottish today as we received PR call from Atlantic this morning. Now offering us fixed rate tarrif (guaranteed NOT…
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British gas/elec price fixing?
Just recieved a letter from British gas whom i'm with for my gas and electric and both are prepay meters. The letter is asking me if i want to fix my prices for the next 3 years. Does anyone know if this is actually worth doing please? I have some debt on my gas meter (Long story) so they won't let me take the meter out or…
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E.on told lies on gas bill
Yesterday i phoned e.on querying my bill of £209.69 of which £60.95 was unpaid previous bill. I had already paid the lesser bill which i explained to the girl i was speaking to, this brought bill down to £148.74 because previous bills were estimated so because meter was supposedly read on July 29th 08. and the estimates…
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My Electric Usage
Hi am new to posting on this forum so please bear with me My electric usage for last year from june to this june was a staggering 8300 units which according to what i've read on here is well over the average amount. These are correct readings as i had a new meter put in last june and it was at 0 then, it's a three…
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Electric - Billing when Meter isn't registered?
Hi, I'd just like to run this by you lot :) I had my meter changed from a token/card meter to a standard billing meter last December. Since then, they've been trying to "register" the meter, and I've been chasing them up over it every few weeks. I've not had any letters, bills or anything from them - except when I've…
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Prepayment key card meter - sudden huge bill!
Hi everyone, this is my first post here though I use the site regularly for help and advice! I recently moved house. In my previous place, I had a key card energy meter. The meter was with one company until this changed hands or was taken over by E.On. I lived there for 5 years and had the meter the entire time. About 1.5…
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To switch or not to switch!!!
Hi I'm currently with Atlantic for my gas and electric. I applied for, and received, my application for switching to E.On''s price protection plan 17. I'm now in the middle of my 14 days cooling off period and having looked at the information, I'm not sure whether the switch will be worth it. Has anyone els been in this…
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new house-time to change suppliers
we are moving in a few weeks and i'd like to start a fresh with new energy suppliers but i just don't know where to start to choose the best/cheapest ones. Any advice/ ideas would be great.
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Boiler cover
I have my boiler and heating covered through British gas, never had any problems with the service, but expensive. Sothern electric seem to be cheap, does anyone havetheir cover with these, if so are they ok, or can anyone recommend another cheaper company. Thanks.
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Bull***t Bingo
There used to be a game for bored meeting attendees where you "ticked" off a grid containing certain phrases which came up repeatedly during the meeting. This was called "Bull***t Bingo". Things like: "blue skies thinking", "out of the box", "I hear what you say", "win-win" and "empower". This can be played equally well on…
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Direct Debit Keeps Climbing....
I know there have been price rises but Atlantic are seeming to want to put my d/d up every few months now. It was £25, then £46 and now I log onto my internet banking to see that tomorrow they're trying to take £68. Firstly they haven't notified me of any changes which is wrong but secondly I dispute I should be paying…
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Most efficient way to use a condensing boiler??
Just wondered if anyone could offer advice about the most efficient way to use my boiler. It is a condensing boiler about 3 years old. We where told when It was installed that the whole idea of this boiler was to keep the house at a constant temperature all day/night.It would only come on when the house dropped below a…
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Scottish Gas - price freeze - help
I signed up for the fixed price 2011 for both my gas and electricity, last week. Just received the confirmation letters yesterday. So I was filing them away and noticed that I had previous letters confirming that I had fixed price until 2009, which I signed up to in 2006 at a 3.5% discount. (which I had obviously totally…
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Electric heating
What would you say is best for you when using electric heating, convection, oil filled, fan heater, etc?
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i have both my gas and electric on prepayment meters. how much extra do i pay.
hi im with british gas and im wondering just how much do i pay extra to pay my gas and electric bills as they are both on prepayment meters. both piad with cards. how much percentage wise would i save if i had new meters fitted and paid monthly by direct debit. would it be a good saving. ive always paid this way as im a…
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Pre Pay Gas Meter Problem
Hi, We have a pre pay gas meter fitted and each week pay back a little debt to our supplier, however we have just returned from a week away and discovered that the meter went down from £3-4 ish to £0.41p then an hour later it was on £0.33p? Now the only thing on is the pilot light so I can understand it would take a small…
