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Is it plain stupid NOT to cap ?
I've dawdled and procrastinated and I still haven't capped my bills with British Gas and I'm left wondering if I should. Oil prices have come down from their record highs and there is hope that next year the price should be more stable. In turn, this should have a knock on effect on gas and electricity. A friend of mine…
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Price per unit on coin meter
My landlord has electric coin meters installed in my flat, he has just been round today to alter the price on them due to the 20% increase. Now we have just worked out that for every £1 coin we put in we get 5.6units of electricity (assuming thats 5.6kw of electric). There is a dial that indicated what the meter is set at…
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Yet another high electric bill, need help please!
Hi, can anybody point me in the right direction please? We changed from BG to EDF because of problems with BG. EDF have tried to be helpful, but we're still not getting any sense as to why our bills (readings) are so high. There are 2 of us living in a 2 bed bungalow, with gas heating and water and I cook with gas. We have…
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Shoudl the computer stay on or off?
My mum keeps telling my brother to turn the computer off but he says it is cheaper to leave it on rather than keep restarting. Can you please advise which is best. Also how much does it cost anyway to keep a computer on 4 hours?? thankyou
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WHITE METER 1 (2 RATE) Vs.......WHAT??
Then..... I used to have storage heaters in my house which therefore involved me "benefiting" from the White Meter heating system (cheaper electricity at night, dearer by day) installed. Now.... After having got shot of the storage heaters, I have Gas Central Heating so only use electricity for appliances and lighting, NOT…
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First Time Buyers - Utility Advice
We've recently had an offer accepted on a flat and since they want to complete quickly are starting to plan for utilities etc. I was wondering what the process is for ensuring gas / electric are supplied to the flat for our move in date? Also are there currently any recommended price plans / suppliers that may suit us.…
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Cancelation of British Gas 2011 frice fix
I signed up to the BG Dual fuel 2011 price fix plan on 9th of August. After reading the sunday times and looking on this web site it looks like I'll be paying 400 pounds more. Does anyone know if there is a cancellation policy so I can go back to click 5 without paying the 100 pounds within a certain cooling off period?…
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VAT on my bills
I am with British Gas for both Gas and Electricity if my bill is under a certain amount I get charged VAT at 5% but over a certain amount it jumps to 171/2% this is so frustrating as I requested to pay my bills monthly to keep down the cost on VAT -they refused my request and I have to pay three monthly so more offten that…
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Martin's advice re:Boiler cover - I'm confused
Hi, Can anyone de-confuse me please :confused: Somewhere on here Martin had notes on Boiler cover with Britsh Gas and said they had reduced the cover from £79 to £49 (up till 15th Aug). I know it's too late for that offer but I still can't see any cover for the original £79 figure. I need to take out some insurance for our…
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Wholesale Energy Prices ??
Several weeks ago we kept on being told that Gas and Electric prices had to rise due to the increase in oil prices ( gas and electric tied to oil prices). The energy companies kept on telling us that due to the price of oil their prices had risen dramatically and they, therefore, had to increase the costs. However, oil…
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british gas
I caped my gas with british gas before the price increase this month with Gas Price Garantee 2009. I did this over the phone. I have just recived the terms and conditions and it says that... "Price guarantee December 2009 is not avalible to Gas customers only or prepayment customers. If for any reason such a customer is…
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Economy 10 tarrif
Does anyone know how to compare the economy 10 tarriffs that give 3 bursts of cheap electricity each day? there seems to be very little informaton on them. I only use a little electric at a holiday appartment on this tarrif. The standing charge may be a factor in deciding on the cheapest supplier.
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Energy arrears - Racked up by paying set DD each month
We seem to be one of the many households who have been caught out by the promise to pay a low ammount for Gas and Elec each month via direct debit. To our shock we got a statement saying that despite paying the agreed amount each month we are in debit of around £500!! How on earth do we sort this out? Surely we cant switch…
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Npower arrrgghhhh!!!!!!
Hi I left Npower about 2 years ago to go back to British Gas, any way I get a letter from Npower stating that we owe them £70 although we use a meter for both our gas and leccy.:confused: So my partner phones them to find out why we owe this and it turns out that THEY made a mistake by 'forgetting' to adjust the meter 4…
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Getting bills from 2 gas companies
When I first moved in I didn't know which gas company supplied the gas so I thought phone around to see who did. When I phoned British Gas they took my details and said they'd check. I then found out NPower supplied it so I sorted everything with them. Then I started to get bills from British Gas so I phoned them to say I…
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crazy gas bill where to go next
I dont have many details so far but a friend has had a crazy gas bill oin the thousands which is something to do with when they changed provider , I think the old company havent updated their received payments or something , I will get more details , they have contacted their new provider but things dont seem to be getting…
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Cost Per Unit
Hi I don't live in the UK and I would like to know what is the cost of 1 unit of electricity, so I can compare it with what we pay in Cyprus. Please can you advise whether this is with or without VAT and what is the standing charge. Having searched for hours, none of the websites actually give this value and we don't have…
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British Gas Click Energy 5
Had a call from British Gas tonight about moving to the Fix 2011 range, we are currently with EDF. Now we had been looking at this just recently so I was able to tell him that based on my current usage and after look on a comparison site as recommended by Martin Lewis I wasn't any better off changing to them so I wasn't…
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A quarter, how do they calculate
The energy companies have two tiers(prices), for the first amount used per Quarter and then the second, at a lower tariff.. For British Gas, is this worked on a calendar quarter, or from when you joined ? Hope that is clear what I am asking .... Thanks
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Scandinavian Air-air heat pumps.
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