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bodged up signing up-what do i do now please
in short, proceeding to sign up for british gas dual fuel, went through top cash back so as to get £40 cash back, all fine til i get to the bank account details page, the b.g site wouldn't accept my account name, i typed the account name exactly as written on the top of my bank statement(its a joint account), tried…
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cost of using a dehumidifier
Just one more calculation please? how much would it cost to run a dehumidifier? the rate is 230w my night rate is 5.89inc vat which I get for 7 hours my day rate is 22.51 for the remaining 17 hours what would the cost be for 24 hours? the reason I ask is that I read somewhere (it may have been on here) that it would be…
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Scottish Power won't take on my elec supply, even though I applied for dual fuel
:mad: I am pretty darn cross right now. When I had Martin's email a few weeks back telling us all to cap, I did the comparisons and applied to Scottish power for thier dual fuel fixed price until Sept 2009. Since then I have had letters from Atlantic saying that Scottish Power can't take on the electricity supply. I had a…
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Economy 7 should it be taken out?
Hi, We have a two rate electricity meter. But we don't use much electricity at night and we have a combination boiler not storage heaters etc. Should we have the meter swapped to a single rate meter?? We are with Scottish power fixed and I have enquired with them and they said it would be a good idea but I need to phone…
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Please compare gas DD
Hi, So we have a Rayburn in our house, that is on 24/7 & 365 days a year. It has it's advantages - like heating for the house and water, but our lates DD (mind you it's combined gas&electricity) is now up to £185 a month. We live in 2 bedroom house and it's only 2 of us. I am wondering, whether someone in similar situation…
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Security certificate problem with link in latest money tips email
The link to the new updated gas and electricity article : https://mail.moneysavingexpert.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/you-switch-gas-electricity has brought up a certificate warning message on both Opera and Firefox browsers. Why is it a secure page for one thing, and why the…
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Essentials Tarrif - Essentially a rip off!
Hi all Im new to this - but just wanted you all to be aware of this - just sent this email to two of the directors on the board at british gas - thought u might fancy a read :mad: I am writing to you to voice some concerns that I have regarding British Gas - I know that as you are both on the Board you are probably very…
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Atlantic elec and gas problems
Hi, This is my first post so hello to all! I’m basically writing this as a warning to others and also to see if anyone has some advice that may be useful to me. When i moved into my property 3 months ago i received a letter from Npower advising me that my service was with them. My landlord had set this up and i assumed…
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debt from a Scottish Power pre-pay meter
Hi, I wanted to post my current situation with my Scottish Power electricity pre-pay meter as a warning to other pre-pay customers. Earlier this month I applied to Ebico to transfer my electricity supplier as they were cheaper than Scottish Power, my existing electricity supplier. Shortly before the switch over I received…
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Switched to Scottish now BG want me back??
I am so confused and I hope someone can advise. At the beginning of August I switched my gas and electric to Scottish power's fixed rate til Sept 09. Yesterday British Gas called and tried to convince me to come back to them as they will fix my prices until 2011. They worried me by saying that when my current fixed price…
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which is cheaper????
... using an electric kettle or using a kettle on the gas hob.. thanks skint xx
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Im confused.com now
When Martin told us to cap I capped with Scottish Power - still waiting for the changeover - but today I see he says they have reduced their rates and extended a cap to October 2009. So does that mean we should all madly swop again?
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Over charged for electric. Please Help
hello all, i had my meter changed about a year ago from a key meter to a bill, i have been paying estimated bills, i think, they have been about 50 per month, any way i let the man in to read my gas and electric a couple of weeks ago, i have now received a bill for £750 for my electric for 3 months, i have said that it…
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A bit lost... need some help!
Hi everyone Current situation: Supplier: Scottish Power MANWEB Tariff: Standard (I know, I know... see below) Payment: Quarterly Billing For a number of reasons, whilst on its standard tariff, I accrued a very high balance with Scottish Power. This has prevented me from moving to other suppliers or tariffs. I've been…
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Peno Charges by British Gas for Late Charges
Hi I am new to this!!! can anyone help??? Can you claim for late charges like you can for your bank charges??? Thanks Gooner07:money:
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Help! What heating should I get for my flat?
Hello, I have recently bought a flat and could really do with some sensible and honest advice on how I should heat it from you lovely, lovely people... It is a one bed flat with no gas supply, so I have to use electric heating but I have no idea what would be the most cost-effective type to buy. I work full time, so need…
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Deliberately Overstating your meter reading
This may seem insane, but if your supplier has not yet increased prices and it is likely to, would it be worth over stating your meter reading/s if you have the spare cash up front? Effectively paying up todays rates for what you are going to use this winter? Sure you lose intrest if it was in a saving account, but if they…
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New Scottish & Southern / Hydro / Atlantic rates
Has anyone received confirmation of the actual new rates yet or know if they have been published anywere. So I can see if they have put mines up by a lot more than the average they published last time to mask increases 50% higher than average like they done last time. Looking forward to being ripped of again, but hey their…
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how much for a 5 minute shower?
I know there are some very clever people on here that can work these things out quickly, so please help! we have a 7.5kw shower, our (new supplier capped rate) day rate for electric is 22.51p inc vat, so how much does it work out for a 5 minute shower, or another way, how much per minute? thanks in advance for the help
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will buying this save on my energy bills
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4150705/c_1/1%7Ccat_10197552%7CHeaters%2Band%2Bcoolers%7C10197884/Trail/searchtext%3EHEATER.htm my heating is run on gas and planning on nt turning it on during the winter using the hot water bottles etc but if neede to warm kids bedroom or the room we are in would this be…
