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Cost of electric for a dryer...
I don't know if this in the right part, but I hope someone can help. My condenser dryer has broken on me for the fifth time, I don't think it likes being repaired so I am going to get rid of it. My question is, do I buy a new one costing approx £200 and the electricity to keep it running.... or use my clothes horse and the…
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British Gas caused home damage !
Hello All This is my 1st post on this forum, its quite detailed, I'm sorry. Please bear with me. I have a HomeCare100 contract with BG. Last week my hot water began fluctuating between hot/cold so I called out BG. The engineer who attended determined that the Secondary Heat Exchanger required replacing. After the usual…
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Adding funds to Scottish Power account
Is it possible to add one off amounts to Scottish Power duel fuel account by debit card to keep in credit and stop them upping my direct debit?
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Problem With Edf!
Hello, I cannot get a correct bill out of EDF. Started after I moved back into my house after having tenants. Tenants did not give EDF closing reading. I took reading when I moved in. After submitting it to EDF they said it couldn't be correct as it seemed "too high" and not in keeping with the tenants' previous bills. So…
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Interpreting Npower T&Cs
Hi I have just received a price rise increase which having done the maths will increase my electricity bill by a whopping 113%!! So having done some comparisons there are some cheaper options out there - so I will reject this increase as per their T&Cs I received the letter late last week and it says I have up to 10…
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Recent round of price increases - have all companies done it?
Has BG increased Click Energy 5 prices recently or are they going to do so in a few weeks or so? Says in today's Times that - "Last month npower and ScottishPower became the last of the big six energy suppliers to raise prices this summer..." and "Ann Robinson of uSwitch.com says: “It is a difficult one to weigh up. People…
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Switch from Economy 7 to single rate?
If I want to switch from Economy 7 to a single rate tariff would I need a new meter and how much would I have to pay for it, or will they read the combined usage figure from the existing meter? When we had our first E7 meter installed many years ago the then sole supplier was charging the same for their daytime E7 rate as…
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How do I find out my electricity supplier?
We moved into a new build property in March of this year. We were given our meter numbers and suppliers for gas and elec from the house builders. When we rang up Eon who as far as we were aware they supplied both they said we have your gas but not elec. He gave me a number to call to find out our elec supplier but they…
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Dual Fuel with Scottish Power
Hi, I recently signed up for Scottish Power Fixed til August 2009. I have received a letter from them to say that they will take £57 a month DD from my bank account. I noticed shortly afterwards that a Scottish Power DD was set up on my back account. So far as good. Very recently, a Scottish Power Gas DD has been set up on…
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Quick Question Help please ELectricity Reading Item
Hello everyone Hope someone can help me. Our electric and gas bills have just gone up again!! Here in Northern Ireland we unfortunately have no choice with provider and electric is about to increase by 33% :mad: and Phoenix Gas by 20% :( Would someone please tell me the name of the item i can buy that will tell me how much…
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Scottish Power, aggressive tactics
Some months ago I complained to Scottish Power about their tactics in recovering money for outstanding bills. I recieved a reminder on my gas bill which gave me seven days to pay. Got the usual threats about we will send someone to collect etc.I also recived telephone call from them asking if I was in a position to pay…
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Eon withdraws V8 this week-end
Sunday Times - Money Section "Quote" Over the week-end German owned Eon has stopped allowing customers to switch to its cheapest deal, the Extra Saver Version 8 tarrif, through comparison sites in an effort to restrict the number of customers getting this tarrif".
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New Smart Meter - Eon
I got a phone call a few days ago from Eon about switching to a capped rate with them. They are about the same price that I am paying right now (they tell me) with EDF. I am happy to switch to a capped rate, I dithered earlier in the year and missed it when ML told us all to switch. Anyway, part of this capped switch…
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Extend capped prices?
I am on capped gas and electric tariffs until march 2009 and recently received a bill with an over estimated reading. This made me think that rather than have the reading corrected, I would be better off the more in front the estimated readings got. With current estimates, by the time March comes round I will be about 6…
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Economy 7 & Daytime meters switched
This week I got a letter from E.ON telling me the electricty charges were going up again and it prompted me to head for the uswitch.co.uk site. I live in a flat so I don't have gas but I do have economy 7 for the storage heaters and immersion tank. For the price comparison on uswitch I opted to use KWH for the last year to…
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how do you work this out?
I realised i made a big boo boo when comparing suppliers. I changed to E on energy online extra saver plan 8 from v5...But when i just did another comparison it tells you to put in the amount you pay per DD to compare a month I pay £52.00 a month for both combined so you cant put in £52.00 in each box for the seperate gas…
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NPower "Spreading Warmth tariff" no help!
I enquired about their "Spreading Warmth tariff", they apparently give an extra £250 rebate if you earn less than 12K. However the catch is that you have to be on their Standard Tariff to get the extra rebate! I am amzed that anyone would still be on a Standard tariff when clearly their "Online Tariff" is considerably…
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Is EDF the most expensive?
Daughter is using EDf as her supplier for gas and electricity. This is her first flat and they have asked her for £90 dd for both that's include the discount etc. She is not going to be there for long and she does not want to switch. I thought it was a lot considering it is a 2beds flat. I live in a 3 bedrooms semi and…
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Gordo does it again !
Thursday 11th Sept 2008 "Free cavity wall and loft insulation for pensioners and poor households" - Gordon Brown "For pensioners, for people on low incomes and other benefits, the loft and cavity wall insulation is available free" ".. the offer "was very, very clear" Environment Secretary Hilary Benn Friday 12th Sept 2008…
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Changed Fuel Supplier - Wrong Final Account
I've just changed fuel supplier (again) in order to get onto a Fixed Price deal. I had a final account through for gas yesterday from the old supplier - saying I owe them about £160. Not heard yet re the electric. On checking with the old supplier - I find that the actual position turns out to be that not only do I not owe…
