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new boiler
My mother needs a new boiler apparently, and has just had a quote from a local firm for a condensing boiler for £4,000. They install glow worm boilers. Obviously, it difficult for those without a crystal ball to say whether this is good value, but it would be helpful to know if anyone thinks this make of boiler is good.…
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Eon Grrr! / How much elec/gas should DD be?
Just fallen out with EON and cancelled my DD. I moved into a small 2 bed modern house with my son in April. It is all electric (storage heaters down and normal heater upstairs) apart from the hob which is gas. I am pretty careful with my electricity use using washer at night, low energy bulbs, turning off lights etc. I was…
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Anyone had problems with Free boiler cover from Npower ?
Earlier this summer I called Npower out to fix my boiler (it was a faulty PCB) under their fixed repair cost scheme. The boiler is an Ideal M30100 and is 6 years old. I was looking to switch suppliers at the time and thought that the NPower One tariff with 12 months free boiler cover was a good option so signed up for it.…
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Student Discount with Southern Electric?
We are a group of 4 students who have just moved into our student house four days ago. Weve just had a man from Southern Electric knock on our door and tell us that if we switch our gas and electric from Npower and Eon then we will sae 30% on our bills. Were just being wary as dealing with bills is a new thing for us and…
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British gas - meter reading
I have now decided to always let British gas ( or whoever my supplier is ) have my reading off the Gas meter.... as long as the price is likely to go up because... They e-mailed me saying a bill was ready and when I looked at it it showed an estimated reading. We only use gas for heating and have had it turned off the last…
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BG direct debit increase when in credit!
Although i'm £126.40 in credit with BG (Gas bill) I received a letter informing me that my monthly direct debit payments were being increased from £43.00 to £65.00!!! Where's the logic in that? After speaking to a chap from BG, he said that the lowest he could go to was £49.00 a month. I asked if we couldn't leave it at…
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Britsh Gas, going up ? or not ? (Click Energy 5 Capping)
Hi, i am just looking at energy supplies for my new house and on the energyhelpline site British Gas comes out top but it says that it is due to raise prices 20-30% (as others have recently) However, when you go to the british gas website (through Quidco of course £10/20 cash back :D ) It says that with that tariff prices…
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Scottish Power: Telephone calls saying have won a competition - 2/3 a day
Hi Hmm Scottish Power keep ringing my house, and I do mean KEEP - have about 2-3 phone calls a day, when answered, they start by saying I have entered a competiton and I have to speak to them. Then the girl goes on about who my provider is and tariffs (as I have recently moved I know my tariffs and was able to stop her mid…
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Please Help with Guesstimates ....
I will be moving into a Rented House in Kent on Oct 4th. I will be liable for all bills inc. Council Tax (band D). I am allowed to Sublet 2 rooms. I have never had bills before so in order to set the rent I need to cover myself I will need to have a very rough idea of what to expect. I'd like as many posts as possible from…
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EON have I been sold a duff???
Hmmmm, signed up capped with Eon, and a free home energy meter. Many weeks pass, called up - oh two more weeks Sir (thankfully on their 0800 number and not the 0870 - lol). Few more weeks, calls up - couple more weeks Sir etc etc. I feel a little mis-sold - anyone else experiencing the same? :mad: Lol.
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prepayment meters and emergency credit.
We have always had prepayment meters as we have a large family and big bills are a no, i liked being able to pay as we used. So recently when we moved to equipower we were suprised to get a bill from npower demanding £254 . Aparently if u use the emergency credit u are charged double is this right ? Npower have informed me…
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Solihull council recommending Ebico.
Solihull housing are doing visits to peoples homes, checking pipes, meter and other basic checks, giving 2 ESLBs, advising of insurance scheme for council tenants some other advice but also recommending Ebico for gas and electric - leaving a leaflet with details on. Wonder if there is any incentive for this, or just that…
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Gas bill can't be right !!!
I purchased a property in June 08 with a view to modernising it and sell on. My first task was to remove pretty much everything (carpets, kitchen, bathroom, wallpaper etc) leaving a pretty much blank canvass. however in late July I had second thoughts regarding doing up the property and decided to sell it. Luckily for me I…
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Meter speeds up then slows down
I've just moved into a new home and it's all electric. The meter runs fast when the heating is on then it slows down, then speeds up. We've turned all the other appliances off so we know it's not them (in fact we checked the meter on individual appliances like fridge, computer etc with no problems). We have these electric…
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£2500 outstanding??
Hi, im new so be gentle :) Cut a long story short... I'm on prepay electric and have been since 2001 , i had a meter change to a new key meter 3 months ago, and they put a charg of £16 a week on, when i enquired about this they said i owe them £2500!! As im on prepay i cant see how this is possible, an investigation…
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EON lying to me?
In jun 08, i signed up to the EON Energy online extra saver 7 plan, ready to start 3 Jul 08. Although you had to sign up online i had trouble doing so and signed up over the telephone. Now, due to this site and knowing of the oncoming price hikes, i specifically asked for a fixed rate tarriff and was given the one…
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Supplier Needed
Hey Chaps My girlfriend is moving back to university and living with 6 others they need to choose both gas and electricity suppliers. I was wondering if any one could point out the simplest and cheapest gas and electricity supplier? Thanks
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Eon Postdated Price Increase
I would like to find out what my rights are regarding post dated price increases, I recieved a letter today (25th Sept) from Eon informing me of their price increases efective from 22ndAugust. I rang CS, They told me there had been a delay in informing me because they had "millions of customers and it took time time…
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Norweb payments
I have inadvertently been paying NorWeb £28.00 per month since October 2000 for electricity I not been supplied. I have now stopped the Standing order. How do I get my money back?
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Cost of a wash
Can someone help me. My washer uses 0.55kwh on a 40 degrees short was and takes 1hr 6 minutes. So I work that out at 0.605 kw for one wash, at our lowest tarriff of 10.36p a unit. Can anyone tell me how much it costs to do a wash? I have screenshot of consumtion details but do not know how to enter it here lol
