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EDF claiming a foul by British Gas ?
I ran a price comparison 3 weeks ago after the advice on the site. British Gas came out top - with an annual saving of £250 so I started the ball rolling to switch over from EDF. I got a call this morning from EDF advising me that within the last week, British Gas have since raised thier prices on their "click 5" tariff I…
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Meter keys
Hi All, I am looking to switch electricity suppliers as i could save about £160 a year :eek: !! I live in a small block of flats and the meters in a little cubby hole, on the wall outside my front door. There is a door on the little cubby where the meters are but i don't have a key for it - and it's locked!! I know that to…
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Gas bill challenge - Winter 2008
I have to admit that although I've always been pretty good about shopping around, switching to cheapest suppliers and other aspects of home economics, the energy bills has always been my downfall. I've just accepted that our annual usage is what is is and we have to budget for it. Last winter I went from full-time to…
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Electricity Prices
Hi I can't get Uswitch to open for me, so are there any other price comparison sites? I am currently with EON and have a key meter. It has two buttons - a blue one and a white one. I know one of them will tell you some details, but i'm not sure which one to press (I think the other stops all electricity supply?) Anyone…
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British Gas Misery - Please help me!
Me and my girlfriend moved into the flat we are currently renting 3 years ago. Recently my girlfriend changed our gas supplier to to eon, in doing so it has come to light that the bills we have been recieving over the past 3 years have been very innacurate and as a result I've recieved a bill from Brittish Gas for £2,227.…
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Storage heaters...
Hey again people, I moved house in july and now we're in an gas-free apartment. I've never used electric storage heaters before and although our flat is pretty warm and we haven't needed the heating yet, I sort of want to work out how the hell to use the damn things before it gets really cold! Both my other half and I have…
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Electricity : day & night tariff
I have had my gas & electricity with British gas for quite some time, but have now decided to switch. I tried the various comparison sites, as given on this web site the gas is pretty straightforward, as NPower comes on on the top of all the comparison sites. However there is a range of top suppliers for the electricity…
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Gas & Electric
I Am Currently With N Power For My Gas & Key Meter With Southern Electric For Electric How Can I Reduce My Bill For Both .also Because I Am A Pensioner And Disabled Can I Get Them At A Reduced Rate Whats The Best Thing To Do
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Scottish Power - pricing error?
Since when has daytime electricity on E7 been cheaper than standard rate? I was just looking through Scottish Power's tariff http://www.scottishpower.co.uk/pricing_pdfs/general.pdf On page 10, it gives the price of Electricity, no standing charge, paid quarterly. Here are their prices (inc VAT) for the Eastern Region:…
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Is economy 7 worth it?
Basically my Mum has just moved house and phoned British Gas to inform them of meter readings etc to which point they offered putting a economy 7 meter in. Will they charge to install it? My Mum has moved to a 2 bedroomed house and lives on her own. She has kept her price fix 'til 2010 with British gas but will the economy…
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Switching to Scottish Power through Quidco?
Hi everybody. I see that Quidco are offering £72 for switching to Scottish Power. However, the switch must be performed "wholly online" to qualify, and after going through the application process and choosing the tariff, I'm greeted by the following message: So how am I expected to get the cashback from Quidco? Has anybody…
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Challenging Electric Bill from nPower
Hi everyone, I've signed up on this forum hoping you can possibly help me out with a problem me and my flatmate are having with nPower. My flatmate and I have been living together for approximately 5 years. In all that time, we've always paid *roughly* £300 annually for our electric. We have been in 3 different flats, in…
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Average electricity units used a day
Hi everyone, I am having trouble with my electricity readings lately as explained in a recent thread. anyway I just wanted to get an rough idea of the amount of electricity units used a day so if you would be so kind to help out please reply giving rough/ average units a day and also what size apartment/ house/ whatever…
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Electricity bill misery.... advice needed
Got a bill through today saying that I owe british gas £2800 for electricity...rang them up basically they said that the readings that they got previously, they've somehow forgot to input it into the computer or something for my bill and I've been billed the estimates. This dating back to 2004! Now they've suddenly found…
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Should we stay or change
We are using Npower in our rental for gas and electricity. The previous owner of our new home use Southern Electric. When I contacted Npower that we will be quiting our rental, the CS said that they could continue to supply to our new home if we want. I mentioned that British Gas could fix the price for 3 years. Npower…
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Query on Boiler Care
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help...... I'm an E-On customer but was wondering can i get boiler care off British Gas? Are there any advantages of BG over E-On or vice versa when it comes to the care? I just need something to look after my boiler over the coming months. My PCB went recently and it took a pretty penny…
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my gas meter is turning and I'm not using gas!
Hi I thought I would keep a close eye on my gas/electricity use and today decided to do a check to see roughly how much gas I use in a day. I took a reading at 10.30am this morning and it was 1141 with the small figures at 334, I went out shopping, done a bit in the garden as it was nice weather. I thought I would again…
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Is it safe to give your 8 digit bank a/c no and sort code over the phone?
I was with Southern Electric for Gas & Electric but switched to Scottish Powers capped rate a month or two ago. Southern electric are now phoning me up offering me an even better tariff as I was one of their 'very best' customers! However they insist on having my 8 digit bank a/c no and sort code so they can basically set…
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Another Npower problem
My wife and I sold our flat back in April and moved house. Unfortunately we were with Npower who we’ve been having serious problems with since we moved. We called on moving out to give final meter readings. Npower subsequently sent us a final bill for the flat in June ( covering the 6 months up until the point we moved out…
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Joint gas supply in rented apartment
Hello people, I am looking at renting an aparment which is over a commercial office. The office is currently empty, but with the landlord currently looking for a tenant. My concern is with the utilities. The electric is on a separate meter - no problem here The water is billed on a standing charge - i.e. no water mater.…
